Branches use conditions to guide respondents through Blocks and any customized Elements defined in the Survey Flow.

In this article:

• Branching
• Using And/Or Statements

Branching

Branches use conditions to:

• Show, hide, and randomize Blocks.
• Assign Embedded Data fields.
• Launch customized Elements, messages, and survey endings.
• Authenticate users.

When a condition triggers a Branch, respondents flow down a new track in the survey until they reach another condition, which can trigger another Branch or a new Element, and so on until they reach an End of Survey Element.

In the image below, the condition begins with an if statement. Respondents in this Survey Flow will:

• Answer the two questions in the Introduction Block.
• Answer the two questions in the E-Book Potential Customers Block.
• If they own an E-Book Reader (based on their answers in the second Block) a branch is triggered directing them to the nested E-Book Current Customers Block.
• If they do not own an E-Book Reader, they will skip the Branch and continue down an alternative track.

You can set new conditions based on:

• Respondent answers to survey questions.
• Embedded data
• Device type

To create a conditional Branch with an if statement:

1. Open the Survey Flow.
2. Click the green Add a New Element Here link. 
   Note: You may also click Add Below. 
3. From the Elements Menu in yellow, click Branch.
4. At the blue marker, Add a Condition to trigger a new Branch.

Using And/Or Statements

You can use Branch Logic to combine several conditional if statements. Link these statements together with the And/Or operators, as seen here. 

• Use OR if you need participants to meet only one of multiple conditions to move forward.
• Use AND if you need participants to meet all conditions to move forward.

Creating Logic Sets

Use a Logic Set to evaluate groups of conditions together.

Note: Conditions will read in the order they are input.

In the following scenarios, the nested information will show only to respondents who are:

• Detractors AND answered Extremely Dissatisfied
• Detractors AND answered Somewhat Dissatisfied

 

• Under 21 AND Detractor
• Over 21 AND Passive