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How to remove "N/A" options for some sub questions (statements) in a matrix question

  • 14 June 2021
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Hi,
I have a question in my survey which contains five sub questions. I am finding a way to remove the “Not applicable” option for sub-questions 3 to 5 (see the picture attached). Could anyone teach me how to do that. Is that possible or I have to split this question into two?
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Many thanks for your help!


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Best answer by ahmedA 14 June 2021, 03:18

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Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function () {
    let qc = this.questionContainer;
    let all_na = qc.querySelectorAll(".last");
    all_na[3].hide();
});
Add this code to your js.
The 

.last
refers to the last column of your matrix.
Now 
all_na
will contain all the cells of your last column.
You can hide them one by one, just repeat the last line for all the rows you want to hide.

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Hi AhmedA,
Thank you very much it works perfectly well! :)
Regards,
Houston


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Thanks for this good answer.

I wonder how can I select not just the last column to hide, but all columns save the first column?

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In my case the N/A is the last row, not a column. That's because I need n/a as a question item for the user to indicate the entire question is not relevant for them. I therefore want to hide the answer columns for the n/a row, except for one column (the columns are frequency, so it doesn't make sense to fill out a frequency for the n/a item in my case).
I managed to hide multiple columns this way:
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnReady(function () {
  let qc = this.questionContainer;
 // console.log(this.getQuestionInfo());
var all_na = new Array();
var columns = [".c4", ".c5", ".c6", ".c7"] 
for (let i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
  qc.querySelectorAll(columns[i])[10].hide();
  };
});

However now the n/a question item no longer works as an exclusive item. Any idea why?

Deepak
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https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/51815#Comment_51815elephantus
Don't use the hide function use the below style property. It will keep the exclusive property intact. You can change the column id's as needed.
 qc.querySelectorAll(columns[i])[10].style.visibility="hidden";
Hope it helps!

TomG
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elephantus ,
In the last row, hide all but last column (regardless of number of rows or columns):
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {
jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .ChoiceRow").last().find("td").not(".last").find("*").hide();
});

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https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/51818#Comment_51818Thank you Deepak! That indeed works. What is frustrating is that the behaviour of exclusivity is for the same column only - and not for all columns. So in other words, I would like it when a specific answer choice is chosen, that it deletes any other choices made in other options across all columns in the matrix.

Thank you

Deepak
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https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/51830#Comment_51830elephantus You can implement click function on the below code for just the last row options and use the code mentioned in this link to reset all radio button.
Qualtrics: Reset Likert Matrix. Works with single or multi-select matrix. Add button html to question text. #qualtrics #js #jq #matrix #likert #reset · GitHub
Hope it helps!

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