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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi ,
I hope that this was removed, as it has proven to be a source of problems
when using option sets. The reason is that if you allow people to put
whatever into that box, they will do exactly that, rendering results in
analytics basically useless. So, the correct way would be to have an option
set like

1) Foo
2) Bar
3) Baz
4) Other

with a textual data element like "Specify". That way, you can get useful
analytics results out of the majority of responses, and then have to deal
with a means of classifying those which fall into other.

Othrewise, you may as well just allow people to enter free-text, rendering
any analysis much more difficult if not impossible due to the amount of
garbage which will result during data entry.

That's my take on it.

Regards,
Jason


On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Olav,
>
> Yes, either that or using the comment field for the "other" text. Having a
> text element with a drop-down but not limited to the drop-down values is a
> very basic feature, though....
>
> Let's hear if anybody else has a different take on it...
>
> Regards
> Calle
>
> On 26 September 2016 at 09:23, Olav Poppe <olav.poppe@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Calle,
>> pretty sure that this is *not* possible (though I would be happy to be
>> proven wrong!), and that the closest you can get today is having an "other"
>> option in the option set and using program rules to show another data
>> element for the free text when "other" is selected.
>>
>> Olav
>>
>>
>> 25. sep. 2016 kl. 22.56 skrev Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This might be one of those "answer is under your nose" aka RTFM
>> questions, but here goes (version 2.24):
>>
>> How can I specify an option set (drop-down, text options) for a data
>> element while also enabling users to type in any other free text value?
>>
>> (or in other words, "Limit element to options in option set = FALSE")
>>
>> Best regards
>> Calle
>>
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