Survey data sometimes contain multiple answers combined into single strings with a delimiter. For instance, the
[Data Visualization Survey by Elijah Meeks](https://medium.com/@Elijah_Meeks/2017-data-visualization-survey-results-40688830b9f2)
asks respondents who they consider to be a thought leader.
This was elicited as a multiple response section. But the data shows the multiple responses catenated with a semicolon:
We might wish to see how often each person is mentioned overall, regardless of who else they might be mentioned with.
Press the blue edit icon for the field and select `Edit...`. Then add the attribute `"split": ";"`
The data are now separated by the delimiter and becomes a multiple-response element.
So now we can see how often each person is mentioned individually:
We might wish to see how often each person is mentioned overall, regardless of who else they might be mentioned with.
Press the blue edit icon for the field and select `Edit...`. Then add the attribute `"split": ";"`
The data are now separated by the delimiter and becomes a multiple-response element.
So now we can see how often each person is mentioned individually: