# Configuring Show & Hide Logic in Assessments (/docs/assessments/building-assessments/configuring-show-hide-logic-in-assessments)

Use **Show & Hide logic** to control which questions and sections appear in an assessment based on earlier answers. This lets you keep long questionnaires focused, reduce noise for respondents, and support branching flows (e.g., only show DPIA‑related questions when a high‑risk answer is selected).

### What you can do with Show & Hide logic [#what-you-can-do-with-show--hide-logic]

- **Show or hide follow‑up questions** based on answers to earlier questions (e.g., only show “Describe your data minimization approach” when GDPR is selected as a regulation).
- **Build multi‑condition rules** (logical AND/OR) that depend on answers to several questions within the same section (e.g., show an AI‑risk section when both “Uses AI” and “Processes sensitive data” are selected).

### Where to configure Show & Hide logic [#where-to-configure-show--hide-logic]

Show & Hide logic is configured at the **template level**:

1. Go to [**Assessments > Templates**](https://app.transcend.io/assessments/form-templates).
2. Open an existing template or create a new one. 

> You can only add or change Show & Hide logic while a template is in **Draft**. If a template is already **Published**, first unpublish (or save a new draft/duplicate), configure your Show & Hide logic, and then publish it again.

> If a template already has active assessments associated with it, you can’t unpublish or edit that template. Create a new template (or duplicate the existing one), update it there, and use the new version for future assessments.

3\. Within a section, select the **question** whose answer should _drive_ conditional behavior (the **source question**).

4\. Use the **Advanced Settings** panel on that question to add Show & Hide logic rules:

- Define **which responses to the source question should trigger logic**. For example:_If the answer to “What security measures are implemented to protect the data?” is equal to “Unknown”, then trigger \[an] additional follow‑up question(s)._
- Specify which **questions or sections** should be shown or hidden when those conditions are met.

![Configuring Show & Hide Logic on a question within an assessment.](/images/sanity/2026-19-01-dpia-show-hide-logic.png)

### When designing templates, keep the following guardrails in mind: [#when-designing-templates-keep-the-following-guardrails-in-mind]

#### **Scope is per template and per section** [#scope-is-per-template-and-per-section]

- Conditions can reference **previous questions in the same section**.
- Cross‑section “if A then show section B” logic is deliberately limited to preserve section assignment behavior (sections can be assigned to different assignees).

#### **First question in a section** [#first-question-in-a-section]

- The first question of a section cannot depend on earlier questions in that same section, since no prior questions exist there.