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Data Types

Multi-Select

Our multi-select data type is for columns where there can be more than one result. This could be a "select all that apply" question in a survey, or a set of tags exported from a database.

In some data exports this data type is spread over multiple columns. AddMaple will automatically detect this and show the values in a single column. You can also manually combine columns if needed.

On the Chart Dashboard, multi-select columns show up with blue bars.

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Chart dashboard showing a multi-select column with blue bars.

When you click on a multi-select column you will be taken to the pivot chart view. Here you can see the number of times each category was chosen in the bar chart, along with statistics on the right. In this example the median number of categories per response was 3, with a maximum of 9.

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Expanded multi-select pivot chart with stats on the right.

In the table view you can see each category that was selected per row. You can click on a category to filter by it. Learn more about filtering your data.

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Table view showing selected categories per row; click a category to filter.