# \#xlsform

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## [How do I hide some repeat fields on a report?](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/how-do-i-hide-some-repeat-fields-on-a-report/5549)

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**Author:** [@binod](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/binod)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/how-do-i-hide-some-repeat-fields-on-a-report/5549 "2026-04-01T02:07:00Z")

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There are two methods to hide certain report fields from view in the Reports tab: Set the column instance::tag to hidden in the XLSForm Add to hidden\_fields array in the form’s properties file However, none of these…

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## [How to list multiple constraint messages on a single field in XLSForm](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/how-to-list-multiple-constraint-messages-on-a-single-field-in-xlsform/960)

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**Author:** [@iesmail](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/iesmail)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/how-to-list-multiple-constraint-messages-on-a-single-field-in-xlsform/960 "2025-04-17T07:05:16Z")

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I have two date fields in my xlsform. I would like to show an error message when the user leaves either of the date fields blank or when the user enters a date in the second date field which is less than the date entere…

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## [Displaying selected options from multi-select as a separate list](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/displaying-selected-options-from-multi-select-as-a-separate-list/1100)

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**Author:** [@iesmail](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/iesmail)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/displaying-selected-options-from-multi-select-as-a-separate-list/1100 "2022-03-02T20:38:18Z")

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I have the following multi-select question: select\_multiple delivery\_complications I want to create a list right below this which displays the options selected by user. Can someone share a snippet of how that’s done? H…

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## [Using date type leads to unexpected behavior](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/using-date-type-leads-to-unexpected-behavior/1623)

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**Author:** [@uensal](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/uensal)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/using-date-type-leads-to-unexpected-behavior/1623 "2021-12-10T14:49:47Z")

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Describe the Bug I currently face the problem that i can not use the date type for my person-create.xlsx form, since setting the constraint does not work properly. No matter, what i try, i still get the error, that my …