Yes/No answers rather than scale

Hi!

Not currently, but I plan to add something like this after Styling addon will be released.

The main problem now is how to translate questions and answers into variable names.

For example now questions can’t be reordered and now we can use some var name like q-1-a-1.

But when questions will be reorderable (in long-long future may be), then this type of absolute naming will be broken.

Also now we already can reorder answers, so it’s also could be broken on reorder. as when it was q-1-a-1, after it should be q-1-a-2, but there is no system that will translate it back.

Do you have any ideas on this?

Hi, sorry, reply got stuck in junk.
No probs if your plugin doesn’t handle that set-up. I can find another route. I’ll hopefully be using your plugin on an upcoming project for disabled people to be able to answer questions about their condition (using your scale system) and receive a print-out to give to employers!
Good work, thanks,

Also, do you have ideas how to

translate questions and answers into variable names.

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Could questions be given an ID that doesn’t relate to position? Order could be held in a separate field.

Possible. Then how to understand where which question?

For exmaple initially we have:

* some question 1
* some question 2
* some question 3

In formulas they could be referenced as:

* q1 (or question-1?)
* q2
* q3

And you will have some formula (let it be only one) for 1st result:

* question-1-answer-1

After somehow questions reordered:

* some question 3
* some question 2
* some question 1

It will stay working, but for human it will not be too understandable — what is “question-1” here — var for “some question 3” or “some question 1” (which it will actually)?

One possible solution is somehow update formulas on questions/answers reordering. But it will be much costly currently.

Also now we not proceed formulas update on scales updates (slugs).

May be add such auto-rename-reorder-processing later.

Now it could be implemented in studid manner: question-1-answer-1 and later in another task we could add some postprocessing.

Also here is the idea, that came just now — we can add some simple formulas translate previews:

* User has some formula like “(scale-bla-bla > 1 AND scale-foo-foo <= 10) OR question-1-answer-1”
* User clicks on some button like “Preview formulas”
* System fill show for each formula it’s translation like “(‘Bla bla’ > 1 AND ‘Foo’ <= 10) OR ‘Some question 1? / Yes'”

I’m not sure about “Preview formulas” label — pls offer some more human-readable if you understood the idea.

Hi @yellowbrick it’s now in plugin. Pls update to 0.15.