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Conditional notifications let you configure a prompt to only fire if a participant’s previous answer meets a specific condition. This is an advanced feature for creating adaptive, branching study flows.

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How It Works

Each prompt can have an optional notify condition with four fields: When a condition is set, the prompt’s notification is only sent if the participant’s answer to the source question satisfies the condition.

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Available Operators

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Source Options

The source list is built from:
  • All other prompts in the same quest (excluding the current prompt)
  • All onboarding questions in the quest
This means you can use either a participant’s ongoing prompt responses or their initial onboarding answers to determine whether a follow-up prompt should fire.

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Examples

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Follow-up on Poor Sleep

Only ask about caffeine if the participant reported sleeping poorly.
Result: The caffeine prompt only fires when the participant answered “No” to the sleep prompt.

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High Stress Follow-up

Only ask about stress coping strategies if stress rating is high.
Result: The coping strategies prompt only fires when the participant rated stress ≥ 7.

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Based on Onboarding Answer

Only send exercise prompts to participants who indicated they exercise regularly.
Result: Exercise-related prompts only fire for participants who answered “Yes” during onboarding.

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Tips

Conditional notifications are evaluated at notification time. The condition checks the participant’s most recent response to the source question.
A prompt with a conditional notification will never fire if the source question hasn’t been answered yet. Make sure the source prompt is scheduled before the conditional prompt.
  • Use conditions to reduce participant burden — only ask follow-up questions when relevant
  • Combine with the scheduling system to create sophisticated adaptive study protocols
  • You can only set one condition per prompt