How result slide detect which result variable to use

Hi Emalyn:

When you create a results slide, the variables are automatically generated with it. If you remember the order you created your results slides, that same order is maintained in the variables (i.e. the first results slide generated has not number, the second gets a 1 in it, the third gets a 2 in it, etc...

If you need to override this, The only way is to create text boxes and enter the variable names in them like %ResultsScorePercent% into the text boxes to show the score of each quiz.

Best Regards,

Dennis Hall

Hi Dennis,

But sometimes it did not work. In fact I have to try all variable and test them, then I can only know which variable the result slide picks up. 

Just thought that if there is any other way to simplify the method and save more effort.

But anyway thanks for your reply!

Thanks and regards,

Emalyn

Hi Emalyn:

So your issue was actually that you had created many results slides and deleted some, then were left with all the result result variables?

If that was teh case, I would have just deleted all results slides, then deleted all results variables. Once done, just create a new results slide, assign it to the questions you want, and it will autmatically generate the correct result variables again.

Hope that helps.

Best Regards,

Dennis Hall

Hi Emalyn,

It looks like Dennis is assisting you here, and if you need anything further please let us know. 

Hi All,

I think the problem is that the results variables can't be deleted once they're created. I know I've run into this, and have found others have run into it as well. For example, I found this response  (italic below) from a fairly recent (9/17/13) post:

Hi Joseph, 

As far as I know there isn't a way to delete these variables once created. I have seen limited success in users who were able to remove these variables by importing the slides from your original course into a new file. Please create a new, blank Storyline course and import the slides from your first file.

And here's another thread describing the problem.

I've put in a feature request, asking for the ability to delete these...renaming them would be great also.

Can someone tell the coders to view this video I found on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPqK3U2SJ7c

There's a year of posts about this problem of not being able to delete unused results variables.

I have a master template that has a very complicated custom menu and the import work-around totally screwed up the formatting of this custom master slide and layers menu.

I currently have close to a hundred old results variables and they keep growing on each new project.

A tip for filtering out the dead variables, with the SL2 update 5+ (I'm using SL2 Update 10) where you can rename the variables as normal but still not able to delete them.

I found you can detect the orphaned variables as they will glitch a text label to not display at all if referencing an orphaned results slide variable.

So I list all my results slides variables in a hidden housekeeping slide to use meaningful names and keep on top of results slides changes now. Listing each variable in its own text box:
- "R1 - %Results1.ScorePoints%" through
- "R10 - %Results10.ScorePoints%" for instance where R10 is orphaned.

Previewing the slide:
- only the R1 - label will show
- while the orphaned R10 - label will not show at all. 

So then you can make a hit-list of the orphans and banish them to the bottom of the variables list by renaming them with Zzz prefixes.

Hi Emalyn,

I you just delete the extra result slide, you will see that the variables associated to that slide also gets deleted from the course. Just use one result slide and assign the questions to that result slide from <Edit Results> button.

After implementing this you will have only one result slide and the variables associated to that file. So you can use those variables as required in your course.

I'm going through some of these older questions looking for a related question I have - is there a way to view which variable is created by which results slide? I've got a course where the results slide was copied several times to make several similar quizzes and it's not clear which variables are associated with which results slide.

Hi Anneke,

You should see the results slide variables still listed on each slide - but duplicating the results slides has been known to cause some odd behavior especially in terms of the results slide variables as if you were to delete them from the slide or remove the triggers you'd have a hard time figuring out which variable is associated with each slide to add them back in. You could also delete the results slide and add in a new one to associate it with your question.