My two conditional page logic questions are behaving mostly as expected, but one option in each is navigating incorrectly

[kweav]

Description

Survey description with minimal examples

I've got a survey with 8 pages.

1. Welcome page with no questions, just an sd_next() call
2. Page with a consent question.
   • If they answer yes, they should proceed to the second page.
   • If they answer no, they should proceed to an ineligible page with an sd_exit().

Relevant/Simplified Code

Simplified view in survey.qmd:

::: {.sd_page id=consent_screen}

## Consent

```{r}

sd_question(
 type   = 'mc',
 id     = 'consent',
 label  = "Do you consent to your responses being used for research and are you over 18?",
 option = c(
   'Yes, I consent and I am over 18'       = 'yes',
   'No, I do not consent or I am under 18' = 'no'
 )

)

sd_next()
\``` #backward slash added in this example only because otherwise it's closing the code block
:::

sd_show_if() portion in app.R:

input$consent == 'yes' ~ 'demographics', #works as expected
input$consent == 'no' ~ 'ineligible_page', #does not work as expected, going to the next next page

3. Demographics page

• where everyone who consents goes.
• no conditional logic, just on to the next page.

Relevant/simplified code

Simplified view in survey.qmd:

::: {.sd_page id=demographics}

## Demographics

```{r}
sd_question(....)

sd_next(next_page = 'interests_and_experience')
\``` #backward slash added in this example only because otherwise it's closing the code block

:::

4. Training and Interests Page

• has conditional logic with 3 possible locations depending on the answer. 2 options should go to impact page, 1 option should go to indirect impact page, and 2 options should go to end page.

Relevant/simplified code

Simplified view in survey.qmd:

::: {.sd_page id=interests_and_experience}

## Training Interests and Experience

```{r}
...

sd_question(
  type   = 'mc',
  id     = 'engagement',
  label  = 'Have you ever engaged with <a href="https://www.itcrtraining.org/resources" target="_blank">ITN resources or activities</a>?',
  option = c(
    "Yes"                                                                                = "yes",
    "No, but I have encouraged a staff member or trainee to engage with ITN content" = "no_but_indirect",
    "No, and I have NOT encouraged others to interact with ITN resources"              = "no_total",
    "I'm not sure"                                                                           = "not_sure",
    "I have not, but I plan to"                                                              = "not_yet"
  )
)

sd_next()
\```

:::

sd_show_if() portion in app.R:

input$engagement == 'yes' ~ 'impact', #works as expected
input$engagement == 'no_but_indirect' ~ 'indirect_impact', #works as expected
input$engagement == 'no_total' ~ 'end_page', #works as expected
input$engagement == 'not_sure' ~ 'impact', #works as expected
input$engagement == 'not_yet' ~ 'end_page' #does not work as expected, going to the next page

5. Impact Page

• navigates to the end page

Relevant/simplified code

Simplified view in survey.qmd:

::: {.sd_page id=impact}

## ITN Activity Impact
```{r}
sq_question(....)

sd_next(next_page = 'end_page')
\```

:::

6. Indirect Impact Page

• navigates to the end page

Relevant/simplified code

Simplified view in survey.qmd:

::: {.sd_page id=indirect_impact}

## Impact of ITN resources on those to whom you recommended them
```{r}
sq_question(....)

sd_next(next_page = 'end_page')
\```

:::

7. End page

Relevant/simplified code

Simplified view in survey.qmd:

::: {.sd_page id=end_page}
<image>

```{r}
sd_close()
\```
:::

8. Ineligible page

• for people who didn't consent

Relevant/simplified code

Simplified view in survey.qmd:

::: {.sd_page id=ineligible_page}

## Thank you for your interest!

Unfortunately, you do not meet the eligibility requirements for this survey.

```{r}
sd_close()
\```

:::

Description of problem

The consent logic works for 'yes' responses, but fails for 'no' responses, navigating to the training interests and experience page. Interestingly if you click next on that page, it then navigates to the ineligible page.

The engagement logic works for everything but the 'not_yet' option which navigates to the impact page.

I've triple checked my page id's and option names and logic in app.R so I'm kind of stumped on why this is happening.

Are there any files in the _survey/ output that preview survey page flow/logic? Is there anything you see that I've done wrong that is causing this issue? Thank you so much!!

Additional Information

Version of surveydown :

> utils::packageDescription('surveydown')$Version
[1] "0.13.2"

and

[1] "0.13.4"

both have had this issue.

Operating system: MacOS 15.6.1

[jhelvy]

Hi @kweav . This is quite a lengthy example, which makes it hard to find the source of the problem. Could you try to create a minimal producible example of the issue? Perhaps remove some of the extra conditionals that appear to be working and just get it down to the part that isn't working? It's also easier if you send a complete survey.qmd and app.R file rather than break it into chunks, that way we can run your code and reproduce the result.

Without the app.R file where you specify the conditional logic, it's hard to know what's causing the problem.

Finally, you say you use sd_exit(), but I think you mean sd_close()? There is no sd_exit() function.

[kweav]

@jhelvy

Sorry, yes, I do mean sd_close() and that's what in the code snippets. Sorry for misstating that in the description.

The snippets are very simplified compared to my files, but my app.R and survey.qmd files are here if they'd be helpful: https://github.com/fhdsl/ITN_Surveys/tree/add_follow_up/itn_follow_Up

I will try to make a smaller test version.

[kweav]

@jhelvy I made some more simplified tests that still have navigation issues. Examples attached with descriptions of what I'm observing. Hope they're helpful

two_conditional_multOptions.zip
two_conditional_twoOptions.zip

I created two simplified tests. Both still have two conditional questions affecting page navigation.

• The first one (two_conditional_multOptions.zip) keeps the 2 options, 5 options structure of my original survey. Both questions have the original issue I observed.
• The second one (two_conditional_twoOptions.zip) reduces the number of options for both questions to 2. The consent question second option still has the original issue, but the engagement question navigation is correct.

So I created a third simplified test two_conditional_multLessOptions.zip) that increases the second conditional question's options up to 3. The engagement question navigation is messed up again.
two_conditional_multLessOptions.zip

[kweav]

@jhelvy my colleague helped me resolve my issue on my end with some rearranging and more closely following the screenout example from the documentation: https://surveydown.org/docs/page-navigation#conditional-forward-skipping

Sorry for the hassle -- I thought what I had done should have worked and I should have followed the documentation more closely.

[jhelvy]

Oh I'm glad you got this sorted out! Yeah I didn't get a chance to look through this again this week. It's a good amount of complexity, but we've tried to build the docs in a way that makes that complexity less painful.