How do you deal with a question like this? (matrix table)

[ivanradisson]

Hi,

I have this mockup and I would like to understand what’s the best way to implement it in KoboToolbox. I’m using XLSform and my form doesn’t currently have the theme-grid setting .

It’s safe to assume this would be trivial with theme-grid and Question matrix response type. But assuming I won’t go ahead with theme-grid, what’s my workaround?

I’m thinking I could do it with separate questions, and checkboxes (multi-select):

Q1. Select which activities are applicable.

• Security funds
• Partnerships
• Grants
• Other

Q2. Select which activities require authorization.

• Security funds
• Partnerships
• Grants
• Other

Q3. Select which activities include documentation.

• Security funds
• Partnerships
• Grants
• Other

Q4. Please specify other. [this would have a relevant condition to see if any of the 3 above questions had “other” selected.

• (text field)

Is this the best approach? Or would you do it differently, and how?

[pruzige]

odk_table_form.xlsx (9.6 KB)
Try the attached form and see if it works as per your liking . I used list-nolabel trick

[Kal_Lam]

@pruzige,

[ivanradisson]

Thank you! @pruzige

I’ve downloaded your example and have adjusted/tested and it seems to work well.

I’m so glad I asked because from what I had read before, my understanding is that this would require the theme-grid setting to work, but I wasn’t so sure,

The documentation is great but sometimes it lacks important detail like examples and screenshots. Even now, searching for list-nolabel, it yields no results.

[ivanradisson]

I would like to add here, for future reference, that this approach also works with radio buttons on a table. Using select_one .

Here’s an example:

Btw, @pruzige I only noticed now, that for some reason your Excel file doesn’t work properly when I upload it directly to KoboToolbox. Originally I hadn’t even noticed because I added the example to my existing Excel file and it worked well. Today I wanted to test again and took your file and it was not working. Instead of showing the questions together in one group it was showing them separately, kind of weird. I even added a settings sheet with style set to “pages” which is what I’m using on my existing working file.

Why would KoboToolbox work well my own file but get weird with yours? It’s exactly the same content, I checked row by row. This is just a small issue, nothing to worry about.