| Applies to | Screeners, usability tests (auto-recruit), and media surveys (auto-recruit) |
Recruiting from the Dscout pool of Scouts is a fast and easy way to find participants for your research. However, if you’re running similar studies close together, you may want to ensure you hear from new voices—not the same Scouts who’ve already shared their insights.
With activity filters in screeners, usability tests, and media surveys, you can prevent Scouts from participating in your missions if they’ve already done so in the last 90 days. This ensures you’re recruiting a fresh group of Scouts every time.
Activity filter options
Activity filters are enabled on screeners and missions individually, but you can choose to apply them in one of two ways:
- Within this project: Applies your selected filters only to Scouts who have taken part in a screener or mission in this same Dscout project.
- Within this account: Applies your selected filters to Scouts who have taken part in any screener or mission across your Dscout account, regardless of project.
From there, you can choose to exclude participants who fall into the following categories:
- Mission participants from the last 90 days: Scouts who have participated in a mission in the last 90 days.
- Qualified screener applicants from the last 90 days: Scouts who have applied to and qualified for a screener in the last 90 days, regardless of mission completion. Keep in mind that Scouts who have applied to screeners in the last 90 days but have not qualified will not be excluded by this filter.
- Both: Excludes all Scouts who fall into either of the above categories.
The following options are selected by default:
| Screener default activity filters | Usability tests/media survey default activity filters |
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Access activity filters
To access activity filters:
- Navigate to the Screener tab of your screener or mission.
- Click Targeting attributes in the left sidebar. The Targeting attributes side panel is displayed.
- Click Settings in the Targeting attributes side panel.
- Here, customize the activity filters to fit your research needs.
Now, when you launch your screener or mission, only the Scouts in Dscout’s pool who meet your criteria will be able to apply to your mission.