# Ability to use the same question for multiple branches

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-use-the-same-question-for-multiple-branches/233480>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Tags:** forms\
**Created:** [26 October 2022 16:52 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-use-the-same-question-for-multiple-branches/233480 "2022-10-26T16:52:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Madison\_Schanbacher](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Madison\_Schanbacher](https://forum.asana.com/u/Madison_Schanbacher)\
**Post date:** [26 October 2022 16:52 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-use-the-same-question-for-multiple-branches/233480/1 "2022-10-26T16:52:34Z")

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It would be helpful to have the ability to use the same question within multiple branches. For example, we have a question with 5 options. For option 1 I need questions A, B, and C to populate, and for option 2 I need B, C, and D.

Right now we have to duplicate the questions and add them to multiple branches but that raises are field count on forms. It also causes issues if there is a multi-select question - if I choose option 1 & 2, there would be duplicates for questions B and C.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\
**Post date:** [26 October 2022 17:15 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-use-the-same-question-for-multiple-branches/233480/2 "2022-10-26T17:15:05Z")

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Hi @Madison_Schanbacher , welcome to the forum 😃

Good idea! However I think you can avoid duplicate answers as long as you map your questions to custom fields, instead of having all your answers end up just in the description.  
Have a look a this:

> [@ring One single form to rule them all](https://forum.asana.com/t/one-single-form-to-rule-them-all/105264/6):
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> Ηι @anon81228582 , if I have understood your scenario correctly, if you use a single-select field in a branch and then add the same field to another branch it will NOT show up in the ‘Available fields’ part of the ‘Connected to’ list. However, if you scroll down to the ‘Already in use’ part of the ‘Connected to’ list you can still select the custom field you want, even if it is in use. Asana will simply have a warning triangle saying that it will essentially overwrite the first entry with the ne…

Hope this helps until we get this feature!

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**Author:** ![Pamela\_Chung](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Pamela\_Chung](https://forum.asana.com/u/Pamela_Chung)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2024 02:13 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-use-the-same-question-for-multiple-branches/233480/3 "2024-03-02T02:13:45Z")

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Hi, I’m working on a form for the first time. I have a Multi-Select question with 3 options, and I want to create a “Please provide more detail” follow up question that appears if any of the options are selected. Currently, my solution is to have each option branch out to a separate “Please provide more detail” follow-up. However, if someone chooses 2+ options, then the follow-up gets repeated, like this:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/a/5/a51a4f6b14ff0b10aaadf496f325fe9ec1a419de.png)

Is there a way to have the follow-up question appear once, if 1 or more options get chosen? And I don’t want to just put the follow-up question as its own question after the first one, because it might not apply. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2024 02:24 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-use-the-same-question-for-multiple-branches/233480/4 "2024-03-02T02:24:13Z")

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Welcome, @Pamela_Chung,

Sorry, I don’t think there’s a good solution and you raised the known workarounds, as far as I know.

I’ve merged your post into an existing thread where you can click the title to scroll to the top and vote by clicking the purple Vote button.

Thanks,

Larry

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**Author:** ![Meghan\_Alessi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/meghan_alessi/32/290472_2.png) [@Meghan\_Alessi](https://forum.asana.com/u/Meghan_Alessi)\
**Post date:** [23 June 2026 16:20 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-use-the-same-question-for-multiple-branches/233480/5 "2026-06-23T16:20:04Z")

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Really disappointing to see that this is still a feature flaw 3+ years later.