Error on grouped repeated questions with selection filter

Dear Group Members,

I have created a form that includes a group for repeated question where one needs to identify a sector and then a sub sector within that sector. Everything works fine on the web version and even on android but whenever one gets to that question, an error is reported (see attached image). Reading online, it seems this error is common but I have not found a way to solve it from the suggestions provided. To make progress, I downloaded the form created through the user interface to Excel and tried to implement the selection as cascade but Kobo toolbox does not seem to see my cascade construction. I even tried to move back to my old days Formhub but get error that server is too busy. I have attached an image of the error and the form XLS file to implement on Kobo.

Could some one help me - I will really appreciate as i need to make progress soon?

Thank you in advance,
Jeremiah Gitonga

csudp-cso-mapping-kbv1.xls (70.5 KB)

Dear Group Members,
Some additional information regarding the above.

In the XLS, see row 37 and 38 for the sector and sub sector construction.

Jeremiah

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Jeremiah Gitonga Njeru jeremy....@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Group Members,

I have created a form that includes a group for repeated question where one needs to identify a sector and then a sub sector within that sector. Everything works fine on the web version and even on android but whenever one gets to that question, an error is reported (see attached image). Reading online, it seems this error is common but I have not found a way to solve it from the suggestions provided. To make progress, I downloaded the form created through the user interface to Excel and tried to implement the selection as cascade but Kobo toolbox does not seem to see my cascade construction. I even tried to move back to my old days Formhub but get error that server is too busy. I have attached an image of the error and the form XLS file to implement on Kobo.

Could some one help me - I will really appreciate as i need to make progress soon?

Thank you in advance,
Jeremiah Gitonga

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Hi Jeremiah,
Using your form I was able to upload directly to KC (after fixing the select_one list name in row 91) but I didn’t see the error you were experiencing.

Could you provide a link to the form where you saw that error so that I could compare the compiled xforms?

Or are you able to create a more concise XLSForm that recreates the issue?

Separately from your issue, I wanted to point out that this form is helpful because it is an example of a valid XLS form which fails to deploy properly following these steps:

  • Upload to kf.kobotoolbox.org
  • Do not open / save from the kobo form builder (which at times mutates the content of the xlsform)
  • Deploy
  • Form does not work as expected
    But…
  • Uploading directly to kc.kobotoolbox.org (under “Advanced Users: Upload your XLS form here directly”)
  • Form works as expected
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Jeremiah Gitonga Njeru jeremy....@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Group Members,
Some additional information regarding the above.

In the XLS, see row 37 and 38 for the sector and sub sector construction.

Jeremiah

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Jeremiah Gitonga Njeru jeremy....@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Group Members,

I have created a form that includes a group for repeated question where one needs to identify a sector and then a sub sector within that sector. Everything works fine on the web version and even on android but whenever one gets to that question, an error is reported (see attached image). Reading online, it seems this error is common but I have not found a way to solve it from the suggestions provided. To make progress, I downloaded the form created through the user interface to Excel and tried to implement the selection as cascade but Kobo toolbox does not seem to see my cascade construction. I even tried to move back to my old days Formhub but get error that server is too busy. I have attached an image of the error and the form XLS file to implement on Kobo.

Could some one help me - I will really appreciate as i need to make progress soon?

Thank you in advance,
Jeremiah Gitonga

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Alex Dorey
415.886.7537

Dear Alex / Group members,

Refer to the issue raised above about error with repeated question that includes a cascade/choice. Alex kindly worked on this and suggested a way forward. I have followed the suggestions but still I get the same error - see image attached in the first post - I get exactly the same error i get.

I have now created a smaller file to try to drill down on the matter and i get the same error even with this form with fewer test questions. The link for the small file is: https://kf.kobotoolbox.org/#/forms/a7WhQaFasPAhHSnLriUisv

The test XLS file with the few questions is attached.
I uploaded it using the approach suggested by Alex - Advanced Users > Upload XLS.

Thank you for the assistance.

Jeremy

csudp-cso-mapping-test1.xls (49.5 KB)

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Alex Dorey dore...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Jeremiah,
Using your form I was able to upload directly to KC (after fixing the select_one list name in row 91) but I didn’t see the error you were experiencing.

Could you provide a link to the form where you saw that error so that I could compare the compiled xforms?

Or are you able to create a more concise XLSForm that recreates the issue?

Separately from your issue, I wanted to point out that this form is helpful because it is an example of a valid XLS form which fails to deploy properly following these steps:

  • Upload to kf.kobotoolbox.org
  • Do not open / save from the kobo form builder (which at times mutates the content of the xlsform)
  • Deploy
  • Form does not work as expected
    But…
  • Uploading directly to kc.kobotoolbox.org (under “Advanced Users: Upload your XLS form here directly”)
  • Form works as expected

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Jeremiah Gitonga Njeru jeremy....@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Group Members,
Some additional information regarding the above.

In the XLS, see row 37 and 38 for the sector and sub sector construction.

Jeremiah

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Alex Dorey
415.886.7537

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Jeremiah Gitonga Njeru jeremy....@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Group Members,

I have created a form that includes a group for repeated question where one needs to identify a sector and then a sub sector within that sector. Everything works fine on the web version and even on android but whenever one gets to that question, an error is reported (see attached image). Reading online, it seems this error is common but I have not found a way to solve it from the suggestions provided. To make progress, I downloaded the form created through the user interface to Excel and tried to implement the selection as cascade but Kobo toolbox does not seem to see my cascade construction. I even tried to move back to my old days Formhub but get error that server is too busy. I have attached an image of the error and the form XLS file to implement on Kobo.

Could some one help me - I will really appreciate as i need to make progress soon?

Thank you in advance,
Jeremiah Gitonga

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