adding limits

[Thulani Gebuza]

Good day

How does one get to set limits on an open ended numeric question on KoboCollect?

These would be, for example, a question that accepts a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 30.

Regards

Thulani

[Enrique Ramírez]

Go to settings (in the numeric questions) and in Validation Criteria field click on Manually enter your validation logic in XLSForm code and paste this code

string-length(.) >= 5 and string-length(.) <= 30

[Enrique Ramírez]

I was checking the code again and realize that when the integer is larger than 16 digits, kobo automatically converts it in an exponential number.

So, my recommendation is to create a text question and instead the code I gave you up; use this one

regex(., '[0-9]') and string-length(.) >= 5 and string-length(.) <= 30

what this code does is to restrict the field only to accept numbers and also restrict the length

Regards,

K.

El lunes, 15 de febrero de 2016, 8:30:07 (UTC-3), Thulani Gebuza escribió:

[Patrick Vinck]

Thulani, are you seeking to restrict the number of digit (length) if the answer, or just that the number provided has to be between 5 and 30?

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[Thulani Gebuza]

Hi Patrick

the number provided has to be between 5 and 30

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[Patrick Vinck]

Hi Thulani,

1. You need to first add a question and select the 'number' as question type.
   
2. Once the question is added, you need to edit the question settings - click on the cogwheel on the top right corner of the question box.
   
3. The settings option will appear with a menu bar on the left with three options - Question Options / Skip logic / Validation criteria
   
4. Select Validation Criteria
   
5. Select 'add a condition'
   
6. Enter the condition using the signs and values you want - you will have the option to add multiple conditions, and make sure to select that the question must meet all the criteria specified. Your screen should look like the attached.