This activity is used to define input masks to questions and can be linked to questions in the Survey/Questions tab or Survey/Question Detail tab . Input masks can only be linked to questions of type Open-Ended. When defining input masks, symbols #,% and _ represents that a participant should enter a Number, Any value and a Letter, respectively as his/her answer on this particular question. Some examples of input masks that can be defined and the expected answers are as follows.
Input Mask | Answer With Mask | Answer |
###-___%## | ***-****** | 123-abc/12 |
100-###-_00## | 100-***-*00** | 100-123-10012 |
15-ABC%###-_00## | 15-ABC****-*00** | 15-ABC/123-X0012 |
15-AbC%###-_00##__-10bcA | 15-AbC****-*00****-10bcA | 15-AbC/123-X0012ab-10bcA |
Once an input mask is assigned to a question it is a must that participant should adhere to this format.
There are no prerequisites.
Note : The Description will be used as an additional information to the survey participant in order to explain the input pattern expected by the input mask.