# Multichoice question - checkbox - display conditions

**URL:** <https://forum.dimagi.com/t/multichoice-question-checkbox-display-conditions/6437>\
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**Created:** [May 2, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/multichoice-question-checkbox-display-conditions/6437 "2019-05-02T14:43:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ethan\_Soergel](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.dimagi.com/ethan_soergel/32/543_2.png) [@Ethan\_Soergel](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Ethan_Soergel)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/multichoice-question-checkbox-display-conditions/6437/2 "2019-05-02T15:50:31Z")

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Hi Ferdinand,

You can save a multiselect question to a case. The result will be the selected choice values combined into a string separated with spaces. There are a few ["Multi-Select Helper Functions"](https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/CommCare+Functions#CommCareFunctions-Multi-SelectHelperFunctions) you can use for instance to check whether a particular answer was selected. Since the value of "especifica outro factor de risco" is a free text entry, I'd store that as a separate case property.

In your followup form, you'll probably want to map those choice values back to the display text. This is a bit more complex, but still possible. If you'd like to handle each selection individually, then you could make a group for each risk factor, where the display condition is for instance:  
`selected(#case/fatores_de_risco, 'falta_de_apoio_familiar')`.

Another option would be to use the `replace()` function a number of times to substitute the display text for the choice values, though you should be certain that no choice values are inadvertently contained in display text. Finally, a lookup table would likely be a good approach here, since it'll store that mapping, though that's more of a heavy-handed solution.

- Ethan

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