Creating a Ranking Form Question

MyoshiaBoykin-A
Qrew Trainee
2 years ago
Your guess is exactly right: I don't want to allow them to repeat any feature twice. The plan is not to allow them to repeat a rank...so there will not be two ranks of 1, etc.

Even with written instructions informing the users, I need a way to prevent them from selecting the same rank for multiple questions.

So yes, I do need help with how to program the formula based on the previous answers. My guess is it would be something like a nested IF,THEN statement like:

If Q1=rank 1, then Q2-Q7 can only be ranks 2-7

If Q1=rank 2, then Q2-Q7 can only be ranks 1,3-7, etc.

Am I thinking about this correctly???

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Myoshia Boykin-Anderson
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- MarkShnier__You
  Qrew Legend
  2 years ago
  Here is a formula that should work. It seemed to test OK for me. I actually suggest you change your 7 fields to the field names I have used, paste in this formula to a formula text and then you can rename your fields to whatever you want and the formula will auto adjust to the new names.
  
  In order to block the save on blanks or duplicate rankings, you can either use a form rule to Abort the save, or in the advanced settings you can use custom data rules.
  
  The formula makes use of Formula Variables (see link) which makes the formula much easier to read and maintain, compared to a giant single long formula..
  
  var bool BlankRanks =
  
  [Rank 1] = ""
  
  or
  
  [Rank 2] = ""
  
  or
  
  [Rank 3] = ""
  
  or
  
  [Rank 4] = ""
  
  or
  
  [Rank 5] = ""
  
  or
  
  [Rank 6] = ""
  
  or
  
  [Rank 7] = "";
  
  var bool RankOneDup =
  
  [Rank 1] = [Rank 2]
  
  or [Rank 1] = [Rank 3]
  
  or [Rank 1] = [Rank 4]
  
  or [Rank 1] = [Rank 5]
  
  or [Rank 1] = [Rank 6]
  
  or [Rank 1] = [Rank 7];
  
  var bool RankTwoDup =
  
  [Rank 2] = [Rank 3]
  
  or [Rank 3] = [Rank 4]
  
  or [Rank 2] = [Rank 5]
  
  or [Rank 2] = [Rank 6]
  
  or [Rank 2] = [Rank 7];
  
  var bool RankThreeDup =
  
  [Rank 3] = [Rank 4]
  
  or [Rank 3] = [Rank 5]
  
  or [Rank 3] = [Rank 6]
  
  or [Rank 2] = [Rank 7];
  
  var bool RankFourDup =
  
  [Rank 4] = [Rank 5]
  
  or [Rank 4] = [Rank 6]
  
  or [Rank 4] = [Rank 7];
  
  var bool RankFiveDup =
  
  [Rank 5] = [Rank 6]
  
  or [Rank 5] = [Rank 7];
  
  var bool RankSixDup =
  
  [Rank 6] = [Rank 7];
  
  IF(
  
  $BlankRanks=true, "Please compete all 7 Rankings",
  
  $RankOneDup or $RankTwoDup or $RankThreeDup or $RankFourDup
  
  or $RankFiveDup or $RankSixDup, "Please do not Duplicate any of the 7 Rankings")
  
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  Mark Shnier (Your Quickbase Coach)
  mark.shnier@gmail.com
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  - ChayceDuncan
    Qrew Captain
    2 years ago
    Since you're doing it on the form you could also consider making different form rules with something like:
    
    When Input 1 is not blank
    
    and any of the following are true:
    
    input 2 is equal to the value in input 1 or
    
    input 3 is equal to the value in input 1 or
    
    input 4 is equal to the value in input 1 or
    
    input 5 is equal to the value in input 1 or
    
    input 6 is equal to the value in input 1 or
    
    input 7 is equal to the value in input 1
    
    Change the value of Input 1 to blank
    
    Rinse and repeat for each element swapping out the inputs with like:
    
    When Input 2 is not blank
    
    and any of the following are true:
    
    input 1 is equal to the value in input 2 or
    
    input 3 is equal to the value in input 2 or
    
    input 4 is equal to the value in input 2 or
    
    input 5 is equal to the value in input 2 or
    
    input 6 is equal to the value in input 2 or
    
    input 7 is equal to the value in input 2
    
    Change the value of Input 2 to blank
    
    This way it actually restricts them from entering the same value twice while they're entering data.
    
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    Chayce Duncan
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