How can I calculate the selected checkboxes?

How can I do the following? Have a set of checkboxes (or yes/no questions) and when they check one of them, it adds a point to a bucket. Each checkbox goes to a bucket, and there are 5 buckets. So in the end, I want to know how many items they checked for each bucket.

Greetings,

Thank you for contacting JotForm Support.

If I'm getting you correctly, then you can set the calculation values (points) for the checkboxes as mentioned in the guide, and then add 5 calculation widget fields so each widget will represent a bucket to calculate the values of the checkboxes assigned to this bucket.

Please check the below demo form, In this form you will see that Group 1 is assigned to Bucket 1 which will calculate the points of selected options of this group and so on with the rest of the groups.

https://form.jotform.com/211982502161045

You can clone this form to your account so you can review it in the Form Builder, please follow this guide for the instructions.

How to Clone an Existing Form from a URL

Please let us know if you need further assistance, we are happy to help.

That's almost perfect except that all the checkboxes for each bucket would be mixed up, so all the options are together. Say first checkbox (individual checkbox, not the set of options) goes to bucket 5, second checkbox goes to bucket 3, etc.

"Check all that apply":

1. option 1 --> goes to bucket 5
2. option 2 --> goes to bucket 3
3. option 3 --> goes to bucket 5
4. option 4 --> goes to bucket 2
5. and so on

Greetings,

Thank you for this detailed information, please allow me some time to apply the described flow to a new demo form and will get back to you shortly.

Thank you for your patience.

To apply this scenario we are still using the Multiple Choice fields for the options and the Calculation Widgets for the buckets, but the workaround that we will make here is to set every multiple choice filed with only one empty option and assign the calculation value for this option, we are doing so because the calculation widget get the value of the entire field (the value of all its selected options), so once we set every field with a single option we can choose these options individually for the calculation according to the mapped bucket.

Please check the below screen cast for how to set the options.

And this screen cast for how to set the calculation widgets (the buckets).

Please check the demo form in this link https://form.jotform.com/211986985151063, give it a try and let us know how i works with you.

Thanks, that looks like it will work.

Another question: is there a way for the options not to be sent to the email, just the bucket calculation?

Greetings,

Yes, that's quite possible.

You can edit the template for the email notification and remove the Multiple Choice field and leave only the calculation field.

Guide: https://www.jotform.com/help/430-how-to-edit-the-email-template-for-notifications-and-autoresponders

Thank you!

That's perfect, thanks

Not related to the original question:

Hi,

I have split the tread for the new question, please see the following tread:
https://www.jotform.com/answers/3263768-how-to-secure-my-form-from-cloning

Have an amazing day.

Thanks.

Now back to the buckets and checkboxes. I have 270 checkboxes, and 9 buckets. Is there a way to be able to paste the calculation say #field-id-1 + #field-id-2, etc instead of manually having to select the field from the list? It is very error prone when you have so many fields to pick from. Also, it isn't showing the name I gave the fields, so it is almost imposible to determine which checkbox it is I need to select. I am talking about this widget

Greetings,

Unfortunately, currently, there's no other option but manually entering fields into the form calculation widget.

As for the names, they should be displayed according to your form field names. You may try to rename form fields and check. As for the names being partly visible, you can hover over the mouse cursor for 1-2 sec and the full name should be displayed.

Thank you!