Unexpected KoBoCAT error 400: b’{“detail”:“The name column for the 'zo9df75' choice list contains these duplicates: 'self_employed'

[jahonga7777]

help me out

Unexpected KoBoCAT error 400: b’{“detail”:“The name column for the 'zo9df75' choice list contains these duplicates: 'self_employed'. 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”}’

[Kal_Lam]

Welcome to the community, @jahonga7777! Have you validated your XLSForm through this online validator? The online validator should help you identify your syntax issues.

Regarding your error message, it seems like there are some duplicate choices. This post discussed previously should help you understand and resolve it:

Choice duplicate

Hi @maggib, I found the duplicate that i have highlighted with yellow and marked the font with red within list_name lf3sx85 whose name prefer_not_to_answer is seen repeated twice within list_name lf3sx85. For your ease check row number 89 and 93 under choices tab. [Image 1] The principle behind this is that each list_name should have unique code under it’s associated name. e.g. this is not allowed … list_name name test a test a test a … but this is allowed … list_name na…

You should also be able to learn more about this issue here.