Overview

If you want to To define a default response to a question, there are a few ways to do this: 

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use the "Default Data Value

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" field

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in the logic section of a question (for more information on using logic in CommCare visit the Common Logic and Calculations page). Set the Default Data Value for a question to be a case property of your choosing. Default Data Values also work for multi-select questions, if the

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value loaded into the multi-select question is a string of the Question ID's of the desired default responses

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, separated by spaces.

This functionality

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is useful, for example, if you want to have an Update Registration or Modify Registration form that

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defaults the response to a given question entered at registration.

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For example,

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if you have a registration form with a Multi-Select question to find out the occupation of a woman and during registration you check-marked three of the choices: farmer, seamstress, and hairdresser. The response to this question could be saved in the case property as

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 'farmer seamstress hairdresser'. If you

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default the question to that case property

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, 'farmer' 'seamstress' and 'hairdresser' will show up pre-checked.