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francoisuclanAsked on November 7, 2014 at 8:07 AM
If a check box form is used with the option to tick multiple boxes when you download the submissions it generates all responses in a single cell in the excel file.
Is there a different method of input available that would allow the download to excel to be in separate cells for each check box ticked?
Thanks in anticipation
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CharlieReplied on November 7, 2014 at 10:20 AM
Hi,
I'm not sure if I'm visualizing it correctly.
If you have a question like,
"What kind of pets do you have?"
Checkboxes would be then:
-Dog
-Cat
-Fish
-Bird
1. Example of the spreadsheet that would look like if checkboxes are separated by columns.
1--> Yes
0--> No
I believe that this is not possible as the checkboxes hold the values of the text string named on them. And checkboxes that are not ticked would return a null or no value on the submission, which means it will not show in the excel sheet when downloaded.
Here's an app that might help you, http://widgets.jotform.com/widget/configurable_list and http://widgets.jotform.com/widget/data_grid. You can explore on it by doing different setup. But for that specific setting that you are looking, I believe it's not possible right now.
We can also create separate checkboxes that will act as a group, you can follow the screenshots below.
1. You can also try creating separating checkboxes that are independent field but will act as a part of the group.
2. This is how the submission will look like for separate checkboxes that acts as a group
3. The downloaded excel sheet will then display the data like this:
I hope this helps. Let us know if you need further assistance on this.
Thank you.
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francoisuclanReplied on November 21, 2014 at 6:39 AM
Thanks. As it stands, the data from the question below end up as a single line in Excel. If I can't resolve this to down in single columns, then I'll have to migrate back to Survey Monkey (which I'd rather not have to do).
Any ideas?
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CharlieReplied on November 21, 2014 at 8:58 AM
Hi,
This is the workaround that I can think of right now. By adding checkboxes separately but will treat as one group.
I have another sample form here:
http://form.jotformpro.com/form/43243847975972
The result will show like this:
For the above form, what I did is just add separate checkboxes, same with how I did in my previous post. But in this case, we want to have a column name "Choose a Plan" and the options "Plan A", "Plan B", "Plan C" and "Plan D" would be inside the cell. You can check the guide below on how I did this:
1. Add a "Text" that will act as the Question for the checkbox options. Go to the properties of each checkbox.
2. On the Properties window, add the text that will act as a column name and the option value.
3. But the question on the properties will show as a label and will be visible in the form. What we can do is use a custom CSS code to hide the labels and the option names will be the only one visible.
.form-label-top{
display: none;
}
4. The form will look like this:
5. The submissions on excel spreadsheet will then look like the one above.
Let me know if this is what you have in mind.
Thank you.