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[Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jason/Olav,

I understand that rationale - even if I'm commonly arguing that the "other"
option should not be there at all (in the majority of cases I've come
across the last 30 years, those "others" cannot be classified in any
meaningful way). I just wanted to know if it was possible since there are
some cases - generally the options/text are more of the "rich picture" type
unlikely to be used for any type of analysis - where it would simplify
things.

With both of you sort of agreeing that it is not there, and I have not
found it in the manuals, I presume it actually IS not an option.

Thanks for the rapid and thorough responses!

Regards
Calle

On 26 September 2016 at 11:01, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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