Including P-Codes in the Output Data

Last updated: 18 Jun 2025

If using cascading lists, please follow the instructions for cascading selects.

Normally, only the “Name” and NOT the “Label” will appear in your exported Excel file, which means that only the P-code OR the name of the location will appear.

In order to get both P-code and name as part of your exported data, do the following:

1. In all “Name” columns of your exported form, use the P-code of the location

2. In all “Label’ columns of your exported form, use the name of the location

3. For each Admin level you use, add a question with type “calculate”, using the syntax:

if(string-length(${name_of_pcode_column}) != 0,jr:choice-name(${name_of_pcode_column},'${name_of_pcode_column}'),'(unspecified name_of_pcode_column)')

This formula will extract the "Label" (i.e. the name of the location) of the entry, and you will in your exported results get both the name and the p-code.

Example with 3 admin levels, using cascading lists

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type	name	label	choice_filter	calculation
select_one admin1	pcode_admin1	Admin 1
select_one admin2	pcode_admin2	Admin 2	state=${pcode_admin1}
select_one admin3	pcode_admin3	Admin 3	state=${pcode_admin1} and county=${pcode_admin2}
calculate	name_admin1			if(string-length(${pcode_admin1}) != 0, jr:choice-name(${pcode_admin1}, ‘${pcode_admin1}’), ‘(unspecified pcode_admin1)’)
calculate	name_admin2			if(string-length(${pcode_admin2}) != 0, jr:choice-name(${pcode_admin2}, ‘${pcode_admin2}’), ‘(unspecified pcode_admin2)’)
calculate	name_admin3			if(string-length(${pcode_admin3}) != 0, jr:choice-name(${pcode_admin3}, ‘${pcode_admin3}’), ‘(unspecified pcode_admin3)’)
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choices

list_name	name	label	state	county
admin1	11	Texas
admin1	12	Washington
admin2	13	King	11
admin2	14	Pierce	11
admin2	15	Puyallup	12
admin2	16	Cameron	12
admin3	17	Dumont	11	13
admin3	18	Finney	11	13
admin3	19	Brownsville	11	14
admin3	20	Harlingen	11	14
admin3	21	Seattle	12	15
admin3	22	Redmond	12	15
admin3	23	Tacoma	12	16
admin3	24	King	12	16
choices