Issue with select_many question

el_nino_palau · October 25, 2023, 9:33am

I don’t think I am the first one to have this issue and I really need help. Whenever I try to save and deploy the survey my options change. I have redone this 3 times and the problem persists. Could it be a problem with the XML value?

el_nino_palau · October 25, 2023, 10:03am

I have tried changing the XML values and I have tried cloning and still the problem persists. I don’t know what to do. Any help would be great.

hakan_cetinkaya · October 25, 2023, 10:05am

Hi @el_nino_palau

Can you share a screenshot of the changed XML values too?

I think you need to assign unique XML values for unique choices in the formbuilder, but let us test this theory first.

el_nino_palau · October 25, 2023, 10:13am

I changed the XML Values for each individual question but as I went back to screenshot I see that the problem is the same and the Options as well as the XML Values are the same for all my select_many questions.

hakan_cetinkaya · October 25, 2023, 10:58am

@el_nino_palau,

The best workaround is that you delete one of your questions and create the question from scratch, not by cloning another question.

Seems like cloned questions take the same choice_list, and this is a known bug.

github.com/kobotoolbox/kpi

Choice list updates when changes are made to the duplicated question

opened 03:13PM - 18 Dec 20 UTC

Janemesi

bug formbuilder UI & UX

**Environment (local, stage, preview, production)** Production **Describe th…e bug** When one duplicates a question in the form builder then updates the choice options on the duplicated question, the updates are also applied to the choice list of the initial question. **Steps to reproduce the behavior** - Create a select question on the form builder then, publish the survey - Create a duplicate of the created question - Update the choice options on the duplicated question then, publish the survey **Expected behavior** The choice options of the duplicated question should not be tied to the initial question **Actual behavior** The choice options of the duplicated question are tied to the initial question hence when one updates the choice list it also updates on the initial question

wroos · October 25, 2023, 11:41am

@el_nino_palau
Would you mind not posting your same issue twice to the community, please, see Issue with choices question - #12 by matu?

Kal_Lam · October 25, 2023, 2:37pm

@el_nino_palau, maybe try downloading your form as XLSForm and then try checking them if the choices are OK. You could solve your issue by doing the same and then redeploying your changes on the server.