Mulitiple Choice Form Element - How to texually render option labels as an output when calculation values are enabled?

Hello...

• I have a multiple-choice form element on my form.
• I have the "Calculation Values" enabled under the Options Tab for that multiple choice element / question.
• I have added five options and assigned a calculation value of "1" to each option.
• When the question is answered, anywhere from 3 to 5 of the 5 options will be selected.
• I have added a Form Calculation Widget to my form to obtain the calculated sum of all options selected.
• I have also added a Short Text element into which I want to textually render the selected options.
• So... through the Form Calculation Widget I get the calculated sum, and through the Short Text element I'm SUPPOSED to get the textually rendered selected options (by way of an Update / Calculate Field Condition).

Unfortunately, when I view the output of the short text field that's supposed to textually render the selected options, all I'm getting as an output is the individually assigned calculation values of each option selected - not the option's text-label.

I have attempted to seek guidance from Podo, but the AI's solution has not rendered the desired outcome.

If you review the sample, simplified form I've provided a link to, you will see what I'm trying to accomplish.

Your help in understanding how to accomplish this is appreciated.

Hi Shawn,

Thanks for reaching out to Jotform Support. I've checked your form and I understand the issue. Do keep in mind that, if you enable Calculation Values option in the Multiple Choice element, the text of the selected options will be overwritten by the calculation values. So if you disable the Calculation Values, it will correctly render the selected option text into the Short Text element.

You can check out my test form below:

Let us know if you need any more help.

thank you but you did not understand nor answer my question.

I need to make use of BOTH the selected option LABEL and the Calculation Values

This cannot be an "either / or" .... I need to be able to output BOTH the label and the sum of the calculation values

Please review my question again, along with my the 5th form element on my sample form.

Hi MaidCrew,

I understand that you want to use both the selected option labels and their calculation values simultaneously displaying the sum of the calculation values in one field and the textual labels of the selected options in another. Here’s how to achieve this:

1. Use the Multiple Choice element with Calculation Values enabled to get the sum of the selected options. This sum can be displayed through your Form Calculation Widget as you already have.
2. To display the textual labels of the selected options separately, you cannot rely on the Multiple Choice field directly when Calculation Values are enabled, because the field’s value will be overridden by the calculation values.
3. Instead, create a workaround using conditional logic: Add a set of Short Text fields or use a widget that can capture the selected options’ labels. Then, use Update/Calculate Field conditions to check which options are selected and concatenate their labels into the Short Text element.

This means setting up conditions like: If Option 1 is selected, then add Option 1 Label to the Short Text field; if Option 2 is selected, add Option 2 Label; and so on. This way, you keep the calculation values for summing and separately build the textual output of selected labels.

Let us know if you need further assistance with this setup.