I am trying to send the value (numerical) of a variable to the LMS. I am trying to use the second method in this article by using Survey Questions. When I try to set up the trigger in step 2, I don't have the option to select from the variables in my project (there are over 50, but only the survey question variables show up here (see video). Does this method no longer work? Or is there another way to insert my variable here? Or is there another method entirely that will give the same results? Help! I feel like I'm losing my mind.
A "Short answer" survey question, as described in the article, will generate another text variable (eg. TextEntry2) that you can assign to your other custom text variable. You can't assign a numeric variable to a text variable or vice versa. If you want to send a numerical value to the LMS try to use a "How many" survey question restricted to entering only numbers. This will generate a NumericEntry variable that you can assign to another variable of the same type. Hope this make sense.
Thanks! I've changed it to a How Many question and it is now working! Now I just have to figure out how to get my LMS to report it. Appreciate the help.
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Looks like you are mixing variable types you cannot set a number to a text variable
A "Short answer" survey question, as described in the article, will generate another text variable (eg. TextEntry2) that you can assign to your other custom text variable. You can't assign a numeric variable to a text variable or vice versa. If you want to send a numerical value to the LMS try to use a "How many" survey question restricted to entering only numbers. This will generate a NumericEntry variable that you can assign to another variable of the same type. Hope this make sense.
Thanks! I've changed it to a How Many question and it is now working! Now I just have to figure out how to get my LMS to report it. Appreciate the help.