Apr 02 2020
01:15 PM
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Aug 06 2023
05:10 PM
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TechCommunityAP
Apr 02 2020
01:15 PM
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Aug 06 2023
05:10 PM
by
TechCommunityAP
Hello, I am new to the MS Forms platform but so far find it to be user friendly. The challenge I am having now thought is determining if the system allows for branching per answer when the question is multiple choice? In the multiple choice question below, I would like to be able to indicate if the person selects "None" then they automatically move to the next question otherwise they can select multiple answers. Is there a way to do this within Forms?
Thank you for your guidance.
Nov 06 2020 08:23 AM
@BeckyLC I would like to know if this is possible too. Did you ever get an answer?
Nov 09 2020 01:31 AM
@themightymrp it is not possible to have branching based on answers selected in a multiple choice question. You can only have branching from the question itself, whichever options are selected.
Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User
Feb 15 2021 08:54 PM
@BeckyLC unfortunately this feature is unavilable in MS Forms.
I do hope they implement this in the near future.
Feb 16 2021 12:31 AM
@kirstenmiller I suspect this will never be implemented because the branching would have to take account of every possible combination of checkboxes selected.
Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User
Feb 16 2021 04:49 PM
@RobElliott that's unfortunate as theres plenty of competitor programs that have that feature.
Feb 17 2021 01:17 AM
@kirstenmiller I can't even get my brain round the logic of how that would work! Suppose you had 8 choices in your multi-select form, if a user checked 1,3 and 5 where would it branch to? If another user selected 1,6 and 7 where would that branch to? What if a user checked all 8 choices where would that branch to? And so on. With 8 choices there are 40,320 possible branching combinations. I cannot see how Microsoft could possibly implement that in Forms. What are the competitor applications you mentioned that allow this branching from multi-select choices and how do they handle such a large number of potential branches?
Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User
Mar 08 2021 08:56 AM
Hello @RobElliott ,
My company is progressively migrating from Typeform to Microsoft Forms. A simple If.. else logic is handled by typeform : If answer 1 and 3 are checked, then go to step number X, else if answer 5 is checked and not answer 2, go to step number Y, etc...
It was quite easy to maintain that kind of form, so I would like this feature a lot in Forms !
Mar 10 2021 04:06 AM
I am exploring Microsoft Forms after testing a prototype form in Google Forms, which does have branching to different sections based on selection from a multiple choice question. The usefulness of this feature is that, based on selection, you can direct to different sets of ensuing questions. It is also possible to return to a common flow of questions after the specific ones are answered. For data entry on a cell it greatly simplifies and shortens the procedure for the user. Until it is available in Microsoft Forms, I will have to stay with Google forms.
Mar 10 2021 03:54 PM
Mar 11 2021 12:49 AM
@ChrisBack going to a different section based on the selections in a multi choice question would, I imagine, be easier to achieve than branching to a different question based on every possible combination of answers.
Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User
Mar 31 2021 05:28 PM
@ChrisBack I've compared the two, and Google Forms supports branching on 'Multichoice', but not 'Checkbox' (which allows multiple selections to be made). This is the same as Sharepoint Forms which supports branching on 'Choice', but not when 'Multiple selections' is enabled for it.
So there's no difference in behaviour between Google Forms and Sharepoint Forms on this matter.
Mar 31 2021 06:32 PM
@BevanWeiss Thank you for correcting my statement. I further checked and Microsoft Forms does allow branching or "skip logic". I'm happy about it, and sorry for the false statement.
May 13 2021 09:15 AM
May 14 2021 01:40 AM
@MiriamF there's no functionality in Forms to have a multiple choice for a question that then pops up a text box for the answer.
Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User
Jun 23 2021 12:51 AM
This doesn't seem to be possible at the moment. I don't actually think that branching based upon multiple selections is feasible. What is actually required is conditional questions. So, the option of having a rule on a question that says - show this question if the following condition is true. e.g.
On question 9 have a rule that says only show this question if the respondent selected choice 5 on question 6 etc.
Aug 05 2021 07:56 AM
Aug 20 2021 12:10 PM - edited Aug 20 2021 12:22 PM
@adriengCorum , That sounds great.
Do you have to do else if statements for every permutation? Or can it just be if a choice is not selected, go to end?
Eg. in BeckyLC's example, if "None" is selected she wants it to branch to the next question.
In Typeform, can it just be if None is selected, go to next, else if None is not selected, go to end?Or would she need to have option for moving on for every possible combination:
None,
None+Challenges,
None+EducationalLunch&Learn,
None+FitnessBootCamp,
None+Yoga,
None+Other,
None+Challenges+EducationalLunch&Learn,
None+Challenges+EducationalLunch&Learn+FitnessBootCamp,
None+Challenges+EducationalLunch&Learn+FitnessBootCamp+Yoga,
None+Challenges+EducationalLunch&Learn+FitnessBootCamp+Yoga+Other,
None+Challenges+EducationalLunch&Learn+FitnessBootCamp+Yoga+Other
None+Challenges+EducationalLunch&Learn+FitnessBootCamp+Yoga+Other,
None+Challenges+FitnessBootCamp+Yoga,
None+Challenges+FitnessBootCamp+Yoga+Other
None+Challenges+EducationalLunch&Learn+Yoga,
None+Challenges+EducationalLunch&Learn+Yoga+Other,
None+Challenges+EducationalLunch&Learn+Other,
None+Challenges+Other,
None+Challenges+Yoga+Other
None+Challenges+FitnessBootCamp+Other,
None+EducationalLunch&Learn+FitnessBootCamp,
None+EducationalLunch&Learn+FitnessBootCamp+Yoga,
None+EducationalLunch&Learn+FitnessBootCamp+Yoga+Other,
None+FitnessBootCamp,
None+FitnessBootCamp+Yoga+Other,
None+FitnessBootCamp+Other,
...etc
Aug 23 2021 02:10 AM
Sure, it may seem a bit verbose, but at least it's possible if it's an implementation requirement. It's called Logic jumps, more details on Typeform official documentation: https://help.typeform.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029576011-How-to-set-Logic-Jumps-Classic-builder-
Aug 24 2021 08:58 AM - edited Aug 24 2021 08:59 AM
Yes, possible & unwieldy can still be better than not possible.
I just wanted some clarification on how it worked in this other tool.
I wasn't trying to imply it was worse; I was just curious in case anyone at my workplace asks me if there are tools that will do multi-answer branching, since Forms free currently doesn't.