{"id":2757,"date":"2021-02-24T17:17:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m-path.io\/manual\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=2757"},"modified":"2025-03-11T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:59:42","slug":"piping-from-a-previous-question","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/app-manual-wp-001-atfsdabuggg7fzdq.germanywestcentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/knowledge-base\/piping-from-a-previous-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Piping from a previous question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this article, you will learn how you can reuse answers from previous questions in new questions (also known as piping). An example is given in the images below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Answer of question 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Answer of question 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Reuse answer of question 1 and question 2 in question 3.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

You can do this by using @INSERT{[question1]}<\/strong> in the third question. ‘@INSERT{[question1]}’ will not be shown in the third question but will be replaced with the answers given by the question with label ‘question1’. This can be used both in the question itself (How do you feel now from p-phacking to chocolate?<\/em>) and in the options in the question (the anchors of the slider or the options of a multiple choice question).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This image shows how question 3 looks in the question creator in the online dashboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Piping answer from a previous interaction or questionnaire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The above method only works when a given answer is available within a questionnaire. So when an answer was previously given in a specific questionnaire, it can be piped later in the same questionnaire. It is however also possible to pipe text from a previous interaction or questionnaire. If a question with label question1<\/strong> is answered in questionnaire_1<\/strong> and you want to pipe this answer in questionnaire_2<\/strong> (where question1<\/strong> was not answered) you have to follow the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n