Conflicting conditions

  • Bprovost
    Asked on May 6, 2015 at 1:45 PM

    I have a form that has "Select All Services that Apply" and based on what you select - further questions are hidden or shown.  My problem lies with multiple selections.  If I have a selection for ITEM 1, several questions pop up.  If the user also selects ITEM 12, several more questions "should" pop up but they do not.  I know the rules applied are more of a If "field" is "equal to" vs. "contains" which might help my situation.

     

    I am trying to figure out how I can do this properly?

     

     

    Examples of the choices-

    1.  If left blank, you should only see 2 fields - upload docs and Additional comments

    2.  If 3D Renderings are selected, you should see questions titled "Rendering Request Discovery"

    3.  If I then want to add "Video Editing", nothing additional appears - unless I unselect 3D Renderings, then I see my Video Production and Editing Discovery.

     

    Am I asking too much of the form?  Maybe I need to have these different discoveries on their own pages?

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  • Carina
    Replied on May 6, 2015 at 3:08 PM

    3.  If I then want to add "Video Editing", nothing additional appears - unless I unselect 3D Renderings, then I see my Video Production and Editing Discovery.

    If you wish user to only be able to select one option I would recommend using radio-button fields instead, as they are designed to single selections. If user is supposed to only select one option, it is better not to give him the change to select multiple. Besides this creates conflicts with conditions.

    I inspected the conditions and they are complex. 

    For instance in the same condition you have show and hide actions:

    Conflicting conditions Image 1 Screenshot 30

    Usually we don't need to use the hide action, because if those fields are only to show if another condition is met, then we don't need to tell them to hide, because they will be hidden unless that condition is met.

    Also you have conflicting conditions, because on the same condition you selected the same fields to show and to hide:

    Conflicting conditions Image 2 Screenshot 41

    If we need to create complex form action is always good to try to simplify the most. This will minimize conflicts in the conditions and will make easy to spot any error.

    Let us know if we can assist you further.

  • Bprovost
    Replied on May 6, 2015 at 3:39 PM

    Thank you - I am going to re-work those (I do believe I did have one that was not complete).  I am going to TRY.  I may be back.  Do I start a new question, or keep responding to this one?

  • Carina
    Replied on May 6, 2015 at 3:42 PM

    We'll be more than glad to assist you. If it's related please use the same thread. For different issues it is necessary to open a new thread.

    Thank you