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Marco13_457
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Apr 23, 2021
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Forms: Restrictions for text response

Why is there no possibility to set a restriction for text response? For instance, it would be great to associate a regular expression to the answer for input validation, in order to check the format ...
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  • RobElliott's avatar
    RobElliott
    Apr 23, 2021

    Marco13_457 the uservoice requests for regex in answers are https://microsoftforms.uservoice.com/forums/386451-welcome-to-microsoft-forms-suggestion-box?query=regex.

     

    Rob
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    Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User

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RobElliott
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Apr 23, 2021

Marco13_457 the uservoice requests for regex in answers are https://microsoftforms.uservoice.com/forums/386451-welcome-to-microsoft-forms-suggestion-box?query=regex.

 

Rob
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  • Matt_5's avatar
    Matt_5
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 29, 2021

    RobElliott I followed the thread and even found a YouTube clip of a user using it, however it doesn't appear to be available for me. When I select Restrictions it forces it to be a numeric choice. There is no "Email" or "Custom"  choice for Restrictions. Do you know if there is an option to enable it?

     

     

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      RobElliott
      Silver Contributor
      Apr 30, 2021

      Matt_5 that's only available with Dynamics 365 Customer Voice (the re-named Microsoft Forms Pro) as outlined https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-voice/available-question-types.

       

      Rob
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      Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User

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