Data Validation Other Text Excerpts

The user selected “other.”

• Could the "other" text be classified using an existing answer option?

  • Note: this is not a checkbox, but an instruction for what to evaluate and potentially fix, thereby deactivating the data validation alert.

• Click here to confirm that “Other” was the correct selection.

If we want data we can analyze consistently, we need consistent categorization. "Other" text frequently describes an existing category.