Use of trigger function in calculations

[hm11]

Hi Kobo community. When should someone use a trigger for their calculate questions? I have been using calculations without trigger, and I have not run into any problems with this approach—regardless of whether the questions I used as references in my calculations have changed or not.

[wroos]

Hi @hm11,
You might find some hints/examples here

• https://docs.getodk.org/form-logic/#dynamic-defaults-from-form-data
• https://docs.getodk.org/form-logic/#triggering-calculations-on-value-change
• https://xlsform.org/en/#trigger..

[Kal_Lam]

@hm11, here are some workarounds discussed previously in our community forum.