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1:  Overview

The <goto> element forces the execution of the survey to continue elsewhere. You can use this element to go back to a specific question so that a respondent can change their answers, or go forward and skip sections of the survey.

For example:

<number label="Q1" size="2">
  <title>How many children live with you in your household?</title>
</number>
<suspend/>

<radio label="Q1_FollowUp" optional="0">
  <title>You said that you have <b>[pipe: Q1]</b> children in your household. Is that correct?</title>
  <row label="r1">Yes</row>
  <row label="r2">No</row>
</radio>
<suspend/>

<goto target="Q1" cond="Q1_FollowUp.r2" />

In the code above, if the respondent selects "No" at question Q1_FollowUp indicating that the answer they provided at Q1 was incorrect, the <goto> element will redirect them back to Q1 so that they can change their response. The process will repeat until "Yes" is selected at Q1_FollowUp.

The code above produces the following result (please pause to view the animation):

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2:  Attributes

There are two attributes available for <goto> elements:

Attribute Type Description
target string The label of the element to jump to.
cond string The condition in which the <goto> element should be executed.

2.1:  target - Specify a Label to Jump To

The target attribute controls where the <goto> element should redirect the survey execution to. It can be set to any element's label attribute. For example:

<radio label="Q1" optional="0">
  <title>Where would you like to go to?</title>
  <row label="r1">Here</row>
  <row label="r2">There</row>
  <row label="r3">Everywhere</row>
</radio>
<suspend/>

<goto target="here" cond="Q1.r1" />
<goto target="there" cond="Q1.r2" />
<goto target="everywhere" cond="Q1.r3" />

<html label="SkippedComment">You won't see this...</html>
<suspend/>

<html label="here">YOU ARE HERE!</html>
<suspend/>

<number label="there" size="3" title="YOU ARE THERE!" />
<suspend/>

<label label="everywhere" />
<html label="SeenComment">YOU ARE EVERYWHERE!</html>
<suspend/>

<goto target="Q1" />

The code above demonstrates that a <goto> element's target attribute can be set to any label to jump to that location.

2.2:  cond - Set the Condition

The cond attribute controls the execution of the <goto> element. If the condition evaluates to True, the <goto> element will be executed. For example:

<radio label="Q1" optional="0">
  <title>Would you like to skip the next question?</title>
  <row label="r1">Yes</row>
  <row label="r2">No</row>
</radio>
<suspend/>

<goto target="Q3" cond="Q1.r1"/>

<checkbox label="Q2" atleast="1" optional="0">
  <title>Please select all that apply:</title>
  <row label="r1">Item 1</row>
  <row label="r2">Item 2</row>
  <row label="r3">Item 3</row>
  <row label="r4">Item 4</row>
</checkbox>
<suspend/>

<text label="Q3" optional="0">
  <title>Please be as specific as possible:</title>
</text>

In the code above, if a respondent selects "Yes" at question Q1, then question Q2 will be skipped and Q3 will be seen. If "No" is selected at Q1, then the <goto> element will not be executed because the condition (e.g. cond="Q1.r1") will evaluate to False and question Q2 will be the next question seen.

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