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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
15884Bug reportsSurvey takingpublic2020-02-17 23:182026-10-29 18:17
Reporterchristianlangkamp Assigned Toc_schmitz  
PrioritynoneSeverityminor 
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Product Version3.21.0 
Fixed in Version6.5.x 
Summary15884: If Equation Question is hidden, it should not be included in Question count
Description

According to the Limesurvey - DenisChenu answer - until 2.73 a hidden equation question did not contribute to the question count.

This would be great to be able to include survey logic without scaring a user off with a ridiculous number of questions, just because there are a lot of formulae.

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I am on the current Limesurvey Version (hosted by Limesurvey)

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tpartner

tpartner

2020-02-18 14:50

partner   ~56074

Last edited: 2020-02-18 14:53

I find that equation and text-display questions are not included in the count regardless of whether they are hidden via question settings - so far, so good.

However, other questions (like list-radio) are always included in the count, even when hidden via question setting. I think this should not be the case.

See attached screenshots and .lss file.

LS version 4.1.5

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limesurvey_survey_497169.lss (60,934 bytes)
Mazi

Mazi

2020-02-19 10:22

updater   ~56082

I agree that text display and equation questions should not be counted any way. Because this leads to the mentioned problem that a user who actually answered all "real" questions may see the progress bar at 70% only because of several follow up hidden equation questions used for some calculations.

In addition, questions hidden by the related question attribute shoul also not be counted.
c_schmitz

c_schmitz

2026-10-29 18:17

administrator   ~86997

Fixed in 6.5.16: Questions set to always hidden are no longer counted in the number of questions or in the progress bar.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-02-17 23:18 christianlangkamp New Issue
2020-02-18 14:50 tpartner File Added: capture_3.png
2020-02-18 14:50 tpartner File Added: capture_2.png
2020-02-18 14:50 tpartner File Added: limesurvey_survey_497169.lss
2020-02-18 14:50 tpartner Note Added: 56074
2020-02-18 14:53 tpartner Note Edited: 56074
2020-02-18 15:10 DenisChenu Issue Monitored: DenisChenu
2020-02-19 10:22 Mazi Note Added: 56082
2020-12-23 17:37 cdorin Status new => acknowledged
2026-10-29 18:17 c_schmitz Note Added: 86997
2026-10-29 18:17 c_schmitz Bug heat 6 => 8
2026-10-29 18:17 c_schmitz Status acknowledged => resolved
2026-10-29 18:17 c_schmitz Resolution open => fixed
2026-10-29 18:17 c_schmitz Fixed in Version => 6.5.x
2026-10-29 18:17 c_schmitz Assigned To => c_schmitz
2026-10-29 18:17 c_schmitz Status resolved => closed