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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
12480Bug reportsSurvey editingpublic2017-06-20 12:332018-02-15 14:49
Reporterslhck Assigned Toc_schmitz  
PrioritynoneSeverityminor 
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version2.65.x 
Summary12480: Ambiguous Instructions for Adding multiple answers
Description

The documentation on adding multiple answers to a dropdown / radio question is as follows: "Enter one answer per line. You can provide a code by separating code and answer text with a semicolon or tab. For multilingual surveys you add the translation(s) on the same line separated with a semicolon or tab."

However, this is ambiguous. Based on the instructions I have tried:

<code>;<answer>

But I get a new auto-generated code with "<code>" as the answer text when I would have expected the code to be used.

The instruction should probably include a short example.

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Complete LimeSurvey version number (& build)Version 2.66.0+170619
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Webserver software & version (if known)Apache
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c_schmitz

c_schmitz

2017-06-20 14:24

administrator   ~43952

What is the link to the particular documentation page?
slhck

slhck

2017-06-20 14:30

reporter   ~43954

I now see that when there are mulitple languages, you should instead enter

<answer>;<answer>

If there is a part of the manual that covers it, which I could help edit, please let me know, but I couldn't find any.
slhck

slhck

2017-06-20 14:31

reporter   ~43955

There is no documentation page; it is part of the instructions in the UI (see screenshot)

Screenshot 2017-06-20 14.31.07.png (48,287 bytes)   
Screenshot 2017-06-20 14.31.07.png (48,287 bytes)   
c_schmitz

c_schmitz

2018-02-15 12:01

administrator   ~46508

If you have several languages the minimum is the label for each language.
The help text needs to be short so we cannot go into specifics here.
slhck

slhck

2018-02-15 14:49

reporter   ~46538

Too bad, I would have loved to help improve documentation or usability here.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2017-06-20 12:33 slhck New Issue
2017-06-20 14:24 c_schmitz Assigned To => c_schmitz
2017-06-20 14:24 c_schmitz Status new => feedback
2017-06-20 14:24 c_schmitz Note Added: 43952
2017-06-20 14:30 slhck Note Added: 43954
2017-06-20 14:30 slhck Status feedback => assigned
2017-06-20 14:31 slhck File Added: Screenshot 2017-06-20 14.31.07.png
2017-06-20 14:31 slhck Note Added: 43955
2018-02-15 12:01 c_schmitz Status assigned => closed
2018-02-15 12:01 c_schmitz Resolution open => no change required
2018-02-15 12:01 c_schmitz Note Added: 46508
2018-02-15 14:49 slhck Note Added: 46538
2019-11-01 17:25 c_schmitz Category Survey design => Survey editing