We have consider using external selects but because we use select_multiple, it doesn’t work with odk collect.
If you have any other ideas on how to deal with large select lists, we would be really grateful !
Have a good day
Fabien
We have consider using external selects but because we use select_multiple, it doesn’t work with odk collect.
If you have any other ideas on how to deal with large select lists, we would be really grateful !
Have a good day
Fabien
@fpageot, have you tried using select_one_from_file
(it should help you handle external choices stored in a CSV file). Moreover, this question type is supported by both Collect android app
and Enketo
.
For details, please view our support article Select One or Many From External File Question Type. We also have some workarounds in our community:
A simple workaround of using select_one_from_file
question type:
If you wish to use the cascading select with select_one_from_file
question type:
Thank you @Kal_Lam for your answer BUT we need to use select_multiple in ODK collect.
Is there any way to deal with this?
Fabien
This approach is able to handle both select_one_from_file
as well as select_multiple_from_file
.
Sorry our support articles are outdated. We will be updating our support articles soon.
Okay thank you, I will try this solution then
Fabien
Sorry @Kal_Lam but it actually doesn’t work with select_multiple_from_file + cascading on ODK collect.
It works on enketo but in odk collect I have this message :
These are the 2 files that I’ve used :
species.csv (13.6 KB) test_select_external_cascading.xlsx (8.2 KB)
I’m not sure if the problem is what I’ve done or ODK collect.
If by any chance you have time, I would be very grateful
Thank you
Fabien
Have you made a check with the files that I shared with you previously?
Yes, the only difference is that I use text value in “choice_filter” column instead of reference to another question.
I’ve notices an error :
list_name is species_arbustres instead of species
but now I have this error on KoboToolBox :
I know it’s not really a cascading but it’s still a choice that depends of a filter right?
Hi @fpageot
I would like to recommend the following topic that would help you address your issue.
Stephane