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Despite no explicit option currently, there are at least 4 3 methods that could help you successfully handle N-way relationships.

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For automation (where the literal value is more important), the value expansion can be added to “Yes*” to replace the value name on export since TCD Automate only reads value expansions, if they exist.

Method 4: Constraints vs Forced Interactions

The last approach leverages the fact that constraints can overwrite forced interactions, and vice versa.

We start with the “base” initial setup.

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Then say that Q2=Yes can never be paired with Q1=No.

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Lastly, on the Forced Interactions screen, we force the combination of Q2=Yes with Q1=No and accept the warning that informs us that our constraints logic marks that combination as invalid/impossible. 

Doing so will result in the Forced Interaction overwriting the model’s constraints logic. We would get one scenario (and only one) in our data table that would include both Q1 = No and Q2 = Yes. And the correct Question 3 value would appear (“Not displayed”) because we forced it.

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We still get the coverage of all pairs and eliminate invalid combinations.

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