Hi everyone,

I have a question about randomization in LimeSurvey.

The problem is as follows:
There is a question group with 8 questions. These 8 questions are randomized using the Randomization group name, as specified in the logic.
Randomization works as expected, but I ran into a problem concerning question naming. The questions should have generic names like "Question 1" through "Question 8", where the number represents the sequence in which the questions are displayed. If I use qseq as a variable the displayed questions are not in order, as I suspect the randomization occurs after writing the variables. This leads to the qseq actually not being in sequence.
What I already tried is enabling question numbering in the Presentation settings. This gave me sequential numbering but I couldn't access the numbering for usage in the question title.

Is there any way to access this sequence number similarly to qseq?

Thank you, kind regards,
Julia

What LimeSurvey version?

Are all questions on the same page?

I'm using version 3.9.0+180604.

Yes, the randomized questions are on the same page.

It seems that the {QUESTION_NUMBER} placeholder no longer works, so I think you will need to insert the numbers via JavaScript.

1) Place a span element like this in the text of each question:
 
 
2) Place this script in the source of the first question:
 
 
Sample survey attached: 

Thank you so much, this solution worked perfectly well for me.

I'm using version 3.9.0+180604.

Off-topic: You (or your organization) should really look into updating your Limesurvey installation. Your installation hasn't received any update, bug fix or security fix for over 3 years now.

Based on your name I assume that you are from a German speaking country, which afaik all fall under GDPR/DSVGO. One of the principles is to use "state of the art software" and I think one can hardly say that a software that potentially collects personal data is "state of the art" if it hasn't been updated for more than 3 years (despite many updates being available).

But even if you do not collect personal data or do not fall under GDPR/DSVGO, it is highly recommended to keep up to date with updates, as the principle of keeping software up to date is never wrong.

Thank you for this advice. I will inform our sysadmin about this.

Keep in mind that between LS3 and LS5 a few things have changed. So I would first update to the latest LS3 and then later doing the tests and adaptations to themes and workarounds for LS5.

Anouther solution is usage of gseq.

For example, if you put Q01 ans Q02 in same randomization group , and the hidden group are the 1st group, you can compare Q01.gseq and Q02.gseq.

The question shown have the upper gseq.

User see {if(Q01.gseq > Q02.gseq,"Q01","Q02)}