Guide to Masking Scripts (Power Surveys)

Tip: Are you using scripting with power surveys to pipe/hide/mask answer options from one question to another question? You can now do this in surveys with no need for scripting. For more information, see Carry Forward Answers in the Surveys documentation.

The terms "pipe", "hide" and "mask" are used interchangeably. The common goal is to show options based on a previous question. We will use the word "mask" throughout this article.

The question which you would like to reference will be referred to as "previous" question. The question that will be masked will be referred to as "masking" question.

Case 1 - 6 masks full list of options from a previous question to masking question.
Case 7 masks specific options from a previous question to a masking question.
Case 8 masks full list of options from a previous question to rank order question.

Find an appropriate case for your survey (i.e. previous question type to masking question type) and follow the link on the right-hand side.

Previous Question Type	Masking Question Type	Script
Case 1: Masking from Choice Question to Choice Question options, Grid Question rows, and Page Items
Single Choice Questions (standard and visual) Multi Choice Questions (standard and visual)	Single Choice Questions (standard and visual) Multi Choice Questions (standard and visual) Single Choice Grid Rows (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grid Rows (standard and visual) Scale Slider Grid Rows Single Choice Card Sorts: rows=cards Single Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Allocation Grids Allocation Sliders Items on a page	Click here
Case 2: Masking from Choice Question to Grid Question columns
Single Choice Questions (standard and visual) Multi Choice Questions (standard and visual)	Single Choice Grid Columns (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grid Columns (standard and visual) Single Choice Card Sorts: columns=categories Single Choice Magnetic Boards: columns=boards Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: columns=boards	Click here
Case 3: Masking from Grid Question rows to Choice Question options, Grid Question rows, Page Items
Single Choice Grids (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grids (standard and visual) Scale Slider Grids Single Choice Card Sorts: rows=cards Single Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets	Single Choice Questions (standard and visual) Multi Choice Questions (standard and visual) Single Choice Grids (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grids (standard and visual) Scale Slider Grids Single Choice Card Sorts: rows=cards Single Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Allocation Grids Allocation Sliders Items on a page	Click here
Case 4: Masking from Allocation Grid to Choice Question options, Grid Question rows, and Page Items
Allocation Grids Allocation Sliders	Single Choice Questions (standard and visual) Multi Choice Questions (standard and visual) Single Choice Grids (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grids (standard and visual) Scale Slider Grids Single Choice Card Sorts: rows=cards Single Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Allocation Grids Allocation Sliders Items on a page	Click here
Case 5: Masking from Grid Question rows to Grid Question columns
Single Choice Grids (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grids (standard and visual) Scale Slider Grids Single Choice Card Sorts: rows=cards Single Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets	Single Choice Grid Columns (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grid Columns (standard and visual) Single Choice Card Sorts: columns=categories Single Choice Magnetic Boards: columns=boards Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: columns=boards	Click here
Case 6: Masking from Allocation Grid to Grid Question columns
Allocation Grids Allocation Sliders	Single Choice Grid Columns (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grid Columns (standard and visual) Single Choice Card Sorts: columns=categories Single Choice Magnetic Boards: columns=boards Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: columns=boards	Click here
Case 7: Masking from specific Choice Question options to Choice Question options, Grid Question rows/columns, and Page Items
Single Choice Questions (standard and visual) Multi Choice Questions (standard and visual)	Single Choice Questions (standard and visual) Multi Choice Questions (standard and visual) Single Choice Grid Rows (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grid Rows (standard and visual) Scale Slider Grid Rows Single Choice Card Sorts: rows=cards Single Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Allocation Grids Allocation Sliders Items on a page	Click here
Case 8: Masking from any Question to Rank Order Question rows
Single Choice Questions (standard and visual) Multi Choice Questions (standard and visual) Single Choice Grid Rows (standard and visual) Multi Choice Grid Rows (standard and visual) Scale Slider Grid Rows Single Choice Card Sorts: rows=cards Single Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Multi Choice Magnetic Boards: rows=magnets Allocation Grids Allocation Sliders	Rank Order Sort Rank Order Grid	Desktop Only: Choice Questions Grid Questions Allocation Questions
		Desktop and Mobile This is a survey template not a stand-alone script Choice Questions Grid Questions Allocation Questions