Loops

kobouser.rss · March 18, 2014, 12:40am

Is there a way to create loops through previous questions?

For example: for the following question question 7.8, if the answer is yes, go back to question 7.4 and answer 7.4-7.8 until a no comes up. Then go on to 7.9

7.4…

7.5…

7.6…

7.7…

7.8 Is there any more pizza in the box?

1 = Yes

2 = No

7.9. …

Tino_Kreutzer · March 19, 2014, 4:48pm

You can achieve this by creating a repeat group. This is a beta feature in KoBoForm, but it will work perfectly for your purpose. I’m attaching an XML file that you can use to see how it works in KoBoForm. Below is a screenshot of this form.

To create a repeat group you need to know that each question that is created after the repeat will be a child question, i.e. they will all repeat together. As you don’t want all your questions to repeat, make sure you first create the not-to-be repeated questions that follow the repeat group.

The way this was created:

Create the ‘For each pizza…’ question as a text question (can be any question type though)
Create question 7.9 as the next not-to-be repeated question
Click on the first question and in the right dialog choose Question Type: Repeat
Now add your questions 7.4-7.7, which will appear indented

Now, an interviewer is able to continue cycling through these 4 repeating questions until they choose to end the repeat.

It’s a beta feature because theoretically you can add repeats inside other repeats, which would break the form.

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simple_repeat_kobo.xml (1.74 KB)

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On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:40 PM, rsklar mail4...@gmail.com wrote:

Is there a way to create loops through previous questions?

For example: for the following question question 7.8, if the answer is yes, go back to question 7.4 and answer 7.4-7.8 until a no comes up. Then go on to 7.9