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I recently had a request from a business partner to create a survey question with a list of all faculty at the event with 2 rating questions side by side.  They were looking for a way to consolidate multiple questions into one.  They wanted the responder to only rate the faculty they interacted with.  The first attempt was to create a simple matrix side by side but where they only had to answer for at least one faculty.  I tried making it mandatory for the question but that meant they had to answer all.  Then tried making it mandatory by category but that wouldn't work either because it all depended on who they interacted with.

I then tried setting up 2 questions, one for them to select who they interacted with and then a masking question.  I was hoping that the masking question would then only display the categories (faculty) selected in the previous question.  This didn't work because it says the masking question must be on a previous page.  This doesn't make sense.

Has anyone had any luck with this type of request?

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RENEE PALARDY
Analyst
Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. (DePuy Synthes Companies)United States
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In your choice options for the matrix there are "Additional Choice Options" of N/A and Other... you can use the N/A option and then update how it displays to show as "Did not interact" or something similar.  That allows you to make it required that they select something for each row/category in the question.  We often do this when having people rate all of the main stage sessions rather than using the Session Feedback surveys that need to be completed individually.  

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Peggy Beach
Event Technology & Operations Manager
Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company
United States
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-10-2025 12:36
From: RENEE PALARDY
Subject: Matrix Side by Side

I recently had a request from a business partner to create a survey question with a list of all faculty at the event with 2 rating questions side by side.  They were looking for a way to consolidate multiple questions into one.  They wanted the responder to only rate the faculty they interacted with.  The first attempt was to create a simple matrix side by side but where they only had to answer for at least one faculty.  I tried making it mandatory for the question but that meant they had to answer all.  Then tried making it mandatory by category but that wouldn't work either because it all depended on who they interacted with.

I then tried setting up 2 questions, one for them to select who they interacted with and then a masking question.  I was hoping that the masking question would then only display the categories (faculty) selected in the previous question.  This didn't work because it says the masking question must be on a previous page.  This doesn't make sense.

Has anyone had any luck with this type of request?

#Surveys

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RENEE PALARDY
Analyst
Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. (DePuy Synthes Companies)United States
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