How to allow_choice_duplicates under settings in an xls form

[andrewtu]

Hello everybody am having trouble on how to allow choice duplicates in xls form.
Anyone with a lead, Thanks

[MohammedTaleb]

thanks @andrewtu welcome to community,
I don’t understand what you mean exactly,
Please share a xls file or screenshot of the issue

[Kal_Lam]

@andrewtu, maybe you could do this as outlined in the post discussed previously:

How to keep some choice(s) visible at all times with the aid of a cascading select function?

Well this is very clear now. You could do the same as outlined in the image below: In the survey tab of your xlsform: [Image 1] In the choices tab of your xlsform: [Image 2] In the settings tab of your xlsform: [Image 3] Data entry screen as seen in Enketo: (when a condition is not met) [Image 4] Data entry screen as seen in Enketo: (when a condition is met) [Image 5] Reference xlsform: Cascading Select.xlsx (13.3 KB)

[andrewtu]

When i try to upload my xls form to the ONA server it brings this error, "Duplicate names will be impossible to identify in analysis unless a previous value in a cascading select differentiates them. If this is intentional, you can set the allow_choice_duplicates setting to ‘yes’. Learn more: XLSForm.org
I have created a new allow_choice_duplicates

column in the settings sheet and put yes bt still having the same error when i try to upload the form on the server

[MohammedTaleb]

thanks @andrewtu @Kal_Lam
@Kal_Lam solution is very good, but There is a simpler solution that does not require a feature “allow_choice_duplicates”
The attached file explains the idea.

test_multiChoices.xlsx (10.8 KB)

[andrewtu]

Thanks so much Kal_Lam, this was very helpful

[Kal_Lam]

@MohammedTaleb,