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I have created a form wherein a lot of branched questions are involved.
However, once a question is hidden, it is not being used for calculations.
Can somebody please help on how i can assign it a value of 0 when hidden
and use it for further calculations.

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Hi Prachi,

By design the question is emptied and not set when the question is hidden.
I'd suggest modifying your form design to accomplish what you want; for
example, creating a hidden value that is set to the value you need.

Best,
Will

··· On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Prachi Patel wrote:

I have created a form wherein a lot of branched questions are involved.
However, once a question is hidden, it is not being used for calculations.
Can somebody please help on how i can assign it a value of 0 when hidden
and use it for further calculations.

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Hey Prachi,

Specifically, where you're using the value in a calculation, you can use
the coalesce function. So instead of just using
/data/question_that_could_be_skipped in a calculation, use
coalesce(/data/question_that_could_be_skipped,
0)

This will either use the value of the skipped question, or 0 if it has been
skipped or is blank.

Thanks,
Sheel

··· On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:16 PM, William Pride wrote:

Hi Prachi,

By design the question is emptied and not set when the question is hidden.
I'd suggest modifying your form design to accomplish what you want; for
example, creating a hidden value that is set to the value you need.

Best,
Will

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Prachi Patel prachi@cms-india.org wrote:

I have created a form wherein a lot of branched questions are involved.
However, once a question is hidden, it is not being used for calculations.
Can somebody please help on how i can assign it a value of 0 when hidden
and use it for further calculations.

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