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KarenHenke
Qrew Cadet
3 years ago

Set max number of responses to a multiselect text field

Hello! 

I have a field called Marketing Products which is a multiselect text field.
I need to limit the number of responses the user can choose to 5. Is this possible?
Thank you!



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Karen Henke
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Formulas and functions
Tables and fields

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  • MarkShnier__You's avatar
    MarkShnier__You
    Qrew Champion
    3 years ago
    Try this as a new Formula Numeric field.  I would put it beside the multi-select field on the form.  If you wanted to limit to 5, 


    var text Multi = ToText([My Multi Select Field]);

    Count(
    Part($Multi,1,";"),
    Part($Multi,2,";"),
    Part($Multi,3,";"),
    Part($Multi,4,";"),
    Part($Multi,5,";"))

    Then make a form rule to abort the save when the record is saved and there are More than 5 selected.

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    • KarenHenke's avatar
      KarenHenke
      Qrew Cadet
      3 years ago

      Thank you Mark!

      I had to extent the count field to past 5 so it could count to greater than 5. Then I set up the rule as you suggested and it works great.



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