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Use Distribution Masking to mask (visually hide) one or more elements in an answer list or scale list. In the chart below . we have deselected the Total category under Category Masking and set Show All under Distribution Masking. This shows all the answers in the chart apart from the totals.
Figure 1 - Distribution Masking – Show All
Distribution masking enables you to choose the list elements that the chart is to display. Choose between Show All, Hide All, Show Specific Codes, or Hide Specific Codes from the drop-down menu.
If you choose either Show Specific Codes or Hide Specific Codes from the Masking drop-down menu, you must then specify codes in the open-text field that appears below. In the figure belowShow Specific Codes is selected, so we must specify which codes are to be shown. Each code must match the corresponding code used for that question in the questionnaire tree.
In this case, the codes 2,3,5 are specified. The codes used for Male and Female are 1 and 2, while the codes for the Age question are 1 through 5. The resulting chart therefore shows “Female” and “18 to 30” (because code “2” is entered), and “31 to 50” and “68 or older” (because codes 3 and 5 are entered) .
Figure 2 - Distribution Masking - Show Specific Codes