Option fields keep changing

[Elyjoy]

Hi, I have built a form and made some edits, the form has been saved and redeployed and the link refreshed. However the options for one question keeps changing automatically.

Please assist.

Thanks

[Elyjoy]

Anyone who can help with this issue please?

[Kal_Lam]

@Elyjoy, did you mean the choices get shuffled automatically every time you try to fill up a survey form?

Feel free to correct me if I understood you differently.

[Elyjoy]

That’s right

[Kal_Lam]

@Elyjoy, kindly please be informed that this happens when you randomize your choices. You should be able to learn more about the same by following this post discussed previously:

Seed and Randomize: whats that preventing to deploy my form?

Hi @mosharaf, Welcome back to the community! Randomizing choice order is a feature available within KoBoToolbox to reduce enumerators bias on selecting a response for a question. Choice order can be randomized for any of the select question types. Simply set randomize to true in the parameters column of the XLSForm survey sheet to display the choices in a different order each time the question is displayed as shown in the figure below: In your survey tab: [Image%201] In your choices tab: [I…

[Elyjoy]

This is not the case for me so it does not help

[Kal_Lam]

@Elyjoy, could you kindly share a screenshot of your issue (randomized choices) so that the community should be able to understand your issue pictorially?

[Elyjoy]

Hi have not randomised my options, the form once deployed is however showing the wrong option

This questions options before deployment are yes and no and they default to male and female

[Kal_Lam]

@Elyjoy, maybe download your form as XLSForm and then check the label provided tot he question.

[Elyjoy]

Done that, it doesnt help me

[Kal_Lam]

@Elyjoy, could you provide me the following through a private message? Maybe I could have a closer look at your case.

• Username
• Project name
• Server

You should be able to send me a private message as outlined in the post discussed previously:

How do i send a private message to a user in the community forum?

Hi @Lavinia, You could send a private message to a user in the community forum as follows: Option 1: Sending a private message Step 1: Select the Reply button as boxed in red below. [Image 1] Step 2: Select the Reply button once again, but now from this place, as shown in the image below. [Image 2] Step 3: Now select New Message as shown in the image below. [Image 3] Option 2: Sending a private message to me Step 1: Click on my username Kal_Lam. Step 2: Then on the right, click the…