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Reports - Artologik
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Manual
Artologik
Survey&Report
Version 4.2
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Artologik Survey&Report
Survey&Report is a multilingual program for creating surveys quickly and
easily. You secure a high response rate by distributing the survey both by email and posting a link on your website. A few clicks gives you custom
reports that are updated with each new incoming answer. Then publish the
reports online or export them as PDFs, Word documents or PowerPoints.
Survey&Report is built with the latest technology on the Microsoft ASP.NET
platform.
Why Survey&Report?
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Easy to learn and simple to use – help texts and instructional videos
in the program
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Web surveys distributed via e-mail or links on a website – for fast
data collection
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Fast survey construction – use custom question and survey
templates
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Ask follow-up questions based on a respondent’s answers or
category affiliations
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Multilingual surveys – when your respondents speak different
languages
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Reports at the press of a button – all the charts and tables you need
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Custom designs – match your graphic profile
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Table of Contents
About the manual.............................................................................................10
Home Page ....................................................................................................... 11
Filters ............................................................................................................... 13
Paths .......................................................................................................................... 13
Filtering Answer Options .......................................................................................14
Arranging the Filters .............................................................................................14
Adding Filters ........................................................................................................14
Survey............................................................................................................... 15
New Survey ................................................................................................................ 15
Creating New Empty Surveys ...............................................................................15
Copying Surveys ...................................................................................................15
Creating Surveys with Survey Templates .............................................................16
Finding Surveys...........................................................................................................16
Survey Status .............................................................................................................17
Reopening Surveys...............................................................................................18
Archiving Surveys..................................................................................................18
Creating Predefined Reports.................................................................................18
Survey Construction ...................................................................................................19
Basic Information ..................................................................................................19
Properties ........................................................................................................19
Introductory Text .............................................................................................31
Page Headers/Footers ....................................................................................33
Thank You Message........................................................................................33
Templates..............................................................................................................34
Position............................................................................................................35
Removing a template.......................................................................................35
Save................................................................................................................. 35
Questions ..............................................................................................................35
Overview .........................................................................................................35
Creating Questions .........................................................................................36
Editing Questions ............................................................................................37
Copying Questions...........................................................................................37
Aligning Questions...........................................................................................37
Removing Questions .......................................................................................37
Question Icons.................................................................................................38
Creating New Pages .......................................................................................38
Switching Between Pages ...............................................................................38
Importing Questions.........................................................................................39
Edit Mode.........................................................................................................39
Translating Surveys ........................................................................................53
Arranging Questions .......................................................................................53
Question Visibility.............................................................................................54
Conditions........................................................................................................56
Quota................................................................................................................72
Design ................................................................................................................... 75
Customizing Themes ......................................................................................75
The Qustion Settings Tab................................................................................80
Preview ................................................................................................................. 80
Paper Surveys..................................................................................................80
Respondents..........................................................................................................81
Searching for respondents...............................................................................83
Editing respondents ........................................................................................83
Removing respondents....................................................................................84
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Answering a survey on behalf of a respondent................................................84
Exporting the list...............................................................................................85
Finish Construction ...............................................................................................85
Information ......................................................................................................85
The Survey's Publication Period .....................................................................85
Respondent surveys........................................................................................85
Data Collection ...........................................................................................................86
Adding Respondents .......................................................................................86
Editing Respondents .......................................................................................96
Survey-specific Log-ins....................................................................................98
Mailings.................................................................................................................. 99
Sending E-mails ..............................................................................................99
Mailings..........................................................................................................102
Paper Mail......................................................................................................110
Paper Survey ......................................................................................................111
Setup .............................................................................................................111
Create ............................................................................................................114
Import ............................................................................................................115
Text Answers.......................................................................................................116
Export .................................................................................................................. 117
Closing Surveys ..................................................................................................118
Linking to public surveys......................................................................................119
Reports............................................................................................................ 120
Report........................................................................................................................ 120
Aggregate Report (SR-Advanced Report).................................................................120
Hierarchy report.........................................................................................................120
To work with reports..................................................................................................121
New Report ...............................................................................................................121
Organisation Access............................................................................................122
Report Readers...................................................................................................122
New Aggregate Report..............................................................................................123
Finding Reports ........................................................................................................123
Properties.................................................................................................................. 124
Information...........................................................................................................124
Limits.................................................................................................................... 124
Design.................................................................................................................. 124
Organisation Access............................................................................................125
Status................................................................................................................... 125
Report Readers...................................................................................................125
Header/Footer .....................................................................................................126
Editing Headers/Footers................................................................................126
Data Set .................................................................................................................... 127
Settings for Numeric Questions ....................................................................128
Settings for Calendar Questions ...................................................................129
Copying Variables................................................................................................130
Recoding Variables .............................................................................................130
Recoding Multiple Variables Simultaneously ................................................132
Generating Reports.............................................................................................132
Export................................................................................................................... 132
Presenting variables from other surveys.............................................................132
Add Data Set..................................................................................................132
Delete Data Set..............................................................................................133
Comparing Surveys.............................................................................................133
Creating a Compare Data set........................................................................133
Presenting Comparisons in the Report..........................................................134
Computed Variables............................................................................................135
Create computed variable..............................................................................135
Edit Computed Variable.................................................................................137
Present the frequency of a computed variable..............................................137
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Analyse functions.................................................................................................137
Creating analyse functions.............................................................................137
Examples of how to use analyse functions....................................................139
Text Analysis........................................................................................................144
Create Text Analysis Variable........................................................................144
Edit Text Analysis Variable............................................................................144
Basic Information...........................................................................................144
Words.............................................................................................................145
Categories......................................................................................................145
Conversions...................................................................................................146
Exclusions......................................................................................................147
Lists................................................................................................................148
Regular Expressions......................................................................................149
Hierarchy variables..............................................................................................150
Creating a hierarchy variable.........................................................................150
Editing a hierarchy variable............................................................................151
Delete a hierarcy variable....................................................................................152
Report Content..........................................................................................................152
Report Items........................................................................................................153
Adding Report Items......................................................................................153
Copying Report Items....................................................................................154
Reordering Report Items................................................................................154
Removing Report Items.................................................................................154
Sections...............................................................................................................155
Adding Sections.............................................................................................155
Splitting in two Columns.................................................................................155
Reordering Sections.......................................................................................155
Removing Sections........................................................................................155
Elements..............................................................................................................156
Inserting Elements.........................................................................................156
Editing Elements............................................................................................156
Removing Elements.......................................................................................156
Editing Tables......................................................................................................156
Frequency Tables..........................................................................................157
Statistical Tables............................................................................................157
Data Tables....................................................................................................158
Change Tables...............................................................................................158
Series.............................................................................................................160
Background Series.........................................................................................161
Filter Series....................................................................................................163
Editing charts.......................................................................................................163
Chart Types....................................................................................................164
Chart Settings................................................................................................175
Positioning Map..............................................................................................176
Limits..............................................................................................................177
Axes............................................................................................................... 177
Series.............................................................................................................179
Background Series.........................................................................................181
Filter Series....................................................................................................183
Editing Hybrid Elements......................................................................................184
Settings for the hybrid element......................................................................184
The Structure of the Hybrid Element..............................................................184
The content of the Hybrid Element................................................................188
Preview ..................................................................................................................... 188
Layout ....................................................................................................................... 189
Creating Layouts .................................................................................................189
Editing or Removing Layouts...............................................................................189
Editing Content ...................................................................................................189
Export ....................................................................................................................... 191
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Exporting Directly ................................................................................................191
Saving Export Definitions.....................................................................................191
Distribution and Subreports ......................................................................................192
Dashboard View ..................................................................................................192
Publication Period and Access ...........................................................................192
Distributing Reports via E-mail............................................................................193
Creating New Mailings...................................................................................193
E-mail History.................................................................................................194
Public Report View...............................................................................................194
Subreports ..........................................................................................................195
Creating Subreports.......................................................................................195
Editing Subreports..........................................................................................197
Report Readers...................................................................................................198
Logging in as a report reader....................................................................................198
Aggregate Reports....................................................................................................200
Basic Information.................................................................................................201
Properties.......................................................................................................201
Surveys..........................................................................................................201
Selection........................................................................................................205
Report Content.....................................................................................................208
Adding tables and text items..........................................................................208
Editing tables..................................................................................................209
Editing text items............................................................................................214
Removing tables and text items.....................................................................214
Preview................................................................................................................ 214
Templates........................................................................................................ 215
Survey Templates .....................................................................................................215
Creating New Survey Templates.........................................................................215
Copying a Survey Template ...............................................................................215
Finding Templates ..............................................................................................215
Basic Information ................................................................................................216
Settings..........................................................................................................216
Access............................................................................................................216
Automation.....................................................................................................217
Questions ............................................................................................................217
Design .................................................................................................................218
Preview ...............................................................................................................218
Reports................................................................................................................ 218
New predefined report....................................................................................219
Connecting Predefined report........................................................................219
Editing Predefined report...............................................................................220
Question Templates .................................................................................................221
Editing Question Templates ................................................................................221
Translating Question Templates....................................................................221
Previewing Question Templates .........................................................................222
Access................................................................................................................. 222
Report Templates......................................................................................................223
Editing Report Templates ...................................................................................223
Saving Changes to Report Templates...........................................................223
Creating New Report Templates....................................................................223
Deleting and Renaming Report Templates....................................................223
Editing Item Templates .................................................................................224
Enabling all Series.........................................................................................226
Creating New Item Templates........................................................................227
Copying Item Templates................................................................................227
Deleting and Renaming Item Templates........................................................227
Survey Design...........................................................................................................227
Survey Themes....................................................................................................227
Editing Themes .............................................................................................227
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Creating New Themes ..................................................................................228
Removing Themes.........................................................................................228
Renaming Themes.........................................................................................228
Access............................................................................................................228
Header................................................................................................................. 229
Edit................................................................................................................. 229
Access............................................................................................................230
Footer................................................................................................................... 231
Edit................................................................................................................. 231
Access............................................................................................................232
Thank you message............................................................................................232
Edit................................................................................................................. 232
Access............................................................................................................234
Report Design............................................................................................................234
Report Themes....................................................................................................234
Editing Themes .............................................................................................234
Creating New Themes ..................................................................................236
Removing Themes ........................................................................................236
Access............................................................................................................237
Header................................................................................................................. 237
Edit................................................................................................................. 237
Access............................................................................................................238
Footer................................................................................................................... 239
Edit................................................................................................................. 239
Access............................................................................................................240
Public Design.............................................................................................................241
Header................................................................................................................. 241
Edit................................................................................................................. 241
Administration................................................................................................242
Users......................................................................................................................... 242
Users ................................................................................................................... 242
List .................................................................................................................242
Editing Users..................................................................................................242
From a File.....................................................................................................245
From LDAP ...................................................................................................248
Groups ................................................................................................................ 249
List .................................................................................................................250
Editing Groups ..............................................................................................250
Respondents .......................................................................................................255
Adding Respondents .....................................................................................258
Editing Respondents .....................................................................................265
Respondent Attributes.........................................................................................267
Respondent Properties..................................................................................267
Respondent Categories.................................................................................268
Survey-Specific Categories ...........................................................................270
Respondent category links.............................................................................270
Settings................................................................................................................272
Group-specific Settings..................................................................................272
Other Settings................................................................................................272
Manage respondents...........................................................................................273
Delete respondents........................................................................................273
Manage Duplicates........................................................................................274
E-mails and Mailings.................................................................................................275
Templates ...........................................................................................................275
E-mails ..........................................................................................................275
Paper Mail .....................................................................................................276
System templates ..........................................................................................277
Mailing Schedule.................................................................................................278
Creating New Mailings...................................................................................278
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List.................................................................................................................. 279
Editing Mailings..............................................................................................279
E-mail Accounts ..................................................................................................279
Incoming E-mails............................................................................................280
Settings ..................................................................................................................... 281
Survey.................................................................................................................. 281
General Settings ...........................................................................................281
Categories .....................................................................................................283
Automation.....................................................................................................284
Application...........................................................................................................284
Layout.............................................................................................................284
Menu links......................................................................................................285
SSL ..................................................................................................................... 287
Organisation..............................................................................................................287
Adding organisations...........................................................................................287
Moving organisations...........................................................................................288
Deleting organisations.........................................................................................288
Organisation information......................................................................................288
Surveys, users and respondents.........................................................................289
About organisations in general............................................................................289
Connecting users to organisations.................................................................289
Users belonging to several organisations......................................................289
Set organisation access.................................................................................289
Languages and Translations ....................................................................................290
Settings................................................................................................................290
Application Languages ..................................................................................290
Survey Languages ........................................................................................290
Translation Scripts.........................................................................................291
Translation ..........................................................................................................291
Survey Texts .................................................................................................291
Survey Helptexts ...........................................................................................292
Report Texts ..................................................................................................292
Report Helptexts............................................................................................293
Image and Document Libraries.................................................................................294
My Files and Public Files.....................................................................................294
Searching for and Listing Files ...........................................................................294
Inserting Files .....................................................................................................295
Properties ......................................................................................................295
Creating Folders..................................................................................................295
Uploading Files....................................................................................................295
Moving and Copying Files...................................................................................296
Renaming Files....................................................................................................296
Replacing Files....................................................................................................296
Removing Files and Folders ...............................................................................296
Image Editing ......................................................................................................297
Resizing and Cropping Images......................................................................297
Metadata .......................................................................................................298
Text Analysis.............................................................................................................298
Category Lists......................................................................................................299
Create New List..............................................................................................299
Editing and Deleting List................................................................................299
Conversion Lists..................................................................................................299
Create New List..............................................................................................299
Editing and Deleting List................................................................................299
Exclusions Lists...................................................................................................300
Create New Exclusion....................................................................................300
Editing and Deleting List................................................................................300
Regular Expressions............................................................................................300
Paper Surveys ..........................................................................................................301
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LDAP ........................................................................................................................ 301
Creating and Editing LDAP Connections.............................................................301
Connection ....................................................................................................302
Settings .........................................................................................................302
Groups ...........................................................................................................302
Users .............................................................................................................303
Plug-ins ..................................................................................................................... 303
Statistics.................................................................................................................... 303
User activity.........................................................................................................303
Survey activity......................................................................................................304
Manual ...................................................................................................................... 305
About ........................................................................................................................ 305
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About the manual
This manual describes, in addition to the functions of the basic program,
also functions in the plug-ins SR-Advanced Survey, SR-Advanced Report
and SR-LDAP. In the text it is described which functions are available in
each plug-in.
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Home Page
The home page is displayed directly upon log-in. It can also be accessed by
clicking the Survey&Report heading above the main menu.
In the box Recent, under the headings Surveys and Reports, you find the
latest surveys and reports, respectively, you have created. You can go
directly to a survey or a report by clicking its name. You also find shortcuts
to creating new surveys/reports, or finding existing ones.
If you have already chosen a survey and then return to the home page you
will find another box with shortcuts to various stages in the work process of
the current survey, under the headings Survey construction, Data collection
and Reports.
At the bottom of the program window, there is a bar where shortcuts to the
surveys and reports you have worked with during the current session are
displayed. The survey and the report which you work with at the moment are
displayed in white text, while surveys and reports you have worked with
earlier in the session are displayed in grey text. Click on a survey or a report
to continue working with it.
In the field at the top of the program window you find a menu which you
access by clicking your name.
In this menu you can change your password, switch to another application
language or log out of the program. By clicking the menu option My profile
you can edit your display name, first name, last name and e-mail address.
Here you can also decide if you want to have the program's main menu on
the left or on the right, and if the program window as default should have a
fixed width or fill the full width of the screen. The width of the program
window can also be changed temporarily during the session. Click the
button to fill the full width of the screen, or the
button to give the window
a fixed width.
If you have created organisations in the system, any users belonging to
more than one organisation will have this drop down list:
The user can in this case select one of the organisations and by doing this
get access to, for example, any templates connected to the selected
organisation.
When the program is installed, there is from the start a single user (with the
user name admin) in the system. As a precaution, this user's password
should be changed. If you log in to the program with the user role Super
Administrator, a security warning is displayed at the top of the program
window, as long as the password has not been changed. The warning
disappears when the password is changed.
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You can also hide the warning by clicking one of these buttons:
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Confirm: the warning will not be displayed again
Dismiss: the warning will be displayed the next time a super
administrator logs in
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Filters
Please note that the text below describes how to work under the Filters tab.
This tab has now been replaced by the tab Conditions. However, on surveys
where there are filters created in the previous manner, the tab Filter will still
remain available. We do not recommend a simultaneous use of the two tabs
Filters and Conditions. If you want to use filters created in the Filters tab,
you should not create any logics in the Conditions tab.
Using filters is a way of determining what follow-up questions a respondent
is to answer, depending on how they answer one or more key questions, or
which respondent category they belong to. A filter can be described as a
special path through the survey which contains a number of selected
questions that are to be answered.
The Filters interface has been divided into two tabs. The Conditions tab lets
you create new filters and specify which questions are to provide the
conditions for them. The Paths tab lets you determine the path of questions
that are to be answered in the filter.
Paths
When clicking the Paths tab, you will see a grid displaying all the filters that
have been created on the Conditions page.
For each filter in the grid, there is a column where you specify which status
the questions in the survey are to have when the condtions of the filter are
met, ie. if they are to be displayed or not. If you expand a question (by
clicking the down arrow), you can also specify the status of its different
answer options, see Filtering answer options below.
You specify the status by clicking on the colored rectangle representing the
question or answer option. The color of it then changes. The different colors
have the following meanings:
Visible
Hidden
The status cannot be changed. The question provides the conditions for
a filter
The question's answer options have different statuses
The question inherits the status from the previous filter whose conditions
are met
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Filtering Answer Options
Click the down arrow next to a question to view a list of all its answer
options. You can then select, on an option-by-option basis, whether they are
to be visible or hidden. This way you can let respondents get different
answer options to choose from, depending on how they answered the
conditional question.
An example: A company organizes training sessions in a number of cities.
Each city has its own instructors. In the evaluation survey that follows,
respondents are first asked to specify their location and then who their
instructor was. By creating a filter for each city, you can ensure that the
respondents only choose from the instructors that are based in the city they
specified.
Arranging the Filters
On the far left in the grid is the text No filter which refers to the default
settings for each question e.g. whether they are to be visible or hidden if no
filter is applied. The filters are then presented schematically from left to
right. The order in which the filters are presented in the grid is of importance
when two filters are designed so that both their conditions can be met by the
same respondent. If the two filters have then specified different statuses for
a question, the filter that is the furthest to the right will determine whether
the question is displayed or hidden.
An example: The survey above has two filters. According to Filter 1,
Question C will be hidden whereas Filter 2 specifies that Question C should
be visible. If a respondent answers in such a way that both filter conditions
are met, Question C will be visible. Filter 2, which is the furthest to the right,
will thus determine the status of Question C.
When a question has been given the status of Inherits the status of the
previous filter whose conditions have been met, the status is inherited from
left to right. The question thus inherits the status from the filter that is the
closest to the left (and whose conditions have been met).
If you want the filters to appear in a different order, you can move them
around. When you hover the cursor above the filter name in the grid it turns
into a move cursor. Press down the left mouse button, drag the filter to a
new location and drop it.
Adding Filters
The filters are usually created and edited on the Conditions page, but
another way of creating filters is to click on Add filter in the grid on the Paths
page. You are then automatically transferred to the Conditions page where
you choose a name for it and define the filter, please refer to this page for
more information.
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Survey
When you expand the Survey menu the options New survey and Find
survey... are displayed. Choose the appropriate option depending on
whether you want to create a new survey or work on an existing one.
If you have already chosen a survey to work with, the name and status of
that survey is displayed at the top of the menu.
You can go to the Survey status page for the survey by clicking the
icon.
New Survey
A new survey can be created by:
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Creating an empty survey.
Copying an existing survey.
Creating the survey based on a survey template.
Creating New Empty Surveys
1. Click on New survey under Survey in the main menu. The New
survey option can also be found on the home page which is
displayed directly after login. You can also go to the home page by
clicking Survey&Report above the main menu.
2. Enter a name for the survey.
3. You can enter the other information on the page either now or at a
later date, read about the Basic information for further details.
4. Click on Create survey.
Copying Surveys
1. Click the down arrow next to New survey in the main menu.
2. Select Copy ...
3. When a pop-up window appears, click on the survey you want to
copy. To preview the survey, click the icon on the right. The
surveys that are available in the list are those which have the
setting "May be copied by everyone" activated. You can also copy
the surveys you have created yourself, and the ones you have
been connected to as an authorized user. Super administrators
have the right to copy all surveys.
4. Enter a name for the new survey. The program will suggest a name
based on the name of the original survey.
5. You can add other information to this page, either now or at a later
date. See the section on Basic information.
6. Click on Create survey.
You can also copy a survey by clicking the Copy Survey... button at the
bottom of the Survey Status page. This page appears when you select a
survey under Find survey... You can also access it by clicking the
icon to
the right of the survey name in the Survey menu. After clicking the Copy
Survey button you follow the steps 4-6 above.
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Creating Surveys with Survey Templates
Survey templates are created by users who through their user group have
access to the menu Templates > Survey Templates > New Survey
Template. See this section for information on how to create survey
templates. To use them, you do the following:
1. Click the down arrow next to New survey in the main menu.
2. Select Template ...
3. When a pop-up window appears, click on the template you want to
use. To preview the template, click the icon on the right.
4. Enter a name for the new survey. The program will suggest a name
based on that of the template.
5. You can add other information to this page, either now or at a later
date. See the section on Basic information.
6. Click on Create survey.
Finding Surveys
When you click on Find survey ... a pop-up window opens where the 50
newest surveys are listed. Click the Search button to list all surveys, except
for those that are filed in the archive. Mark the check box at Include surveys
from the archive if you want to include those too. The surveys are listed
using the following headings:
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Survey name
Status
Survey type (respondent or public)
Owner (the user that created the survey)
Category
Responses (the number of respondents who have answered the
survey)
You can click on these headings to sort the list in an alphabetical order,
ascending or descending, according to each respective heading.
If there is a large number of surveys, you can use the search box at the top
of the page to find a particular survey. Type in a search term in the box and
click on Search. Both full and partial survey names can be used as search
terms.
There is also an advanced search mode that you access by clicking
the
button, next to the Search button. In that mode, you can search
for survey name, survey type (public survey or respondent survey), period
within which the survey was published, survey category, status
(construction, publication pending, active, closed or filed in archive), survey
language and owner (the user that created the survey). Make your
selections and click the Search button.
Select the survey you want to work on by clicking on it.
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Survey Status
This page appears when you select a survey under Find survey... You can
also access it by clicking the
Survey menu.
icon to the right of the survey name in the
The Survey status page serves as a home page for the survey. Here you
can choose what tasks you want to perform under the headings Survey
construction, Data collection and Reports. The options under the latter two
are available once the Survey construction phase has been completed.
The page also displays the following information about the chosen survey:
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Survey name
Category
Survey type - Respondent survey or Public survey
Theme - which theme has been chosen for the survey design
Publication period
The survey URL - the web address for the survey
Number of questions
Number of pages
Whether or not construction has been completed
Number of respondents (respondent surveys only)
Expected number of responses (public surveys only)
Number of responses
Response rate
Number of reports based on the survey
Survey status - Construction, Active, Publication pending, Closed
or Filed in the archive
Answer statistics - a chart that shows, per day, the number of
Submitted answers and Unsubmitted answers (answers where the
respondent has started to answer without submitting the survey)
Depending on the survey status, the following buttons may or may not be
available below:
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Finish construction... - only if the survey's current status is
Construction. See the section called Finish construction for more
information.
Remove - only if the survey's current status is Construction,
Publication pending, Closed or Filed in the archive.
Close survey... - only if the survey's current status is Active or
Publication pending. See the section called Close survey for more
information.
Reopen survey - only if the survey's current status is Closed. See
below.
Archive survey - only if the survey's current status is Closed. See
below.
Regardless of the survey's status, the button Copy survey... is always
available. This button is used for creating a copy of the survey. Users who
have the right to create survey templates have also access to the button
Copy as template... Click this button to create a survey template which is
identical to the current survey. Give the survey template a name and click
the Create Template button. Please note that the original survey is not
affected when you save it as a survey template.
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Reopening Surveys
A survey with the status Closed can be reopened, and its status will then be
Active. Go to the Survey status page by clicking the
the button Reopen survey. Confirm with OK.
symbol and press
Archiving Surveys
Surveys that are not current, but that you wish to save for future reference,
can be archived. They are then still available in the system, but they will not
be displayed in the results when your search for surveys. The default
settings in the Find Survey... pop-up window specify that surveys filed in the
archive are not to be displayed among the search results. However, you can
choose to display them by marking the check box at Include surveys from
the archive.
The same applies to searches under Find report... Reports based on
archived surveys are only displayed if you mark the check box at Include
reports from surveys in the archive.
If a survey is to be archived, it must be Closed first. Then go to the Survey
status page by clicking the
Confirm with OK.
symbol and press the button Archive survey.
Creating Predefined Reports
The heading Predefined reports and the button Create reports are displayed
if the survey contains questions from survey templates. To survey
templates, so-called predefined reports can be connected. A predefined
report contains questions from one or more survey templates, and in the
report it has been defined how these questions should be presented. Read
more about predefined reports in the section Templates > Survey templates
> Reports.
Under the heading Predefined reports, a table shows which predefined
reports are available, and from which survey template(s) their questions are
gathered. Mark the check box next to the reports you want to create, and
click the Create reports button. The
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Survey Construction
The Survey construction menu gives you access to the following subpages:
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Basic information - here you enter a survey name, the publication
period and define the Introductory text and Headers/Footers.
Questions - here you construct the questions for the survey and
you also translate multilingual surveys, manage page breaks and
create Filters.
Design - here you select and edit the survey's visual design
Theme.
Preview - here you see what the survey will look like to the
respondents. This is also where you can test your any Filters you
may have created.
Finish construction - here you choose a number of settings upon
completing the construction phase. The survey then becomes
Active.
Basic Information
Properties
Information
1. First you need to decide on a Survey name.
2. Select whether the survey is to be a Respondent survey, or a
Public survey. A respondent survey can only be answered by those
respondents who have been connected to it under Survey > Data
Collection > Respondents, while a Public survey can be answered
by anyone who has access to the URL for the survey.
Select the respondent type for your survey if you want to:
* obtain a more reliable result - you will know who has responded,
and that no one has submitted their answers more than once
* be able to send reminders, straight from the program, to those
who have not yet responded
* use respondent categories, ie. known background facts, in your
reports
Select the public type if you want to:
* simplify survey distribution - the survey link is the same for
everyone, and thus it can easily be published on a website or sent
out via e-mail
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Anonymous respondent surveys
Choosing the respondent type gives you the possibility to mark the check
box Anonymous.
Strict anonymity means that you no longer can:
•
look in the respondent list to see which respondents that have
answered
•
answer the survey for a respondent from the respondent list
•
see who has received mailings (Exception: The respondents with
bounced e-mails are listed under
Furthermore, it is required that the survey is closed before you can:
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export raw data under Data Collection > Export
•
create a report based on the survey
•
see/edit text answers (under Data Collection > Text answers)
The application can be set to allow exceptions from the strict anonymity on
survey level. Read more under Administration > Settings > Survey >
General Settings.
In that case, the check box Allow exceptions from the restrictions which
apply to anonymous surveys is shown.
This means a lighter degree of anonymity; the answers of the respondent
are connected to respondent categories but no other respondent data, such
as the name. In other words, you cannot see who has answered what. In the
same time you evade the restrictions mentioned in the bullet list above.
NB: If the survey is set to be anonymous when you finish the construction, it
cannot be reverted to be non-anonymous.
Language
If the survey is to be monolingual, make sure that the correct language is
selected under Default language. Buttons and referential information will
appear in that language in the survey.
If respondents speaking different languages are to answer the survey, it can
be made multilingual. You then need to select Yes under Multilingual and
specify the languages that are to be used in the drop down list. The
administrator determines which languages are to be available in this list
under Administration > Languages and Translations > Settings > Survey
languages. The questions in multilingual surveys are translated under
Survey > Survey Construction > Questions > Translate Survey.
Language is a required field in the respondent details, and all respondents
will automatically receive every survey in their specified languages. If a
survey has not been translated into the respondent's preferred language he
or she will instead receive the survey in the language that has been
selected as the survey's Default language.
Next to the headline Owner you can see which user that created the survey.
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Category
Select to which category or categories your survey will belong, by marking
the check box next to the desired categories. If a survey category has
subcategories, you click the button to expand it.
In the Find Survey menu, you can in the advanced search mode use survey
category as a search argument.
Basic Information
Information
1. First you need to decide on a Survey name.
2. Select whether the survey is to be a Respondent survey, or
a Public survey. A respondent survey can only be answered by
those respondents who have been connected to it under Survey >
Data Collection > Respondents, while a Public survey can be
answered by anyone who has access to the URL for the survey.
Select the respondent type for your survey if you want to:
* obtain a more reliable result - you will know who has responded,
and that no one has submitted their answers more than once
* be able to send reminders, straight from the program, to those
who have not yet responded
* use respondent categories, ie. known background facts, in your
reports
Select the public type if you want to:
* simplify survey distribution - the survey link is the same for
everyone, and thus it can easily be published on a website or sent
out via e-mail
Anonymous respondent surveysChoosing the respondent type gives you the
possibility to mark the check box Anonymous.
Strict anonymity means that you no longer can:
•
look in the respondent list to see which respondents that have
answered
•
answer the survey for a respondent from the respondent list
•
see who has received mailings (Exception: The respondents with
bounced e-mails are listed under Details)
Furthermore, it is required that the survey is closed before you can:
•
export raw data under Data Collection > Export
•
create a report based on the survey
•
see/edit text answers (under Data Collection > Text answers)
The application can be set to allow exceptions from the strict anonymity on
survey level. Read more under Administration > Settings > Survey
> General Settings.
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In that case, the check box Allow exceptions from the restrictions which
apply to anonymous surveys is shown.
This means a lighter degree of anonymity; the answers of the respondent
are connected to respondent categories but no other respondent data, such
as the name. In other words, you cannot see who has answered what. In the
same time you evade the restrictions mentioned in the bullet list above.
NB: If the survey is set to be anonymous when you finish the construction, it
cannot be reverted to be non-anonymous.
Language
If the survey is to be monolingual, make sure that the correct language is
selected under Default language. Buttons and referential information will
appear in that language in the survey.
If respondents speaking different languages are to answer the survey, it can
be made multilingual. You then need to select Yes under Multilingual and
specify the languages that are to be used in the drop down list. The
administrator determines which languages are to be available in this list
under Administration > Languages and Translations > Settings > Survey
languages. The questions in multilingual surveys are translated
under Survey > Survey Construction > Questions > Translate Survey.
Language is a required field in the respondent details, and all respondents
will automatically receive every survey in their specified languages. If a
survey has not been translated into the respondent's preferred language he
or she will instead receive the survey in the language that has been
selected as the survey's Default language.
Next to the headline Owner you can see which user that created the survey.
Category
Select to which category or categories your survey will belong, by marking
the check box next to the desired categories. If a survey category has
subcategories, you click the button to expand it.
In the Find Survey menu, you can in the advanced search mode use survey
category as a search argument.
Settings
Respondent Data Settings
These settings only apply to Respondent surveys. When a respondent is
added to the system, his or her personal data is added in their Respondent
details. For each survey, you then need to make certain decisions regarding
the respondents and their data. These settings determine whether the
respondent is able to see, and possibly even edit, his or her personal data
when answering the survey.
Specify whether personal data is to be:
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Hidden - the respondent cannot see his/her personal data
Visible - the respondent sees his/her personal data, but cannot edit
it
Visible and editable - the respondent can view and edit his/her
personal data
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Under Visible and Visible and editable you can select whether the setting is
also to apply to respondent categories (Include categories) and respondent
properties (Include properties).
If you select Yes to activate the setting Allow comment, it will be possible to
write a comment on each respondent in the respondent list. This can be
useful for those who interview respondents.
When a respondent tries to go to the survey after it has been submitted,
normally, the message "You have already replied to this survey" is
displayed. The setting Allow respondents to modify answers after submitting
the survey makes it possible for the respondents to go to the survey and
change their answers, even after it is submitted. The setting is only available
on non-anonymous respondent surveys. If you activate this setting you
should inform the respondents that their submitted answers will be updated
as soon as they click Next page (if the survey is multi-page) or Save, not
only when they click Submit.
Settings for Public Surveys
These settings only apply to public surveys. A Public survey requires no login and can thus be answered by anyone who has access to the survey link.
To make it more difficult for a person to fill out the survey several times, you
can choose between the following settings regarding submissions from a
single computer. The following options are available:
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•
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No limitations
Only one submission per computer
New submission possible [a specified number of hours] hour(s)
after the previous submission
The latter option can be useful when it is expected that the survey will be
answered from a computer that is shared by many people. The setting
makes it impossible to click Send survey again and again, but after a
specified time has passed and it can be assumed that a new person is using
the computer, it will again be possible to fill out and submit the survey.
You have also the possibility to enter an Expected number of responses.
The program will use this number to calculate the response rate.
Respondent Categories
Sometimes it is desirable to use previously known facts about respondents
as background variables for the Reports. To let you avoid having to ask
about such, already known, information in the surveys, the administrator can
define so-called Respondent categories and subcategories under
Administration > Settings > Surveys > Categories. One such example is the
category Sex with the subcategories Male and Female. The correct
subcategory for each respondent category needs to be entered in the
details for each respondent and can of course be re-used on other surveys.
NB: You must add the respondent categories before you finish the survey
construction. This cannot be done when the survey is active.
Adding Respondent Categories Respondent categories can only be used on
surveys of the Respondent survey type.
1. Click the Add ... button under Respondent categories.
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2. In black text you see the general categories created under
Administration > Respondents > Respondent Attributes >
Categories. Categories displayed in green are so-called surveyspecific categories. For information on how to create them, please
see below.
3. Mark the categories you want to use for your survey. By clicking the
down arrow you will be able to see the subcategories available for
each category.
4. Click OK.
Survey –specific categories
The respondent categories which should be available to use for all surveys,
are created under Administration > Respondents > Respondent Attributes >
Categories. If you work with a survey and want to add a respondent
category not yet created, you have the possibility to create a so-called
survey-specific respondent category. Use this possibility if you don’t expect
the new category to be used generally by all users, but merely on this
particular survey and maybe also on surveys that you yourself will create in
the future. The owner of the survey where the category was created, as well
as administrators, are able to use survey-specific category on other surveys.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Click the button Add… under the headline Respondent Categories.
Click the New category… button
Click the
button
Enter the name of the new category in all active languages and
click Save
5. Click on the new category. A second column is displayed to the
right of the first one.
6. Click the
button above the second column to create the first
subcategory.
7. Enter a name in all active languages and click Save
8. Repeat steps 6-7 to create the other subcategories. The
subcategories are displayed in the second column.
9. If you want to create an additional level of subcategories, you click
a category in the second column, and then the
button above the
third column. In that way you can build a hierarchical structure with
the desired number of levels. Each level is symbolized by a new
column.
10. Click Save
11. Mark the check box next to the category under Survey-specific
categories and click OK.
12. The category is displayed in red text in the list under Respondent
categories. When you click Save, the colour changes to green. The
category is now created and connected to the survey.
The survey-specific categories can be edited and deleted by the
administrator under Administration > Respondents > Respondent Attributes
> Survey-specific categories.
Removing Respondent Categories
1. Mark the check box next to the categories you wish to remove.
2. Click on Remove.
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Layout
Header/Footer
Here you select whether a page header and/or footer are to appear at the
top and bottom of each page in the survey. In the drop down lists Header
and Footer, you can choose among the templates for headers and footers
which have been created under Templates > Survey Design. In the drop
down list, each template is displayed with an ID to the left, and a preview of
its layout. You can also select the option None, if you do not wish to display
a header/footer.
When you have selected a header or footer, the tab Header/Footer
becomes available. Under this tab, you can customize the header/footer you
have selected. See this section for more information.
If you have customized a header or a footer under the Header/Footer tab, it
is displayed in the drop down list with the symbol * instead of an ID. The
symbol indicates that it is a customized header or footer. Note that the
program only saves the latest customized header/footer. If you select
another header/footer, and customize it, the previous one disappears from
the drop down list.
Survey theme
The look of the survey regarding fonts, colors and so on are determined by
the selected Survey theme. Choose a pre-defined layout or the standard
layout. Users who are authorized to edit the selected theme in a survey can
then make changes and create a custom design under Survey > Survey
Constrcution > Basic Information > Properties > Layout.
Numbering
Select whether or not the questions are to be numbered, and if so, how they
are to be numbered:
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None - suitable if you want to number the questions yourself, for
instance as 1a, 1b, etc.
Decimal - questions are numbered sequentially: 1, 2, 3, etc.
Roman - questions are numbered sequentially: I, II, III, etc.
You can later choose for each question if the numbering should be
displayed or not.
Progress indicator
Select whether or not to display a Progress indicator (specifying how much
of the survey has been completed) at the bottom of each page in the survey.
The progress can be displayed graphically in the form of a horizontal bar or
as text:
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None - neither a bar nor text is displayed
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Progress bar, Pages - a progress bar indicates how many percent
of the pages have been completed, including the page currently
viewed by the respondent
•
Progress bar, Questions - a progress bar indicates how many
percent of the survey questions have been completed, including
the page currently viewed by the respondent
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Text, Pages - the page currently viewed by the respondent as well
as the total number of pages are displayed as text, e.g. 2/5
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Text - Questions - the number of questions including the page
currently viewed by the respondent and the total number of
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The alternatives above cannot be edited in the theme under the menu
Design.
The progress indicator could also be of the type Navigation, and be used by
the respondent in order to jump between pages in the survey.
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Buttons - each page number is shown as a rectangular button in
the lower part of the page
•
Page numbers, Linked - each page number is shown as a link in
the lower part of the page
•
Dropdown list - each page number is shown as an alternative in the
dropdown list
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Page numbers, Not linked - each page number is shown in the
lower part of the page, but the respondent can only navigate one
page forward or backward at the time using the buttons Next page
and Previous page
In the theme template under the menu Design you could also affect the
appearance of the type Navigation. Read more in the section Design.
Note! It is inadvisable to give respondents the possibility to jump between
pages if the survey contains compulsory questions and/or filters.
One question per page
Marking the check box One question per page is an easy way of creating a
page break after each question. You can also create custom page breaks
under Survey > Survey Construction Questions > Arrange.
Page break after introductory text
Mark this check box if you want the the first page of the survey to contain
only the introductory text. The questions will consequently start at the
second page. The introductory text is created under the tab Introductory
text.
Mobile
The program creates automatically a survey version adapted to mobile
devices. Respondents using a mobile device when answering the survey will
get this version as default. Here you can change the default view for mobile
devices to Desktop if you want to, and also decide whether it shall be
possible to switch between Mobile and Desktop. You can see what the
mobile version looks like by clicking the Mobile view button under the menu
Survey > Survey Construction > Preview.
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Survey texts
Under Administration > Languages and Translations > Translation > Survey
Texts, administrators decide general texts for buttons and messages that
the respondent sees while answering a survey. By marking the check box
Enable custom texts for this survey, you can change the the texts, specific
for the current survey, for the following buttons:
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Submit
Save
Print
Next page
Previous page
Access
Authorized Users
If you want users other than yourself to be able to work on the survey, you
can add them as Authorized users. These users also gain access to and are
authorized to create and view reports based on the survey. Users who
(through their group) have the right Survey Access > All surveys, are
automatically considered Authorized users on all surveys and need not be
added.
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
can only add users who belong to at least one of the organisations you
belong to yourself, unless you do not belong to a user group with the right
Add authorized users regardless of organisation.
You can also connect groups to the survey. By doing this, you give all users
in the group authority to the survey.
Adding Authorized Users
1. Click the Add... button
2. Mark the check box next to the users and groups you want to
connect to the survey
3. Click OK
Removing Authorized Users
1. Mark the check box next to the users or groups you want to
remove.
2. Click on Remove.
The setting May be copied by everyone determines who shall have the right
to copy the survey when selecting New survey > Copy Survey…
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Yes – the survey can be copied by all users
No – the survey can only be copied by users who (through their
group) have the right Survey Access > All surveys, the owner (the
user who created the survey) and users or groups connected to the
survey under Authorized users.
Users can through their user group be given the right to see all surveys. The
setting Make this survey private means that those users will not see the
current survey. No other than the user who created the survey, any
authorized users who have been connected, and super administrators will
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In the field Minimum response count to view result, you specify the number
of respondents who must have answered before you can create a report on
the survey, and export the answers from Data Collection > Export. This
setting can be made on all surveys, regardless of type, but is primarily used
for anonymous surveys to prevent that the result can be displayed when
only a few respondents have answered. In this way, the anonymity is
protected even for those who anwer in an early stage.
After the survey construction is finished, the value can only be changed by
super administrators.
For each survey type, a default value can be defined which is prefilled when
surveys are created. This is made under Administration > Settings >
Surveys > General settings.
If you activate the setting Allow 'Individual answers' variable in the report
dataset, it will be possible in reports based on the survey to display each
individual respondent's answers separately. In the report, you can for
example use the Answers variable as a background series on a question,
and thereby create a contingency table where the answers are grouped per
respondent. You can also use the Answers variable as a selection in a subreport, and thereby create a report containing an individual respondent's
answers.
Organisation access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations you
can under the heading Organisation Access decide which organisations are
to have access to the survey, by marking the check box next to the desired
organisations. The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several
organisations, the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list)
is already marked. To be able to give an organisation access to surveys,
you must belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any parent
organisations to selected organisations will automatically be selected.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the survey, while organisations without access have the
symbol.
To have access to the survey, users in the connected organisations must
(through their group) have the right Survey Access > All surveys.
Publishing
You need to specify a publication period for the survey, e.g. the time during
which the survey is open for answering. Start and end dates can be entered
manually by typing in the dates on the keyboard or by clicking the calendar
icon and selecting the correct dates in the calendar. The date format
depends on the language you selected at log-in. If your selected language is
English, you enter the dates in a DD-MM-YYYY format. The publication
period can be extended, for instance if you have not received a sufficient
number of responses, even after you have completed the Survey
construction phase.
You can close the survey manually, see the section on Closing surveys, but
to make sure that this task is not forgotten, you can select for the survey to
be closed automatically. By marking the check box Automatically close the
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is done automatically for you. If you want the user who created the survey to
be notified of that the survey has been automatically closed, you mark the
check box Send a notification e-mail to the owner when the survey is
closed. The content of the e-mail is decided by a general template created
by the administrator under Administration > E-mails and Mailings > E-mail
Templates > Notify survey owner message.
Validation message
When a respondent submits a survey, a message is displayed in case a
compulsory question is not answered, or if an invalid answer has been given
to a question. Next to the headline Validation message, you can choose
from two ways of displaying these messages.
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Default means that an icon is displayed next to a question that has
not been answered correctly. By hovering the cursor over the icon,
the respondent can see a tooltip describing what is wrong.
If you instead select Extended, information is displayed at the top
of the survey with links to all questions that have not been
answered correctly. Selecting the extended presentation is a way of
making the survey accessible for visual impaired people using
screen reader software.
Printing of the survey
If you select Yes at the setting Respondent may print survey before sending
it, the respondent will have a Print button next to the Submit button, when
answering the survey. When printing, it is recommended that a setting is
enabled in the browser that allows the background (colours and images) to
be printed.
The 'Save' and 'Previous page' buttons
When answering a non-anonymous respondent survey, the respondent has
access to the Save button. This button can be used for saving the answers,
if the respondent wants to leave the survey without submitting it, and
resume later. You can hide this button, by selecting No at Respondents are
allowed to save and resume the survey at a later date, if you want the
respondents to submit the survey directly when answering it.
If you want the respondents to answer the pages of the survey in the order
you have decided, without having the possibility to go back to previously
answered pages, you select No at Respondents are allowed to go back to
previous page. The respondent will then not have access to the button
Previous page when answering the survey.
When a survey has been submitted
When you finish the survey construction, you decide what should happen
when a respondent has submitted the survey. Select one of these options:
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Display a 'Thank you message - see information below
Open this web page - specify a URL the respondent is redirected to
If you choose to display a thank you message, you can here select the
message to display. In the drop down list Thank you message, you can
choose among the templates for thank you messages which have been
created under Templates > Survey Design. In the drop down list, each
template is displayed with an ID to the left, and a preview of its layout. You
can also select the option Simple, if you wish to display a message saying
Thank you for your participation. This text can be changed under
Administration > Languages and Translations > Translation > Survey Texts.
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When you have selected a thank you message, the tab Thank You
Message is activated. You can there customize a message specific for this
survey. See this section for more information.
If you have customized a thank you message under the Thank you
message tab, it is displayed in the drop down list with the symbol * instead
of an ID. The
symbol indicates that it is a customized thank you
message. Note that the program only saves the latest customized thank you
message. If you select another thank you message, and customize it, the
previous one disappears from the drop down list.
If you choose to display a thank you message, you can also activate the
setting Allow respondents to download a PDF with their answers. The button
Download answers will then be available as a part of the thank you
message. The PDF file will contain the respondent's answers to the
questions which have been answered. Not answered questions will not be
included.
If you want to give the respondents a confirmation of that their answers have
been registered, you can on respondent surveys activate the setting Send
respondents a confirmation e-mail on submit. An e-mail will then be sent to
the e-mail address the respondent has in his/her details. If you activate the
setting Include a copy of the answers in the e-mail a PDF file containing the
respondent's answers will be attached to the confirmation e-mail. If more
than one e-mail account have been configured in your Survey&Report, you
can select which one of them to send the confirmation e-mail from. The
content of the e-mail is decided by the template you select at E-mail
template. Templates for the confirmation e-mail are created by the
administrator under Administration > E-mails and Mailings > E-mail
Templates > On Submit message.
Custom URL
At URL under Survey URL(s), you can see the URL of the survey. The
program generates the URL automatically, but if you want to you can
customize the end of the URL. Enter the desired text and click Save. Note
that the end of the URL may not start with survey or report. The URL must
be unique, and it may not contain the characters &?#:%.
Public preview
Before you finish the survey construction, you may want other people to
preview the survey and approve it. By selecting Yes at Enabled under
Public preview, the survey becomes available via the link displayed at URL.
If you want to protect the survey with a password, you select Yes at
Password protected, and enter the desired password in the field below.
Anyone who goes to the survey via the link, will get a message saying that
the survey is displayed in a preview mode. If respondent categories are
connected to the survey, the button Respondent categories is available in
the preview mode. This button can be used to view the survey from different
respondent categories' perspective, and to test any filters showing/hiding
questions depending on which category the respondent belongs to.
When the survey construction is finished, the public preview will be
automatically disabled. However, it is still possible to enable it again by
selecting Yes at Enabled.
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Introductory Text
The Introductory text is displayed above the first question and is used to
provide the respondent with the information necessary to complete the
survey. If your survey is multilingual, you create one introductory text for
each language. Select a language in the drop down list at the top of the
page and write the text in the box below. You can also use the translations
interface, see below.
The Introductory text is created in an editor with the following functionality:
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Undo, Redo
Format: Normal, Heading 1-6
Font
Font size
Text color, Background color
Style: Bold, Italic, Underline
Alignment: Left, Centered, Right, Margin
Indents: Increase, Decrease
Insert horizontal bar
Numbering, Bullets
Insert image, Insert document
Insert link, Remove link
In the tool bar, there are also buttons and drop down lists you can use to
insert the following dynamic data, retrieved from the current survey or
respondent:
Survey:
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Survey name
Survey category
Respondent (only for respondent surveys):
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•
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First name
Last name
Organisation
Respondent property
Respondent category (only categories connected to the survey)
Inserting Images
1. Place the text cursor where you want to insert the image and click
the
button to open the image archive.
2. Click on the folder containing the image you want to insert, or
search for it by clicking the
icon.
3. Select the image by clicking on its name in the list, so that its row is
highlighted in a contrasting color.
4. Click on the Insert button.
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Please refer to the Administration > Document and Image Library section for
more information on how to upload images to the image archive.
Aligning Images
You can align an image to the right or to the left, letting the text in the same
paragraph wrap around it. Right-click on the image and select Placement
(Left or Right), and the margins you like to have around the image.
Linking to files
1.
button to go to the document archive.
2. Click on the folder containing the file you want to create a link to, or
search for it by clicking the
icon.
3. Select the file by clicking on its name in the list, so that its row is
highlighted in a contrasting color.
4. Click on the Insert button.
Please refer to the Administration > Document and Image Library section for
more information on how to upload files to the document archive.
Linking to web or e-mail addresses
1. Highlight the text or the image you want to link. Highlighting images
is made differently in different web browsers. In some browsers you
just click the image, and in others you must click and drag from one
end of the image to the other.
2. Click the
button.
3. Select the tab Hyperlink or the tab E-mail, depending on what type
of address you want to link to.
4. Enter the desired Address.
5. Click OK.
Translating Introductory Texts
If your survey is multilingual, you create one introductory text for each
language. When you have written the text in one language you can translate
it into the other languages by pressing the Translate button. A new interface
will then open where you specify the source language (your original) in the
left part of the window and the language you are translating into in the right
part of it.
The
button, which you find between the two fields, can provide help
with the translation, giving you an automated translation into your chosen
language. It is advisable that you check the suggested translation and
correct any mistakes. For the automatic translation service to work, it must
be set up in the in the Administration. See the section on Languages and
translations for more information on how this is done.
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Page Headers/Footers
Under Basic information > Properties > Layout, you select whether a page
header or footer is to be displayed at the top and bottom of each page in the
survey. You can, in the drop down lists Header and Footer, choose from the
templates for headers and footers which have been created under
Templates > Survey Design. The tab Header/Footer becomes available if
you have selected a template in any of the drop down lists Header and
Footer. The tab is not available if the option None is selected in both of the
drop down lists.
Under the tab Header/Footer, you can make your own changes to the layout
of the selected header/footer.
Editing Headers/Footers
If your survey is multilingual, you first need to select the language for which
you want to customize the header and footer. Then click either Edit header
or Edit footer, depending on which of the two you want to edit.
You edit the header/footer in an editor where you can write and format text,
and insert images, links and dynamic survey and respondent data. See the
section Survey > Survey Construction > Basic Information > Introductory
text for information on how to insert and align images, and how to link to
files and to web and e-mail addresses.
Finally, click Save.
Translating Page Headers/Footers
If your survey is multilingual, you can create language-specific page
headers and footers for each active language. When you have edited the
page header or footer in one language you can, before exiting the edit
mode, translate them into other languages by clicking the Translate button.
In the window that then opens you first select your source language in the
left-hand part of the window, and the language you want to translate into on
the right.
The
button can help you save time by providing you with an automatic
translation into your chosen language. It is advisable that you check that the
proposed translation is correct. For the automatic translation to work, a
connection to a translation service must be set up. See the section on
Languages and translations for information on how to do this.
Thank You Message
Under Basic information > Properties > Publishing, you can select that a
thank you message is to be displayed when a respondent submits the
survey. You can, in the drop down list Thank you message, choose from the
templates for thank you messages which have been created under
Templates > Survey Design > Thank you message. The tab Thank you
message becomes available if you have selected a template in the drop
down list Thank you message. The tab is not available if the option Simple is
selected in the drop down list.
Under the tab Thank you message, you can make your own changes to the
layout of the selected thank you message.
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Editing Thank You Message
If your survey is multilingual, you first need to select the language for which
you want to customize the thank you message.
You edit the thank you message in an editor where you can write and format
text, and insert images, links and the survey's name and survey category.
See the section Survey > Survey Construction > Basic Information >
Introductory text for information on how to insert and align images, and how
to link to files and to web and e-mail addresses.
Translating Thank you message
If your survey is multilingual, you can create a language-specific thank you
message for each active language. When you have edited the thank you
message in one language, you can translate it into other languages by
clicking the Translate button. In the window that then opens you first select
your source language in the left-hand part of the window, and the language
you want to translate into on the right.
The
button can help you save time by providing you with an automatic
translation into your chosen language. It is advisable that you check that the
proposed translation is correct. For the automatic translation to work, a
connection to a translation service must be set up. See the section on
Languages and translations for information on how to do this.
Templates
One way to create a survey is to base it on a survey template. In the menu
Survey > Survey Construction > Templates you can add questions that have
been predefined in templates to your survey, even after the survey is
created. This is useful if you want to combine questions from several survey
templates in the same survey. Adding more templates does not influence
the Basic Information or the Design of the survey. The survey templates are
created under Templates > Survey Templates.
Two columns are displayed under Survey Construction > Templates:
The left column Available shows all the templates which can be added to
the survey.
In the left upper corner you can filter them by category or search text. You
choose one or more categories, or write a search text and click
. Only
the templates matching your search criteria will be displayed. Click the
image on the left of the template title to preview this template.
Click
on the right side of the selected template to add this template to
your survey.
In the right column Selected you see the templates chosen for this survey.
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You can add as many templates to one survey as you like.
If a survey is created based on a template, this template will be the main
template. It is not possible to delete the main template from a survey here,
which is indicated by this icon
.
Position
You can change the order of the templates in the column Selected through
drag & drop, as long as the position is not predefined by the template under
Templates> Survey Templates> Basic Information> Settings (Preferred
position: top/ bottom).
If the position of a template has been pre-defined, the questions included
are automatically displayed at the respective position. If multiple templates
have been defined with the same setting for Preferred Position, their order in
the column Selected determine their position in the survey.
To check your configuration, click Save and Preview, or Save and refresh
the page, the column Selected will then appear in the desired order. If you
try to save an order which does not correspond to the templates' predefined
settings for preferred position, you will get a message saying that the
templates were reordered due to position settings.
Removing a template
To remove a chosen template from this survey click
the added template.
on the right side of
Save
When you have finished click Save. By clicking on Save and preview your
changes are saved and you can preview the survey in a pop up window.
Questions
Overview
When you click the Questions menu you get an overview of all the questions
in your survey. If the survey does not yet contain any questions, you only
see this button:
Click on this button to create the first question.
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If your survey already contains questions, the following buttons are
displayed to the right of each question:
Use the buttons to:
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•
•
•
•
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Create a new question above the current one
Edit a question
Copy a question
Align questions
Remove a question
Create a new question below the current one
For further information on the functionality of each button, please see below.
Creating Questions
If the survey does not yet contain any questions, you only see the following
icon when clicking the Questions menu:
Click on it to create the first question.
If there are existing questions, the buttons mentioned above are displayed
to the right of each question.
Click the top button,
, to create a new question above that question,
or the bottom button,
question.
, to create a new question below the current
If you want to add a question and place it last in the survey, click the
button at the bottom of the page.
Clicking one of the Create buttons will take you to the edit mode for the
question, where you specify the Question type, Question title, Answer
options and other settings. See the section on Editing questions for more
information.
After entering this information, click on Create at the bottom of the page.
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Editing Questions
If you want to edit an existing question, click the
button to enter the
edit mode. See the section on Editing questions for more information.
Copying Questions
A simple way of creating new questions is copying existing ones. This is
especially useful if your new question is to have the same answer options as
an existing question.
Click the
button next to the question you want to copy. Two paste
buttons are then displayed next to each question. Click on the
button
to paste the copied question above the marked row, or on
to paste
the question below that row. An identical copy of the original question is
then inserted. Click on the
button to edit the question.
When you click the copy button it will change its appearance to
can then be used to cancel the copying.
and
Aligning Questions
Clicking the
following options:
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•
•
button next to a question will provide you with the
Fill entire row - the question will occupy the entire width of the
survey
Align left - the question will occupy half the width of the survey and
will be aligned left
Align right - the question will occupy half the width of the survey
and will be aligned right
If you choose align left for one question, and align right for the next one, the
two questions will be placed next to each other and thus share a row.
Removing Questions
Click on the
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Question Icons
There is a number of icons that may be displayed depending on whether or
not filters are in use, and whether or not some questions have been made
compulsory.
Filters are a way of displaying/hiding questions depending on what answers
a respondent gives to key questions. When a filter is used, the following
icons are displayed next to the questions that are used in the filter:
The question is hidden from the start and is only displayed if a
respondent provides a certain answer.
The answer to this question may trigger a filter
The question is part of a filter
Read more about this in the Filters section.
If a question is compulsory the following icon is displayed:
If the survey has been created from a survey template whose questions are
locked, the
icon is displayed next to the questions that are part of the
survey template. These questions cannot be edited, deleted or moved.
Creating New Pages
If you want to insert a page break after the last question on a page, click the
New page button. A new empty page then appears and you click the
button at the top of the page to create the first question on the new
page. This new page will not be saved until a question has been created on
it.
Another way of creating new pages is to click on the Arrange tab and create
them via that page. There, you can also change the order of the questions
and move them between pages. See Arrange for more information.
Switching Between Pages
If your survey contains several pages, you can switch between them by
pressing the buttons at the bottom of each page.
You can use the following methods for changing pages:
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Click on the page number.
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Go back or forward one page at a time using the
buttons.
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Importing Questions
By clicking on Import questions at the bottom of the page, you open a
window that lets you search for and import questions from other surveys.
You first need to find the survey that contains the question and you do this
by typing in the full or partial survey name in the search field and clicking on
Search. If you leave the search field empty, all surveys except for those that
are filed in the archive will be listed. If you want to import a question from a
survey in the archive, you mark the check box at Include surveys from the
archive.
Then, click on the survey that contains the question your want to import. All
its questions will then be listed in the right part of the window. If you know
parts of the wording in the question title, you can also use the search field
under Questions to manually enter and search for it.
Select the question(s) you want to import and click on OK. The question(s)
will then be inserted last in your survey.
Edit Mode
Title
In the Title field you type in the wording of the actual question. If you have
chosen not to activate automatic question numbering, you may also want to
write a number directly before the question.
The general appearance of the question titles is determined by the settings
chosen under Survey construction > Design. You can also format individual
question titles using the
question.
button which can be found to the right of each
Question Types
This menu lets you choose a suitable type for the question you want to ask.
In the Type drop down list, Standard questions is the default option. The
other options are Informational texts and Advanced questions. The latter is
only available for customers with the SR-Advanced Survey plug-in.
Standard Questions
All question types have been divided into categories and put under different
headings.
Single-Choice Questions
These are used when the question only allows for one answer option to be
selected among multiple alternatives.
Yes/No - the answer options Yes and No are added automatically.
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Radio Buttons - all answer options are visible
Drop Down List - uses less space when there are many answer options
Rating - suitable for rating objects, people, statements etc.
Multiple-Choice Questions
These are used when it is to be possible to select multiple answer options.
Check Boxes - all answer options are visible
Select Box - uses less space when there are many answer options. Please
inform your respondents that they can press down the Ctrl or Shift buttons to
select several options.
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Matrix
A matrix is used when the same set of answer options is to be used for
several questions.
Radio Buttons - only one answer option can be selected
Check Boxes - multiple answer options can be selected
Rating - suitable for rating objects, statements etc.
Ranking - used for ranking a set of objects. Each answer option can only be
selected once.
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Numeric
These are used when answers containing numeric values are required.
Field - provides a field into which only numbers can be entered
Interval - an interval with two end points is specified using numbers.
Slider - a numeric value is specified using a slider
Interval Slider - an interval (with two end points) is specified using a slider.
Multiple - one numeric field is provided for each subquestion. Answers must
be given in numbers.
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Text
These are used when a free text answer is to be given.
Text Field - a field where all the text is written on one row, suitable for short
answers.
Text Memo - a large field where it is possible to create line breaks, suitable
for long answers.
Calendar
These are used when the required answers relate to dates and times.
Date/Time - the answers are given as dates and/or times. They can be
typed in manually or selected via the calendar (dates) or arrows (times).
Interval - the answer is given as an interval between two dates and/or times.
Other
Attachment - lets the respondent upload a file
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The Advanced questions option is only available in the Type drop down list
if you have the SR-Advanced Survey plug-in. These question types have
also been divided into categories.
Single-Choice Questions
Image Map - the respondent answers the question by clicking an area in an
image. It is only possible to select one answer option.
Multiple-Choice Questions
Image Map - the respondent answers the question by clicking on an area in
an image. It is possible to select multiple answer options.
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Side-by-Side - two matrices, next to each other. They can for instance be
used to rate a product feature, and at the same time specify whether it is
important or not.
Open Matrix
Numeric - gives you a custom set of fields for numeric data next to the
questions.
Text - gives you a custom set of fields for textual data next to the questions.
Date - gives you a custom set of fields for information on dates next to the
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Time - gives you a custom set of fields for information regarding times next
to the questions.
Informational Texts
You can insert informational texts anywhere in the survey, for instance to
introduce a series of questions on a particular topic, or to use as a
conclusion at the end of the survey.
1. Click on Add question in the place in the survey where you would
like to add the Informational text.
2. In the Type drop down list, select Informational text.
3. Choose a type: Text or Pop-up text
4. Enter a Title. This will be displayed as the section heading.
5. Create a text using the editor. If you have chosen the Text type, the
text will be displayed directly below the title in the survey. The Popup text type entails that only the heading is displayed in the survey.
The respondent then has to click the View button to read the entire
text. Pop-up texts take up little space and are thus useful for long
texts, as well as when it is to be an active choice by the respondent
to read the entire text.
Settings
Under Settings the following settings can be chosen. Some are general and
apply to all question types, while others are only available for certain
question types.
General (available for all question types):
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Compulsory - the question must be answered
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Hidden from the start - the question is hidden until the respondent
gives a particular answer that triggers settings in a logic.
•
Include a comment field - a field for additional comments is
provided in conjunction with the question. Specify the heading you
wish to use for the comment field under Comments label.
•
Display question numbering - if either Decimal or Roman was
selected under Numbering in the Basic Information, the questions
will be given numbers automatically. Here you determine whether
the number is to be displayed for the chosen question.
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Export ID – Only available for those who have the SR-Advanced
Survey plug-in. In the export file generated under Survey > Data
Collection > Export, the question will have the name you enter
here.
Specific Answer Options
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"I don't know" - adds the answer option 'I don't know' to the
question. The text and value can be adjusted in the table with
answer alternatives. The setting is available for the following
question types: Yes/No, Radio buttons, Drop down list, Check
boxes, Multiple-choice list, Matrix - Radio buttons, Matrix - Check
boxes and Matrix - Ranking.
•
' I don't know ' is hidden until the question fails a validation check
for compulsory questions - can be added when the ' I don't know 'alternative above is used for compulsory questions. The setting is
used for encouraging the respondent to choose one of the other
alternatives. First when the respondent has tried to leave the
question unanswered, the ' I don't know ' - alternative is shown.
Blank option - adds a blank answer option that the respondent then
fills out if none of the other options apply. This setting is available
for the following question types: Radio buttons, Drop down list,
Check boxes and Multiple-choice list.
•
Search mode for answer options
•
Enable search mode - the setting is available for the question
types: Drop down list and Select Box. If you mark this check box, a
search field is shown under the question in the survey. The
respondent writes in the entire alternative or parts of the alternative
which he/she would like to choose. The matching search
alternatives are shown in a list and the respondent can select the
intended answer option from the list.
Under the heading Search mode texts you have the possibility to
adjust the texts that the respondent will read in the survey as
he/she answers this kind of question.
Please note! The search mode for answer options does not work in
the mobile mode. There the question is shown as an ordinary drop
down list/select box.
•
Force the respondent to perform a search when the question
contains more than 75 answer options - can be used if you have
marked the function above. At more than 75 answer options, all
answer options cannot be displayed at once. Only the first 50
alternatives are shown before a search is made. To avoid giving
these 50 alternatives an advantage, you can require that all
alternatives are hidden until a search is made.
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Limit Number of Chosen Answers
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Minimum number of chosen answers - this setting is available for
the following two question types: check boxes and select box. If
you activate this setting, a field appears where you specify the
minimum number of answers that must be chosen. If you specify a
minimum number, the question will be automatically marked as
compulsory, but you can unmark the check box at Compulsory if
you want to.
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Maximum number of chosen answers - this setting is available for
the following two question types: check boxes and select box. If
you activate this setting, a field appears where you specify the
maximum number of answers that can be chosen.
Orientation
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Horizontal or Vertical - This setting is available for the following
question types: Single-choice radio buttons and Multiple-choice
check boxes. It determines whether the question's answer options
are presented horizontally or vertically. If you choose horizontal,
you can also choose to center the text.
Paper survey orientation
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Horizontal or Vertical - This setting is available for the question
types Yes/No, Radio Buttons, Drop Down List, Rating, Check
Boxes and Select Box, provided that you have the SR-Advanced
Survey plug-in. It determines whether the question's answer
options are presented horizontally or vertically in the paper survey
version.
Rating
•
Display labels - this setting is available for the following question
types: Rating and Matrix - Rating. It specifies whether or not a data
label containing the selected answer is to be displayed.
Settings for Numbers
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Use limits - this setting is available for the following question types:
Numeric - Field, Numeric - Interval and Numeric - Multiple and
entails that the respondent's answer must be within the limits set
under Min and Max. If a given answer is outside of these limits an
error message is displayed informing the respondent that the
answer is invalid.
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Decimal fractions - this setting is available for the following
question types: Numeric - Field, Numeric - Interval and Numeric Multiple and determines whether decimals are allowed in the
answers, or whether whole numbers must be used.
•
Min, Max and Steps - Min and Max are used in conjunction with the
Use limits setting (see above) or for the question types Slider and
Interval slider. Min and Max then specify the end points of the
scales, while Steps defines the intervals.
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Display data label, Display prefix and Display suffix - these settings
are available for the following question types: Slider and Interval
Slider, and specify whether a data label with the given answer is to
be displayed under the slider, and whether texts are displayed at
the end points of the scale. The texts are entered in the empty
fields below Display prefix and Display suffix. You can for instance
add the minimum and maximum values for the scale as the prefix
and suffix, or write a text to describe them.
Click the
button if you want to format the text.
Validation
•
Valid e-mail address - this setting is available for Text field
questions and helps ascertain that the respondent's answer is in
the correct format.
•
Limited number of characters - available for the Text field and Text
memo question types. The setting lets you specify a Min and Max
number of characters to be used by the respondent to answer the
question.
Calendar
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Date/Time - this setting is available for the following question types:
Date/Time and Date/Time - Interval and lets you select what the
question is to contain by marking the appropriate check boxes.
•
Validate dates - this setting is available for the following question
types: Date/Time and Date/Time - Interval. It lets you specify the
earliest and latest dates or times that can be selected by the
respondents.
Image map (only available with the SR-Advanced Survey plug-in)
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Display answer options as text - specifies whether the answer
options also are to be displayed as text, or only as clickable areas
in the image.
•
Display tool tips - specifies whether the answer option text is
displayed as a tool tip when the respondent hovers the mouse over
the area.
•
Display areas - specifies whether areas are to be always visible in
the image.
•
Display hovering - specifies whether areas are to be highlighted
when the respondent hovers the mouse over them or, if they are
always visible, whether they should then change color.
Matrix - Side by side (only available with the SR-Advanced Survey plug-in)
•
You select the question types for the two matrices in the select
boxes named Question type left matrix and Question type right
matrix. Choose among the following question types:
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Validation - specify which sum you want to validate: None, Rows,
Columns or Total. Then enter the values of your choice at Min sum
and Max sum respectively.
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Summation Mode - specify what you want to display the sum for:
None, Rows, Columns or Total.
Open matrix - Time (only available with the SR-Advanced Survey plug-in)
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Limit to 24 hours - if this setting is active, the respondent cannot
enter more than 24 hours per field.
•
Validation - specify which sum you want to validate: None, Rows,
Columns or Total. Then enter the values of your choice at Min sum
and Max sum respectively.
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Summation Mode - specify what you want to display the sum for:
None, Rows, Columns or Total.
Answer Options
This heading is displayed for all question types where the respondent is to
choose from set answer options. From the start, there is only one field which
is intended for the first answer option. Click the
button to add new
fields for as many answer options as you want. It is also possible to create
new answer options by pressing the tab key. To remove an answer option,
just click the
button next to it.
Type in the text for the answer option in the empty field. Click the
button
if you want to format the text, for instance by highlighting parts of it.
All the answer options receive a numeric value which is displayed in the
Value field. This number will be used for the answer option in the reports.
The options are assigned numbers automatically, which means that the first
answer option will be number 1, the second option number 2 and so on. You
can, however, change them any way you want.
If you want to change the order of the answer options, click on the
button
which you can find on the left side of the row. When the marker turns into a
move cursor, press down the left mouse button and drag the answer option
to its new place.
If you have many answer options you can paste the answer options instead.
Click the lower tab Text. Paste the answer options, separated by a line
break. Shift to the tab List in order to see the answer options and make
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In addition to the set options, options such as 'I don't know' and blank fields
are available for use with some questions. See Specific answer options
above for more information.
Subquestions
When using matrices, the same answer options are used for multiple
questions (here referred to as subquestions). The subquestions are
displayed as headings for the rows of the matrix, and the answer options are
displayed as headings for the columns. In the image below, various web
browsers are used as subquestions:
Subquestions are created in the same way as the answer options, see
Answer options above.
Question Types with Specific Answer Options
The question types below are only available with the SR-Advanced Survey
plug-in.
Matrix - Side-by-Side
This question type contains two matrices. The answer options are created in
the same way as they are for other question types under the headings Left
matrix answer options and Right matrix answer options. You can also add a
Title for each matrix.
Image Map
Answers to this type of question are given by clicking areas in an image.
The answer options are, as per usual, created under the Answer options
heading. For each answer option you need to specify whether it is to be
displayed as a Circle or a Rectangle in the image, and whether the specified
areas are to be Visible or not.
Click on Select image and choose one from the Image library. Please refer
to the Image and document library for more information on how to upload
and use images.
You can then specify areas anywhere in the picture and move them around
by clicking, dragging and dropping them. In order to see which area
corresponds with a particular answer option, click the text field where you
typed in the answer option. The area will then be highlighted in the image.
Expand or reduce the size of an area by clicking the little square next to its
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Under Area colors you select how the areas are to be colored when the
respondent answers the question. The following options are available:
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Normal, Normal - the answer option has not been selected and the
marker is not hovering over the set area.
Normal, Hovering - the answer option has not been selected and
the marker is hovering over the set area.
Selected, Normal - the answer option has been selected and the
marker is not hovering over the set area.
Selected, Hovering - the answer option has been selected and the
marker is hovering over the set area.
Click the appropriate field for each option you would like to use and choose
a color. It is also possible to manually enter color codes in the fields.
Design Mode
If you want to display an image or a video together with a question, or add
text to provide additional information on the topic, you click the Design tab.
Design container
Both images and extra text are inserted via so-called Design containers.
Under the Design container heading you select where they are to be
inserted:
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Top - above the question
Left - to the left of the question
Right - the right of the question
Bottom - below the question
The Top and Bottom sections take up the entire width of the survey. The
Left and Right sections can be resized by dragging the dotted line.
In addition to these, there is another Design container called Center which is
where the actual question is placed. It is possible to add text, images and
videos to this container too.
Adding Text Areas
1. After you have created a Design container, click it and select Add
text area in the list that appears.
2. A Text area is then inserted. Click the white field to open an editor.
3. Enter and format your text in the editor. Click OK.
4. When you have finished, click Save.
If you want to edit the text later, click the white field to open the editor again.
Adding Images
1. After you have created a new Design container, click it and select
Add image in the list that appears.
2. Choose which image to insert. (Please refer to the section on the
Image and document library for more information on how to upload
and insert images.)
3. Click Save.
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Adding Media files
1. After you have created a new Design container, click it and select
Add media in the list that appears.
2. Select the video you want to insert. Read more about uploading
and inserting videos on the Image and document library page.
3. Click Save.
Moving Text Areas, Images and Media files
By clicking and dragging the title bar of either the Text area, the Image or
the Media, you can move it to a different place within the same Design
container, or to a different section.
Removing Text Areas, Images and Media files
Click Remove in the title bar of the Text area, Image or Media.
Translating Surveys
If your survey is multilingual, you use the Translate page to do the
translation. The translation interface is divided into two sections. The left
half is where you see the original text: just select which language to
translate from (your source language). The right half is where you select
which language to translate the text into.
Every question and every answer option has its own line with a field where
you type in the translation. To the right of the field is a
button which you
click on if you want to format the text, just like you did when you created the
original question.
When translating, you can get some help by pressing the
button. It
gives you an automatic translation of the text and can be found between the
two language fields (it then translates the entire text) as well as on each row
(it then translates the text on that row). Since the translation is automated, it
is advisable that you check that the proposed translation is accurate. Also,
for the translation to work, a connection to a translation service must be set
up in the Administration. Please refer to the Languages and translations
section for more information on how to do this.
If a respondent's details call for a language that is not used in the survey, or
if the survey has not been translated into that language, he or she will
receive the survey in its default language (the default language is specified
in the Basic information).
Arranging Questions
This page lets you change the order of the questions in the survey. You can
also create new pages, or transfer questions between the different pages of
your survey.
Moving Questions
When you hover the marker over a question it turns into a move cursor.
Press down the left mouse button and drag the question into its new place,
either on the same page or on another page, and drop it there by letting go
of the mouse button.
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Creating New Pages Manually
You can create a new page either before or after an existing page by
clicking one of the following buttons:
and
.
Moving Pages
If the survey consists of two or more pages, you can change the order of
them. When you hover the marker over the page heading
it will turn into a move cursor. Press down the
left mouse button and drag the page, together with all its questions, to its
new location. The page numbering will be updated automatically.
Removing Pages
Click the
button to remove a page. Only pages that do not contain
any questions can be removed.
Creating Automatic Page Breaks
Click on Edit page breaks to open a pop-up window where you can set up
automatic page breaks.
The Current settings show the current number of pages and questions.
Automatic page breaks lets you create page breaks by specifying a:
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Number of pages - the number of questions on each page is
automatically adjusted.
Number of questions per page - the number of pages is
automatically adjusted.
Result of chosen settings shows you the Number of pages and the Number
of questions per page that the new settings will result in.
Question Visibility
If your survey includes questions to be answered by certain respondents
only, you can let these questions be hidden from the start and then, under
the tab Conditions, create a logic that makes the question visible for
respondents answering in a certain way. A question can be made hidden
from the start in three different ways:
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When you create or edit a question, by marking the check box
Hidden from the start
When you create a logic and select the action Show questions, see
the section Conditions
Under the Question Visibility tab
Under the tab Question Visibility you can see all questions of the survey in
an overview, and select which of them should be hidden from the start. Next
to each question there is a check box. If this check box is marked, the
question will be visible from the start. Thus, you unmark the check box next
to the questions to be hidden from the start.
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In the example below the questions Which course have you participated in?
and Do you want help to stop smoking? will be hidden from the start.
If you want to mark or unmark the check box next to all questions in the
survey, you can mark/unmark the check box at Show all questions. If you
want to change the visibility of all questions within a certain page, e.g.
page 2, you mark/unmark the check box at Page 2.
Hide answer options and sub-questions
When you create a logic, you can also let the action Show parts of a
question be performed if the respondent answers in a certain way. This
means that one or more answer options on a question with answer options,
or one or more sub-questions on a matrix question, are displayed. In this
case you can let these answer options or sub-questions be hidden from the
start. Click
next to the question to expand it. Then unmark the check
box next to the answer options/sub-questions which should be hidden from
the start.
In the example above, the answer options of the question Select your
nearest location are all hidden from the start. See the section Hide or show
parts of a question under Conditions where the same question is used as an
example of how to show different answer options depending on how the
respondent has answered on a conditional question.
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On questions where at least one answer option or sub-question is hidden
from the start, the
symbol is displayed.
Conditions
When you create a survey, you can choose to include questions to be
answered by certain respondents only. If you, for example, create a survey
where the respondents have different professions, you might want a number
of questions to only be answered by the respondents of a certain
profession. This, and a lot of other things, you can do under the tab
Conditions.
Here you specify Conditions to be met in order for certain Actions to be
performed. A condition can either be a question which is to be answered in
a certain way, or a certain respondent category which the respondent
answering the survey shall belong to. Actions which can be performed is
that a question (or certain answer options of a question) is displayed or
hidden, that the respondent jumps to a question, that a pop-up message is
displayed, that the respondent is transferred to a web page, or that the
respondent cannot proceed and submit the survey.
Create logic
To create a logic, you click on the
button or on the Add logic button.
Give the logic a name. The name will not be visible to the respondent. For
your own sake you should give the logic a name which describes what is to
be fulfilled, or what will happen, e.g. Answer X on Question Y, or Show
Question Z.
Conditions
Under the heading Conditions you formulate a conditional statement which
is to be met. The statement begins with the word If, and in the drop down
lists below you select the options of your choice. Below you see an example
of a condition:
Thus, the condition in the example is met if the answer Yes is given on the
question Have you participated in any course during the last year?
The next step is to decide what action shall be performed if the condition is
met. In the example below the question Which course have you participated
in? will be shown.
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You can use both questions and respondent categories as conditions. Make
the desired selection in the drop down list Select type.
Using a question as condition
Select Question in the drop down list Select type.
In the below drop down list you then select the question that is to be used
as condition. You can use all question types except for Date/Time, Numeric
Interval and Numeric Slider Interval, nor can the SR-Advanced Survey
question types Matrix Side by Side, Matrix Open Date and Matrix Open Time
be used. Subquestions in matrices can also be used as condition, and you
then first select the matrix question and then a subquestion.
To more easily find the question you want to select, type a word or a phrase
from the question title in the search field.
You then specify how the question must be answered for the condition to be
met. Below you can read about how this is done depending on question type
of the question.
Question types with answer options
Conditions concerning the number of answer options chosen by the
respondent:
Click in the selection list under the selected question and chose one of the
following:
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has at least x answers - means that you can set a lower limit
concerning how many alternatives the respondent can choose for
the condition to be fulfilled. In the field beneath, the number making
the limit of the condition is set. In the example below, the condition
will be fulfilled if the respondent selects 3 alternatives or more.
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has at most x answers - means that you can set an upper limit
concerning how many alternatives the respondent can choose for
the condition to be fulfilled. In the example below, the condition will
be fulfilled it the respondent selects 0, 1, or 2 alternatives.
Conditions concerning which answer options that are chosen by the
respondent:
Click in the field Select answer options and select one or more of the
question's answer options. The easiest way to select a single answer option
is to click directly on its name. If you want to select several answer options
you can mark the check box next to them. It is also possible to select all
answer options by clicking the check box at Select all. The selected answer
option(s) appear in the field.
If you want to remove an answer option, you click the
next to it.
After you have selected answer option(s), you select one of the following
options in the drop down list shown above:
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is exactly - the respondent must select exactly the answer option(s)
included in the condition
is either - the respondent must select any of the answer options
included in the condition
is not - the respondent must not select exactly the answer option(s)
included in the condition
is neither - the respondent must not select exactly any of the
answer options included in the condition
Instead of letting answer options be included in the condition, you can select
one of the following:
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is not answered - the respondent must not have answered the
question
is answered - the respondent must have answered the question
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Example 1, single-choice question:
In the example above, the question Have you participated in any course
during the last year? is used as condition. This is a Yes/No question, and
the respondents who answer Yes shall be asked a supplementary question.
In this case both is exactly and is either can be used.
Example 2, single-choice question
The question Do you smoke? in the example above is a Radio Buttons
question. Those who answer Yes, every day or Yes, sometimes shall be
asked a supplementary question. In this case, the option is either must be
used.
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Example 3, multiple-choice question
In this example the conditional question is Which kind of exercises do you
practice? This is a multiple-choice question of the question type Check
Boxes, where the respondents have six different answer options to choose
from. Those who select any of the answer options Gym, Aerobics or
Swimming shall be asked a supplementary question. In this case, the
condition is specified as in the example above. It means that it is enough for
the respondent to select one of the answer options in the condition, and it
does not matter which other answer options are selected. For example, the
condition is met by a respondent who answers Gym only, but also by
someone answering Aerobics, Swimming and Running.
Numeric question types
Numeric question types, except for Numeric Interval and Numeric Slider
Interval, can be used as condition. You then select one of these options:
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is equal to - the respondent's answer must be equal tp the value in
the condition
is not equal to - the respondent's answer must not be equal to the
value in the condition
is less than - the respondent's answer must be less than the value
in the condition
is greater than - the respondent's answer must be greater than the
value in the condition
is not answered - the respondent must not have answered the
question
is answered - the respondent must have answered the question
After selecting one of the first four options, you specify the value of the
condition in the field below.
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In the example below, the condition is met by respondents answering 2501
or higher.
Text question types
Text question types can also be used as condition. You then select one of
these options:
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is exactly - the respondent's answer must be identical to the text in
the condition
contains - the respondent's answer must contain the text in the
condition
does not contain - the respondent's answer must not contain the
text in the condition
starts with - the respondent's answer must start with the text in the
condition
ends with - the respondent's answer must end with the text in the
condition
is not answered - the respondent must not have answered the
question
is answered - the respondent must have answered the question
After selecting one of the first five options, you specify the text to be used in
the condition in the field below.
In the example below, the condition is met by respondents whose answer
contains the word environment.
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Using a respondent category as condition
Select Respondent category in the drop down list Select type. The
Respondent category option is available only if you have connected at least
one respondent category to the survey.
In the drop down list below you then select the respondent category to be
used in the condition.
Mark the check box next to the sub category or categories which the
respondent must belong to in order for the condition to be met. If you have
hierarchical respondent categories with sub categories in several levels, you
click to expand the category and be able to select its sub categories.
After selecting sub categories, you select one of the following options in the
drop down list above.
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is exactly - the respondent must belong to exactly the sub
category(ies) included in the condition
is either - the respondent must belong to any of the sub
category(ies) included in the condition
is not - the respondent must not belong to exactly the sub
category(ies) included in the condition
is neither - the respondent must not belong to exactly any of the
sub category(ies) included in the condition
In the example above, the condition is met by respondents who belong to
the sub category IT in the respondent category Department.
Combining conditions
Sometimes you might want to combine several conditions. The example on
the next page shows how this is done in Survey&Report.
In a survey, we have created the questions In which country do you work?,
What is your nationality? and What is your gender? We want to ask a
supplementary question to those who answer that they work in the US or
have American citizenship and who are women. We start by adding the first
condition with the question In which country do you work? and then click
the
button to the left below the condition.
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We then get the possibility to add another condition and this time we use
the question What is your nationality? as conditional question. Having done
so, we select Either of in the drop down list at the top. The reason is that we
want the condition to be met if you work in the USA or have American
citizenship.
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Finally we want to add the question about gender and therefore we click
the
button in the middle below the existing conditions. A new group of
conditions is then created. Each group will be considered separately, which
is suitable in our example where it is enough that any of the first two
conditions is met, but where the third condition always must be met.
In the drop down list to the upper left in the second group we select And,
and then we add the condition with the question about gender. The entire
statement can now be read as: "If the question In which country do you
work? has been answered with USA, or if the question What is your
nationality? has been answered with American, and if the question What is
your gender? has been answered with Female", the condition is met.
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Inactivate the conditions
If you want a certain action to be performed for all respondents, without any
condition being met, for example that a pop-up message is shown directly
when the survey is loaded, you can unmark the check box next to
Conditions.
Actions
When you have created the condition, it is time to decide what will happen if
the condition is met. You can choose from the following actions:
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Hide questions
Show questions
Go to a question
Hide parts of a question
Show parts of a question
Show a popup
Go to a website
End survey and show message
Below you can read about how the different actions work, and how you
define them.
Hide or show questions
What most people want to do when creating a logic is to make one or more
questions answerable for certain respondents only. This can be achieved by
performing the action Hide questions on a question that is visible from the
start (and in that way hide it from the respondents who are not to answer it),
or the action Show questions on a question that is hidden from the start (to
show it for those you want to answer it).
A question can be made hidden from the start in three different ways:
1. When you create or edit a question, by marking the check box
Hidden from the start.
2. When you create a logic and select one of the actions Show
questions or Hide questions, by clicking the
icon next to the
question you have selected to be shown or hidden.
Unmark the check box next to the question to decide that it should
be hidden from the start.
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3. Under the tab Question Visibility, see this section for more
information. Unmark the check box next to the questions which
should be hidden from the start.
In the drop down list Select an action you select Hide questions or Show
questions. You then click in the field below to select the question(s) which
are to be hidden or shown. The easiest way to select a single question is to
click directly on its name. If you want to select several questions you can
mark the check box next to them. It is also possible to select all questions
by clicking the check box at Select all. The selected question(s) are
displayed in the field. In order to remove a selected question you click its
icon.
The condition in the example on the next page states that the question
Have you participated in any course during the last year? must be answered
with Yes. We want those who answer Yes to be shown the question Which
course have you participated in?. We make sure this question has been
hidden from the start, and then select the action Show questions and the
question Which course have you participated in?
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Go to a question
If you want a respondent who meets the condition to skip a number of
questions you can, as described above, make these questions hidden.
Another way to achieve this is to use the action Go to a question. The
questions to be skipped will still be visible if this action is selected, but the
respondent is transferred directly to a certain question which will be
displayed at the top of the screen. If the question is placed on another page,
the respondent will go directly to this page, without having to click on the
Next page button. In the drop down list Select an action you select Go to a
question. You then click in the field below to select the question the
respondent shall go to.
Hide or show parts of a question
This action can be used in order to let a condition decide which answer
options on a question, or which sub-questions in a matrix, are to be
displayed.
In the example on the next page the answer to the question Select your
region decides which cities will be available as answer options in the
question Select your nearest location. The survey constructor has made all
answer options in the question Select your nearest location hidden from the
start. This can be made under the tab Question Visibility or by clicking
the
button next to the field where you select the answer options to be
displayed, after selecting a question.
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In both cases, you expand the question by clicking
, and unmark the
check box next to the answer options (or sub-questions in a matrix) to be
hidden from the start.
The condition below is met by those who answer Europe on the conditional
question. The action Show parts of a question has then been selected, after
that the question Select your nearest location and finally that the answer
options Paris and London should be shown.
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Show a pop-up
Use this action to show a message to respondents meeting the condition.
The message will be shown in a pop-up, directly after the condition is met.
Select Show a pop-up in the drop down list Select an action, and type the
message in the field below.
If the survey is multilingual, the
button will be displayed in the field
where the message is written. Click the button to translate the message to
the other languages.
Go to a website
If you select this action the respondent will be transferred to a website when
the condition is met. Select Go to a website in the drop down list Select an
action, and type the web site's URL in the field below. If you mark the check
box Open URL in a new window, the website will be opened in a new
window (or a new tab, depending on the browser settings). If the check box
is left unmarked, the website will be opened in the same window where the
survey was previously displayed.
End survey and show message
Sometimes you might want to avoid getting answers from respondents who
give a certain answer to a question. Example: A survey starts with the
question Have you participated in the course?. You only want those who
answer Yes to answer the rest of the survey. For respondents answering
No, the action End survey and show message should be performed. These
respondents will then not be able to proceed with answering the questions in
the survey, or submit it. Instead a message is shown where you inform them
that they cannot continue answering the survey.
Select End survey and show message in the drop down list Select an
action, and type the message in the editor below.
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If the survey is multilingual, the
button will be displayed in the tool bar.
Click the button to translate the message to the other languages.
Combining several actions
If you want to, you can let a condition result in several actions being
performed. After you have added the first action, you click the
button
below the existing action, in order to add another one. In the example below,
a pop-up will first appear, and then the respondent will go to the specified
question.
If you want to change the order in which the actions are performed, you
place the cursor on the
to another place.
icon to the left of an action, and drag and drop it
Please note that the action End survey and show message cannot be
combined with other actions. If you create such an action, having already
created actions of other types, all other actions will be removed.
Advanced settings
Under the tab Advanced settings you decide when the logic should be
applied and its action performed. There you find the following events:
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when a survey page is loaded - the action is performed if the
condition is met already when the respondent enters the page.
when a conditional question is answered or the answer is changed
- the action is performed if the respondent meets the condition by
answering a conditional question or changing the answer
before a survey page is left - the action is performed if the condition
is met when the respondent leaves the page
when the survey is submitted
As default, all four events is selected. The action will be performed when the
first selected event (in sequence from the top) occurs.
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Thus, you unmark an event if you do not want the action to be performed
when the event occurs.
Example 1:
A logic has a condition which is met if the respondent has not answered a
conditional question. Since the question is unanswered when the
respondent enters the page where the question is located for the first time,
the action will be performed directly when the respondent enters the page. If
you do not want the action to be performed until the respondent leaves the
page (if the question is then still unanswered) you unmark the check box at
when a survey page is loaded.
Example 2:
You are making a "quiz" survey with one question per page, and where you
have inactivated the possibility to go back to the previous page. When the
respondent leaves the page, a message saying whether the answer was
correct or not should be displayed. If the message would be displayed
directly when the question was answered, the respondent would be able to
change an incorrect answer. For that reason you unmark the check box at
when a conditional question is answered or the answer is changed.
Example 3:
One type of action is Go to a website. When this action is performed a
specified web page will be opened, in the same window or in a new window,
for the respondents who answer in a certain way. If you prefer that these
respondents get a link to the web page instead, in the thank you message
which is displayed after submitting the survey, you unmark all events but
when the survey is submitted.
Logic overview
When you click the Conditions tab you come to an overview where you see
the logics already created. They are listed with name and one or more icons
showing what kind of action will be performed if the condition of the logic is
met. The following icons can be displayed.
- one or more questions are hidden or shown
- a message is shown
- the respondent goes to a question
- the respondent is transferred to a web site
- the survey is terminated
Editing and deleting logic
Click on a logic in the overview to get to its edit mode. When you edit a logic
you can change its name, condition(s) and action(s). If you want to delete a
condition or an action, click on the
button to the right of the
condition/action. Click the Remove button to delete the entire logic.
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Arranging and grouping logics
In the overview under the Conditions tab, already created logics are listed.
In some cases the order in which they are listed might be important. This
will, for example, apply if a respondent by giving a certain answer to a
question meet the condition of two separate logics. Since the logics are
applied in sequence starting at the top, the upper logic will first be
performed and then the logic with a lower position. Please note that if the
action of the upper logic is that the survey will be terminated, the lower
logic's action will not be performed. You can change a logic's position by
dragging and dropping it to another place.
If you create a great number of logics in a survey, you can divide them into
different logic groups to get a better overview.
Click the Add logic group button to create a new group. Give the group a
name and click the
button. As soon as you have created the new
group, a new column will appear on the left hand side of the page. This
column will contain the groups you create. Your new group is listed under a
group called Default group. This group contains any logics created before
you created the new group.
If you want to change the name of the Default group you click it, change its
name and click the
name of other groups.
button. In the same way, you can change the
When you have more than one group and want to create a new logic, you
start by clicking the group the logic is to belong to. You then create the logic
as described above. If you want to edit an existing logic, you click the group
where it is placed and then the logic.
You can move a logic from a group to another by drag and drop. In the
example below, a logic is being moved to Group 2.
Quota
In the section Conditions you can read about how to define conditions which
leads to certain actions being performed if the condition is met. An example
of such an action is that a hidden question becomes visible for respondents
answering a conditional question in a certain way.
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Quota works in a similar manner and here too you create conditions which
are to be met and actions that should be performed. However, in a quota
you also specify a Quota limit, i.e. how many respondents can meet the
condition before it starts to apply. Thus, the purpose of creating a quota can
be to limit the number of respondents answering in a certain way, for
example when making an application.
Example: A company creates a survey to work as a course application form.
The maximum number of participants is 45, and their aim is to have an
equal number of participants from each of their three regions. To achieve
this they create a quota for each region, where the quota limit is set to 15. In
the image below you can see how the quota is specified for one of the
regions. The condition is that the question Which region do you belong to?
is answered with West, and the action to be performed is that the survey is
terminated and a message is shown.
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Create quota
To create a quota you click the
button, or the button Add quota.
Give the quota a name. The name will not be visible to the respondent. For
your own sake you should give the quota a name which describes what the
purpose of the quota is, e.g. Maximum number of men = 25.
Quota limit and Current value
In the Quota limit field you specify how many respondents can meet the
quota's condition before its action is performed.
At Current value you can see the received number of answers meeting the
quota's condition has been received so far. If the number of received
answer has reached the quota limit, and you despite this want to allow more
answers meeting the condition, you can click the Reset button to reset
Current value to 0.
Only trigger on submit
You mark the check box Only trigger on submit if you want the action to be
performed only when the respondent clicks the Submit button. In the
example with the registration form, you might want the respondents to be
able to send their application even though the maximum number of
participants has been reached. If you select this option the respondent will,
after clicking Submit, get a message saying the application has been
received and they are placed in the standby queue.
If you combine the setting Only trigger on submit with the action End survey
and show message, the respondent will get the message after clicking the
Submit button but the answers will in this case not be registered.
Conditions
Under the heading Conditions you formulate a conditional statement which
is to be met. The statement begins with the word If, and in the drop down
lists below you select the options of your choice. Please refer to the section
Survey > Survey Construction > Questions > Conditions for more
information on how to specify conditions.
Actions
When you have created the condition, it is time to decide what will happen if
the condition is met. Please refer to the section Survey > Survey
Construction > Questions > Conditions for more information on how to
specify actions.
Quota overview
When you click the Quota tab you see an overview with the quotas already
created. They are listed with name and one or more icons showing what
kind of action will be performed if the condition of the quota is met. The
following icons can be displayed:
- one or more questions are hidden or shown
- a message is shown
- the respondent goes to a question
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- the respondent is transferred to a web site
- the survey is terminated
Editing and deleting quota
Click on a quota in the overview to get to its edit mode. When you edit a
quota you can change its name, quota limit, condition(s) and action(s). If
you want to delete a condition or an action, click on the
button to the
right of the condition/action. Click the Remove button to delete the entire
quota.
Arranging quotas
In the overview under the Quota tab, already created quotas are listed. In
some cases the order in which they are listed might be important. This will,
for example, apply if a respondent by giving a certain answer to a question
meet the condition of two separate quotas. Since the quotas are applied in
sequence starting at the top, the upper quota will first be performed and
then the quota with a lower position. Please note that if the action of the
upper quota is that the survey will be terminated, the lower quota's action
will not be performed. You can change a quota's position by dragging and
dropping it to another place.
Design
When you created the survey you selected a theme in the Basic information.
A theme is a design template that determines the overall look of the survey,
as well as that of the individual questions and question titles.
If you want to change the theme, you do that under Theme on the Design
page. The Theme drop down list lets you choose from all the themes that
have been created in the system. If you click on a theme name, you get an
instant preview of what the survey would look like if you chose that theme.
Click on Save as survey theme to confirm your choice.
Customizing Themes
To the right of the preview, you find the window Customize theme where
you, under the tab Theme settings, can customise the theme settings for the
current survey. To be able to save the changes, it is required that you have
access to the button Save theme settings. This button is only available as
long as the survey has the status Construction, and only for users who
(through their group) have the right Save theme settings.
The settings under the Theme settings tab are grouped under the headings
Survey, Question, Question title, Progress indicator and Advanced.
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Settings for Surveys
Width - select Auto if you want the survey width to be adapted to the
respondent's web browser. Otherwise, specify a fixed width in pixels.
Margin - the empty space around the survey. The margins above and below
the survey are specified at Vertical while the margins for the sides are
specified at Horizontal. The Centered check box under Horizontal is used to
center the survey if you selected a fixed width in pixels under Width.
Padding - the empty space between the survey's edges and the actual text
(or images). The margins above and below the text are specified at Vertical
while the margins for the sides are specified at Horizontal.
Font - choose from Arial, Comic Sans MS, Courier new, Georgia, Helvetica,
Impact, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, Times new roman and Verdana
Font size - specify the text size as a percentage. The size of the question
titles can be specified separately, see Settings for question titles below
Font color - select a color by clicking the colored rectangle or by entering a
color code
Background - the look of the background around the survey: Color
(Background color), Gradient (From color, To color) or Image, see below
Inner background - the look of the area behind the text: Color (Background
color) or Image, see below
Background color - select a color by clicking the colored rectangle, or by
entering a color code
From color, To color - available if Transition was chosen for the
Background. Choose the two colors you want to use in the same way as
above.
Image - available if you selected an Image either as your Background or
Inner background. Click
to select an image in the library.
Repeat - available if you chose to use an Image as your Background or
Inner Background. Specify whether the image is to be displayed just once in
the background (No repeat), repeated both horizontally and vertically
(Repeat), only horizontally (Repeat horizontally) or only vertically (Repeat
vertically). Repeating an image with a discrete design can provide a
spectacular background.
Placement - available if you chose to use an Image for your Background or
Inner Background. Select where to place the image, or, if it is to be
repeated, where the first image is to be placed.
Attachment - available if you chose to use an Image as your Background or
Inner Background. Specify whether the image is to have a static location in
the survey (Scroll) or on the screen (Fixed).
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Borders
Using various types of borders, you can create a frame around the survey.
You determine their design by specifying a Style, a Color, and a Width for
each of the Borders: Top, Right, Bottom and Left.
Style - choose between eight different styles, or select None if you do not
want a border.
Color - select a color by clicking the colored rectangle, or by entering a
color code
Width - select a width between 0 (no border) and 10
Settings for Questions
Each question comprises a distinct section that can have a surrounding
frame and a background color.
Rendering - choose Frame (a standard frame is then placed around each
question) or Styled (choose whether you want frames around each question
as well as what they will look like, and whether the sections are to have a
background color). If you choose a Frame, the question title will be
displayed as part of the frame. Since some web browsers cannot create line
breaks in the question title when you have chosen Frame, it is
recommended that you use Styled if your question titles are very long.
Otherwise they run a risk of being cut off mid-way.
Margin
Questions - the empty space below each question
Padding - the internal margin for each question
Answer options - the margins above and below each answer option, and
above and below each subquestion in matrixes
Line spacing - the spacing between the lines in the answer options, the
recommended setting is Automatic
Style - the formatting options: Bold, Italic and Underline
The settings below are only available if Styled was selected at Render.
Background color - the color behind the actual questions. Choose a color
by clicking the colored rectangle on the right, or by entering a color code. If
no color is specified, the survey background (Inner Background) or the
images selected for Layer 1 and Layer 2 will be used.
Layers
It is possible to place one or two images directly behind each question.
Layer 1 - this image will be placed behind the image in Layer 2.
Layer 2 - this image will be placed on top of the image in Layer 1.
Background - Under the headings Layer 1 and Layer 2, select whether an
Image is to be inserted behind the question, otherwise select None.
Image - available if you chose Image as your Background. Click on
retrieve an image from the library.
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Repeat - available if you chose to use an Image as your Background. Select
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whether the image is to be displayed in only one place in the background
(No recurrence), or if it is to be repeated be side-by-side horizontally
(Repeat horizontally), vertically (Repeat vertically) or both horizontally and
vertically (Repeat). An image with a discrete design can provide a
spectacular background if repeated across the entire background.
Placement - available if you chose to use an Image as your Background.
Select where the image is to be placed, or, if it is repeated across the page,
where the first image is to be placed.
Borders
The frame around a question consists of a number of borders. You decide
where to place the borders and how they should look, by specifying the
Style, Color and Width for each of the following borders: Top, Bottom, Left
and Right
Style - select the type of border, or choose None if you do not want a border
Colors - select a color by clicking on the colored rectangle, or by entering
the color code
Width - specify a widthbetween 0 (= no border) and 10
Settings for Question Titles
The question titles can be formatted separately.
Allow custom styles for questions - this setting activates any individual
formatting that is done via the
button in the question's edit mode. For
images to appear in the question title, this setting must be activated.
Margins - the empty space between the question title and the answer
options.
Font - choose from Arial, Comic Sans MS, Courier new, Georgia, Helvetica,
Impact, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, Times new roman and Verdana
Font size - specify the size as a percentage
Line spacing - the spacing between the lines in the answer options, useful
if each answer option takes up several lines.
Font colour - select a colour by clicking the coloured rectangle, or by
entering a colour code
Style - the formatting options: Bold, Italic and Underline.
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Settings for Progress indicator (the Navigation alternatives)
If you have selected one of the navigation alternatives as a progress
indicator under Basic Information > Properties > Layout, you can adjust the
appearance using the following settings:
Margin
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Vertical - state a number between 0 and 10, the higher number the
larger margin between the bottommost question and the lower
edge of the page.
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Horizontal - state a number between 0 and 10, the higher number
the larger space between the field/button for the page numbers
(does not apply to the dropdown list)
Padding
•
Vertical - state a number between 0 - 10, the higher number the
higher field/buttons for the page numbers (does not apply to the
dropdown list)
•
Horizontal - state a number between 0 - 10, the higher number the
wider field for the page numbers (does not apply to buttons or
dropdown list)
Font - choose from Arial, Comic Sans MS, Courier new, Georgia, Helvetica,
Impact, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, Times new roman and Verdana
Font size - choose from 90%, 100%, 125%, 150% or 200%
Font and background colour - choose the colour by clicking in the
rectangle after the field, or by entering a colour code in the field
Font and background colour can be chosen for the following types of pages
in the navigation:
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Default
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Active page
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Visited page with unanswered questions
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Page with all questions completed
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Page with no questions
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Page with compulsory questions
Style - you can also choose different style on the page numbers for every
type of page above:
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Bold (does not apply to the dropdown list)
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Italic
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Underlined (does not apply to the dropdown list)
Advanced settings
You who have knowledge of CSS can change the presentation style via the
style sheet of the survey. It is available for the users who have been given
the right to Edit theme with style sheet editor (CSS) under Administration >
Users > Groups > Templates.
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The Qustion Settings Tab
The Customize theme window also provides you with the Question settings
tab.
Under the heading Width of subquestion columns, you find specific settings
for those question types that have subquestions, eg. Matrix questions and
Numeric - multiple. These question types consist of two "columns", one for
the title of the subquestion and one for its answer options. The setting you
choose determines the width (in percent) for the column with the
subquestion title. If you, for instance, specify that the question title is to take
up 30% of the survey width, the column with the answer options will take up
70%. This way you can ensure a suitable division, and avoid unnecessary
line breaks.
Under the heading Answer option spacing, you make settings concerning
the question types Yes/No, Radio Buttons and Check Boxes. Under the
Theme settings tab, at Question > Margin > Answer options, you find a
general setting for the spacing between the answer options, but here under
Question settings you can make this setting per question. The settings you
make here also affect the spacing between the answer options on questions
where you have chosen a horizontal orientation. As long as you have not
changed a setting, the slider is placed to the far left, with the symbol -. This
means that the general setting under Theme settings apply.
The settings under this tab can be chosen for the entire survey, for each
page, or for each individual question. You find them under the following
headings:
•
•
•
Adjust all on this survey
Adjust all on this page
Available on this page - click on
to go to the question.
Click on Save question settings to save your changes.
Preview
The Preview displays the survey exactly as it will appear to the respondent.
It also lets you test any filters you may have created in order to inform you
on how questions are displayed or hidden according to the settings for the
filter.
If your survey is multilingual, you select which language version you want to
preview by clicking the different tabs at the top of the page.
Paper Surveys
The SR-Advanced Survey plug-in contains the Paper survey function. If you
plan on printing your survey and using it as a paper survey, you can get a
preview of what it will look like on this page. The settings you choose here
can also be found on the Data collection > Paper survey > Setup tab. On
this page, however, you have the possibility to get a preview of the survey
before you even finish constructing it.
Appearance
Select which Fonts and Font sizes are to be used for question titles and
answer options. When printed, the question titles will be in bold.
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Settings
When scanning the paper surveys, the program will interpret and analyze
the answers to questions with set answer options. If you mark the check box
Include all question types. (The question types that are possible to scan, eg.
have set answer options, are always included.), space will be left in the
paper survey so the respondent can also answer text, date, and numerical
questions. However, the program cannot intepret the answers to these
questions, and they must instead be entered manually.
Mark the check box Draw question separator line to insert a dotted line
between the questions when the survey is printed.
Instructions for Paper Surveys
To make sure that the respondents receive all the information they need
about how to fill out the survey, you create an instructional text that is
inserted directly after the survey's regular introductory text when printed.
You use a template (that is created in the administration) as the basis for it,
but you can edit the text in the editor.
It is important that you provide the respondent with information about how
the answer options are to be marked in the boxes. The following applies:
The answer option has been marked correctly
The answer option has been marked incorrectly, the cross needs to be
in the middle of the box
The answer option has been marked incorrectly, the lines are too thick
The selection has been cancelled, the answer option will not be
counted as marked
Save your changes by pressing Save. When you have finished, click the
Preview button to make sure that everything looks the way you intended it
to.
Respondents
To connect respondents to the survey, you go to the Respondents menu.
Before finishing the construction of the survey you find this menu in the
Survey > Survey Construction menu. After finishing the survey construction
the Respondents menu will be reachable under Survey > Data Collection
instead.
When you click the Respondents menu, you see the respondents who have
already been connected to the survey. You make the connection by clicking
the Add respondents... button. See this section for more information.
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The respondents are listed with the headings the administrator has selected
to be shown as default. This is defined per user group under Administration
> Respondents > Settings > Group specific settings.
If you click the
button, you can decide for yourself which columns to
display, by marking the check box next to the desired columns.
Sort the list according to different criteria by clicking the column heading of
your choice. You can also filter the list by clicking the icon in the heading
of the desired column, and enter the text you want to filter by in the text field.
If you, for example, filter the E-mail address column by the text
@artologik.com, only the respondents with e-mail addresses matching this
text will be displayed. The
icon indicates that the column is already
filtered. If you want to remove the filtering, you click the icon, hover the
cursor over the text field, and click in the upper right corner of the field.
To the far left, there is a column showing if the respondent has answered or
not. There you find one of these symbols:
The respondent has not started to answer the survey
it
The respondent has started to answer the survey, but has not submitted
The respondent has submitted the survey
The respondent is a multi-respondent type with a stated maximum
number of answers. If you place the cursor over the icon, a small window is
shown with information on how many of the possible answers that are
submitted so far.
If the option Show answer date has been marked in the window you reach
by clicking the
button, the answer date is displayed next to the symbol
on the respondents who have submitted the survey. If the survey is
anonymous, the word Yes is displayed instead of the date.
To the far right you find two icons. Click the
icon to edit the
respondent. See the Editing Respondents section for more information. You
click the
icon to fill in the survey on the respondent's behalf. See the
section Answering a Survey on Behalf of a Respondent below.
If the number of respondents in the list exceeds the number that fits on the
page, they will be divided into several pages. Toggle between the pages by
clicking the buttons at the bottom of the page.
There are different ways to toggle between the pages:
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Click the desired page number
•
Go one page backwards or forwards by clicking the
icon respectively
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Go to the first or last page by clicking the
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Searching for respondents
It is possible to search for connected respondents in the list. The search
function is particularly useful when a large number of respondents are
connected to a survey.
The search can be done in two different search modes:
Simple search - a single field lets you enter and search for a:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Organisation
- E-mail Address
- Street Address
- Zip Code
- City
- Country
- Phone Number
- Cell Phone Number
Advanced Search - a more advanced search form lets you use various
search terms for the corresponding fields in the respondent details:
- ID
- First Name
- Last Name
- Organisation
- E-mail Address
- Street Address
- Zip Code
- City
- Country
- Phone Number
- Cell Phone Number
- Language
- LDAP source (only available with the plug-in SR-LDAP)
- Respondent owner (only available if the function has been activated under
Administration > Settings > Surveys > General settings)
- Respondents who have edited their personal data
- Respondent Categories
- Respondent Properties
Go to the advanced search by clicking the
button.
button next to the Search
The text fields let you enter and search for either whole words or parts of
words. If you for instance type in John as your search term, the search
results will include respondents by the name of John as well as Johnson.
Editing respondents
To edit a respondent, click the
button on the far right on the
respondent's row. Please refer to the section on Editing Respondents for
information on how this is done or read the Quick Edit section below.
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Quick edit
This feature lets you edit the respondent details directly in the list of
respondents. To display more columns in the list, and thus be able to edit
them in this way, click the
button and mark the check box next to the
columns you want to be displayed.
1. Click the Start Quick Edit button, upon which the icon is
displayed in all the editable fields in the list
2. Click on the field you want to edit and make your changes.
3. Use the Tab (forward) and Shift + Tab (backward) keys to quickly
move between the fields on a row-by-row basis. Use the Enter
(down) and Shift + Enter (up) keys to edit the fields column by
column. The changes are saved automatically when you leave the
field.
4. Click on Exit quick edit mode to return to the normal page mode.
Removing respondents
1. Mark the check box next to the respondent or respondents you
wish to remove. By marking/unmarking the check box next to the
column heading you select/deselect all the respondents' check
boxes at once.
2. Click the Remove button...
3. A window opens where the option Remove respondent from survey
is pre-selected. Leave this option selected if you want the
respondents to disappear from the list. If you want to remove the
respondent from the survey, but want him/her to remain (with
strikethrough text) in the list, select the option Unregister
respondent(s) from the survey. Confirm the removal by clicking OK.
Removing from the database
When you remove respondents from the survey, you can at the same time
remove them from the respondent database, provided that they are not
connected to any other survey. If so, the check box Remove from database
is displayed. Mark this check box to remove the selected respondents, who
are not connected to any other survey, from the respondent database.
Removing answers
When you remove respondents who have submitted answers, the program
handles their answers in this way:
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•
Active survey - the respondent's answer is removed
Closed or archived survey - the respondent's answer is not
removed
Answering a survey on behalf of a respondent
In some cases you may need to fill out a survey on a respondent's behalf. It
can for instance happen if you perform an interview over the phone, or if
you've received someone's answers on paper. It is then possible to
manually enter the answers into the system. Click on the icon which can be
found on the far right on each respondent's row. The icon's appearance
indicates if the respondent has not opened the survey
the survey
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As long as you have not finished the survey construction, it is not possible to
answer the survey, and then this icon appears:
.
If the setting Allow comment has been activated under Survey > Survey
Construction > Basic Information > Properties > Settings, you can click
the
icon to enter a comment about the respondent. This can be useful
for those who make phone calls to interview respondents, and want to make
a comment on a respondent who was not available. The icon
indicates
that a comment has already been made. Hover the cursor over the icon to
see the comment in a tooltip.
Exporting the list
To export the list of respondents to Excel, click the Export button. If you first
perform a search, only the respondents matching your search will be
exported.
Finish Construction
Completing the Survey construction means locking the survey for further
editing. The survey is then considered Active. It is still possible to change
the publication period, and to edit the question texts (the reason for this
being that any spelling errors can then be corrected). In all other respects
the survey ought to be "protected" so that no changes are made after
respondents have started answering it. This ensures that all respondents
answer the "same" survey.
Information
The Information shows you the survey's Title and Survey type (Respondent
survey, Anonymous respondent survey or Public survey), and the URL for
the survey. If the survey is of the Public type, the URL will take you directly
to the survey. If it is of the Respondent type, the URL will take you to the
log-in page for the survey.
The Survey's Publication Period
Here you need to enter the start and end dates for the period during which
the survey is to be available for answering. Either enter the dates manually
via the keyboard, or select the dates in the calendar. When you are using
the English version of the program, dates are entered in the following
format: DD-MM-YYYY.
Respondent surveys
If the survey is a respondent survey you can, under the heading
Respondent Categories, see any respondent categories that have been
connected to the survey. The respondent categories you want to use as
background variables in the reports, must be connected to the survey before
the survey construction is finished.
If you have chosen the setting Anonymous on the survey, information about
this will be shown on the page. Please note that this setting cannot be
changed after the construction is finished.
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Data Collection
The Data collection menu provides you with the following sub menus:
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Respondents where you connect respondents to your survey using
the respondent database, another survey, an e-mail list, a file or (if
you have the SR-LDAP plug-in) an LDAP connection.
Mailings where you can send e-mails to the respondents to inform
them about the survey, remind them to answer it or to thank them
for their participation. In the message, it is possible to insert a link
that leads directly to the survey.
Paper survey (only available with the SR-Advanced Survey plug-in)
which lets you print and scan surveys that have been answered on
paper.
Text answers where you can edit inappropriate answers given on
text questions.
Export where you can export the raw survey data for further
processing and analysis in statistics programs.
Close survey where you can change the survey status to Closed
when you have received a sufficient number of responses.
Adding Respondents
You connect respondents to your survey by clicking the Add Respondents...
button. In the pop-up window that opens, you can add respondents via six
different ways:
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•
•
•
•
•
The button New respondent
The tab From the respondent database - search for and connect
respondents via the program's respondent database
The tab From a survey - connect respondents who have
participated in previous surveys
The tab From an E-mail list - type or paste a list of e-mail
addresses
The tab From a file - connect respondents via an import file
The tab Via LDAP - connect respondents via a directory service.
(This requires the SR-LDAP plug-in.)
See the corresponding section for more information.
New respondent
Use this method to add individual respondents (that are not already in the
respondent database) to your survey. If you need to add a large number of
new respondents, or if you want to connect respondents who are already in
the respondent database, you use one of the other methods instead.
1. Click the New respondent button.
2. Enter the respondent's personal data. At least one of the fields
First Name, Last Name or E-mail Address must be filled.
3. Mark the check box Add as survey-specific respondent if you do
not want the respondent to be added to the general respondent
database, but only as a respondent on this survey. Thus, the
respondent will only be accessible for those who have the right to
administer the survey.
4. Enter the appropriate values for the respondent categories and
respondent properties of your choice.
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5. Under Log-in Details, click the Manage login... button to specify a
username and password for the respondent. See the section on
Managing Login Details under Editing Respondents for more
information. It is possible to skip this step, the respondent will then
be assigned an automatic username and password generated by
the program.
6. Click Save. The respondent is now connected to the survey and
can be found in the respondent list.
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, and
if you have chosen that the respondent will be added to the general
respondent database, you can under the heading Organisation Access
decide which organisations are to have access to the respondent, by
marking the check box next to the desired organisations. The organisation
you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations, the one which is
selected in the organisation drop down list) is already marked. To be able to
give an organisation access to respondents, you must belong to this
organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any parent
organisations to selected organisations will automatically be selected.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the respondent, while organisations without access have
the symbol.
From the Respondent Database
When connecting a new respondent to a survey, the user can choose to add
the respondent as survey-specific, or add the respondent to the respondent
database. Respondents can also be imported directly into the respondent
database under Administration > Respondents.
In the tab From the Respondent Database, you can search among
respondents who are saved in the respondent database and connect them
to your survey.
You can search for respondents in two different modes:
•
Simple Search - a single search field lets you search for a:
- First name
- Last name
- Organisation
- E-mail address
- Street address
- Zip code
- City
- Country
- Phone number
- Cell phone number
•
Advanced Search - a complete search form lets you use multiple
fields for your search:
- ID
- First name
- Last name
- Organisation
- E-mail address
- Street address
- Zip code
- City
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- Country
- Phone number
- Cell phone number
- Language
- LDAP source (only available with the SR-LDAP plug-in)
- Respondent owner (if the setting has been activated under
Administration > Settings > Survey > General settings)
- Respondent categories
- Respondent properties
Go to the advanced search mode by clicking on the button
the Search button.
next to
The text fields let you enter and search for either whole words or parts of
words. For instance, a search term such as John will yield results like
respondents by the name of John as well as Johnson.
1. Enter your search criteria and click on Search. Respondents
matching your search query then appear in a list. If you click on
Search without having entered any search criteria the results will be
a list of all the respondents in the database that are not yet
connected to the survey.
2. Make sure the check box next to the respondents you wish to
connect to the survey are marked. By marking/unmarking the
check box in the title row, you mark/unmark all the respondents'
check boxes at once.
3. Decide if the respondents should be added as survey-specific
respondents, or not. If you mark the check box Add as surveyspecific respondents, the respondents will be copied from the
general respondent database, and saved in a survey-specific
database. This means that any changes made to a respondent's
personal data on this survey, will not affect the original respondent
in the respondent database.
4. Click the Add button. The respondents are now connected to the
survey and can be found in the respondent list.
Random selection of respondents
If you want to you can let the program make a random selection from the
respondents in the search result. Click the
button next to the Add
button to open a dialog box where you select one of these options:
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•
•
•
All respondents: all respondents in the search result will be added,
even if their check boxes has not been marked
Selected respondents: the respondents whose check boxes has
been marked will be added
Random - sampling rate: the program will make a random selection
and add a number of respondents approximately corresponding to
the percentage you have specified. Since the percentage you
specify decides the probability for each single respondent to be
selected, the number of added respondents can only approximate
the specified percentage. The more respondents there are in the
search result, the closer the percentage of respondents added is to
the specified percentage.
Random - sample size: the program will make a random selection
and add the number of respondents you have stated
Click OK to add the respondents.
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From a Survey
Use this option if your survey is aimed at a group that has previously
participated in a survey. It could for instance be an employee satisfaction
survey that is repeated on an annual basis. You can then choose to connect
last year's respondents to this year's survey.
1. First search for the survey you want to use to retrieve the
respondents. Enter a whole or partial survey name in the search
field, and click the Search button. You can also go the advanced
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search mode by clicking the
button next to the Search
button. In this mode you can search for survey name, survey type
(respondent survey or public survey), period within which the
survey was published, survey category, status (construction,
publication pending, active, closed or filed in archive), survey
language and owner (the user that created the survey). Make your
selections and click the Search button.
Select a survey by clicking on it. The survey's respondents are
displayed in a list.
Make sure the check boxes are marked next to the respondents
you wish to connect to the survey. By marking/unmarking the check
box in the title row you mark/unmark all the respondents' check
boxes at once.
Decide if the respondents should be added as survey-specific
respondents, or not. If you mark the check box Add as surveyspecific respondents, the respondents who are saved in the
general respondent database will be copied from there, and saved
in a survey-specific database. This means that any changes made
to a respondent's personal data on this survey, will not affect the
original respondent in the respondent database. Respondents who
have been added as survey-specific respondents on the original
survey will be added as survey-specific respondents also on this
survey, independent of if the check box is marked or not.
Click the Add button. The respondents are now connected to the
survey and can be found in the respondent list.
If you want to you can let the program make a random selection from the
respondents who were connected to the original survey. Click the
button next to the Add button, and select one of the options that results in a
random selection. See the section Random selection of respondents under
Add respondents > From the respondent database for more information.
From an E-mail List
Use this method if you want to connect a list of e-mail addresses to the
survey in a simple way. From the list you insert, the program generates
respondents which you can then connect to the survey. The respondents
you add this way will always be survey-specific, i.e. you cannot save them in
the respondent database.
1. Type or paste the e-mail addresses into the field under E-mail
addresses. Use comma, semicolon, space or new line as delimiter.
2. Click the Next button.
The page displays a list of respondents, generated by the program,
based on the e-mail addresses you inserted in step 1. In addition to
the column E-mail address, the columns First name and Last name
are also displayed. The program automatically generates first name
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and last name if the e-mail address has the format
firstname.lastname@domain. First name and last name will also be
generated if the respondent is entered in this format in step 1:
"Firstname Lastname" <e-mail address>, e.g. "John Smith"
<[email protected]>, or "Lastname, Firstname" <e-mail
address>, e.g. "Smith, John" <[email protected]>.
When you use this method for connecting respondents, you cannot
add two respondents with the same e-mail address. If the
respondent is displayed in grey and with the icon
, it means that
another respondent, either in the list you are importing or in the list
of already connected respondents, has the same e-mail address.
3. Make sure the check boxes are marked next to the respondents
you wish to connect to the survey. By marking/unmarking the check
box in the title row you mark/unmark all the respondents' check
boxes at once.
4. Click the Add button. The respondents are now connected to the
survey and can be found in the respondent list.
If you want to you can let the program make a random selection from the
respondents in the e-mail list. Click the
button next to the Add button,
and select one of the options that results in a random selection. See the
section Random selection of respondents under Add respondents > From
the respondent database for more information.
From a File
This is a convenient way of quickly importing and connecting new
respondents to your survey. The file must be in one of the following formats:
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Text (.txt)
Text (.tab)
Text (.csv)
Spreadsheet (.xls)
Spreadsheet (.xlsx)
The Sample files section provides you with the following examples:
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import.txt
import.tab
import.csv
import.xls
import.xls (include categories and language codes) - contains
information about valid values for respondent categories and
languages
import.xlsx (with multi category support) - note that this file has
specific characteristics, described in the section Multiple-choice of
subcategories below
The files contain a title row with fields corresponding to those available in
the respondent details, as well as the respondent categories that have been
connected to the survey.
If you wish, you can use one of the sample files when creating your own
import file. Just delete the names that are already in the file and add your
own respondents' details instead. Remember to leave the first row as is, as
it will be considered a header row by the program. Also, leave the headings'
names unchanged, as the program will then be able to automatically match
the columns with the corresponding fields in the program.
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Naturally, it is also possible to create your own import file without using one
of the sample files. For instance, you may have a record (such as a member
list) of all your respondents which you can then export to an Excel file. In
that case, the file will still need to be structured so that the first row is left for
all the headings. You decide yourself which columns you want to have in the
import file. However, you must make sure that the import file contains
columns corresponding to the fields which the administrator has defined as
key fields. The key fields make a respondent unique, i.e. two respondents
cannot have identical values in these fields. For that reason, the import file
must contain columns which can be matched with the key fields. It does not
matter in which order the columns are arranged.
During the import, you will be able to manually match the columns in the
import file with the corresponding fields in the program. If you want the
matching to be made automatically, you make sure that the column
headings in the import file have exactly the same name as the
corresponding fields in the program. For example, a column with the
heading E-mail address will be matched with the field E-mail address, while
a column with the heading Email will not be automatically matched.
Respondent Categories
Information about which respondent categories a respondent should belong
to, can also be specified in the import file. For a respondent category,
multiple-choice can be allowed, i.e. a respondent can be connected to more
than one of its subcategories. It is also possible to create respondent
categories with subcategories in several levels in a hierarchical structure.
If you only have respondent categories with single-choice, and with
subcategories in only one level, you can create your own import file, or base
it on one of the first five sample files, as described above.
If you, on the other hand, want to import respondents and connect them to
more than one of a respondent category's subcategories (respondent
categories with multiple-choice, and/or respondent categories with
subcategories in several levels), you must use the last sample file,
import.xlsx (with multi category support). See the section Multiple-choice of
subcategories below.
Multiple-choice of subcategories
Click the link Import.xlsx (with multi category support) under Sample Files
and open the file. Note that the order of the column headings may not be
changed when you use this file for the import.
Type or paste the respondents' details into the file. For each respondent, it
is required to fill in at least one of the fields First name, Last name or E-mail
address.
The respondent categories can be found in column O and onwards. After
clicking in a cell, you can use the arrow button to choose among the valid
values:
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In cells with an invalid value, a symbol will be displayed:
If a respondent category has subcategories in several levels, each level has
its own column. In the example below, the respondent category Department
has subcategories in two levels. On the first level, the subcategory Sales
has been selected, and on the second level the subcategory Brittish market.
If multiple-choice is allowed for the respondent category, you can in the file
connect a respondent to more than one of its subcategories. In the example
below, the details of the respondent Mary is entered in row 2 (the columns
F-N are hidden). By leaving the five key fields First name, Last name,
Organization, E-mail address and Language blank in row 3, or by entering
identical details in the key fields as in the row above, you reserve also this
row for Mary. In that way, she can be connected to two of the subcategories,
Sales (row 2) and Finance (row 3), in the respondent category Department.
Please note that all the other details (column A-N) for Mary is specified in
row 2.
In each column heading, you can click on an arrow button to open a
shortcut menu with sorting and filtering options. You can filter the list, for
example to find a respondent or to hide any blank rows. The sorting function
may not be used if there are users whose details are placed in more than
one row, since the rows will then be sorted incorrectly.
Save the import file when you have prepared it. Read more below about
uploading the file and importing the respondents. This is made using a
wizard with the three steps Upload file, Preview and Import respondents.
Uploading Files
1. Prepare the import file according to the above instructions and
save it on your computer.
2. Click on
to browse your available files and select the file you
wish to upload.
3. Click the Upload file and continue button. Then you are transferred
to the next step: Preview.
Preview
If you have uploaded an Excel file that contains several worksheets, specify
which of them contains your respondent information in the select box Active
sheet. On the page a preview of the respondents in the file is displayed. If
the number of respondents in the list exceeds the number that fits on the
page, they will be divided into several pages. Toggle between the pages by
clicking the buttons at the bottom of the page.
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Above the list, there might be warnings and error messages about the
following:
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Error: One or more key fields are unmatched - must be corrected
Warning: One or more columns in the file are unmatched - if not
corrected, the content in these columns will not be imported
Warning: The file contains one or more invalid e-mail addresses - if
not corrected, these respondents will not get any e-mails
Warning: The file contains one or more invalid language codes - if
not corrected, these respondents will not have a specified
language, so the survey's default language will be used for them
Warning: One or more columns in the file contains more characters
than the matching field allows - if not corrected, the content will be
truncated to the number of characters allowed (see below)
Warning: The file contains one or more duplicates, i.e. respondents
with identical values in the key fields - only one of these
respondents will be imported
The error message about unmatched key fields must be corrected by
clicking the Match fields for import button, before you can click the Next
button and proceed. The key fields make a respondent unique, i.e. two
respondents cannot have identical values in these fields. See the section
Matching Fields for Import below, for information on how to match the fields.
The warnings inform you about things that should be corrected before
proceeding. However, it is possible to ignore the warnings and proceed by
clicking the Next button.
Regarding the number of characters allowed, the fields have the following
limitations on the number of characters they may contain:
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16 characters - Zip code
64 characters - User name, Password, Phone number and Cell
phone number
128 characters - E-mail address, City, Country and Domain
255 characters - First name, Last name, Organisation and Street
address
If the content of a field in the import file is too long, the value will be
truncated to the number of characters allowed.
In the column to the far left, the
icon is displayed next to the
respondents who have invalid values. The icon is also displayed next to the
invalid value. Next to respondents who are duplicates, and for that reason
will not be imported, the
icon is displayed. By clicking the
icon in the
heading of the far left column, you can filter the list and display only the
respondents who need to be corrected. Select among these options:
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Show valid
Show invalid
Show duplicates
To edit an invalid value, you click on the respondent's row. The icon is
then displayed in all fields. Click the icon in the field you want to edit, and
enter the new value. To exclude a respondent who you do not want to
import, click the respondent's row and then the
icon in the column to the
far left. The respondent is then displayed in grey strikethrough text. You can
include the respondent again by clicking the
icon.
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Before you click Next, you also select if the respondents should be added
as survey-specific respondents, or not. If you mark the check box Add as
survey-specific respondents, the respondents will not be saved in the
general respondent database, but only as respondents on this survey. Thus,
they will only be accessible for those who have the right to administer the
survey.
Click the Next button to proceed to the last step: Import respondents. If you
use organisations, and if you have chosen that the respondents will be
added to the general respondent database, there will be an extra step in the
wizard where you decide which organisations are to have access to the
respondents, see the section Organisation Access below.
Matching Fields for Import
If necessary, you can click on the Match fields for import button to make
sure that the columns in the file are matched with the corresponding fields in
the program. If the columns in the import file have exactly the same name
as the corresponding fields in the program, a correct matching will be made
automatically. For example, a column with the heading E-mail address will
be matched with the field E-mail address, while a column with the heading
Email will not be automatically matched.
Under Column names (from file) the column headers from the import file are
displayed, together with the field in the program which the column currently
is matched with. The letter C in the left part of the field indicates that the
field is a respondent category, while respondent properties is symbolized by
the letter P. Certain fields have a key symbol. These are the key fields,
which means that two respondents cannot have identical values in all these
fields. The key fields must always be matched with a column in the file,
before the import can be completed.
If a field is matched with the wrong column heading, you do like this to
achieve a correct matching:
1. Hover the mouse over the field you wish to move, the cursor then
turns into a move cursor.
2. Drag the field to the correct column heading, and drop it there. The
field that was previously matched with the column, is replaced and
moved to the column Available fields for matching. This column
displays all fields which are currently not matched with a column in
the import file.
To easily discover any not matched columns, you can mark the check box
Hide matched columns.
Confirm the matching by clicking OK.
Organisation Access
This step is available only if you have created organisations under
Administration > Organisations, and if you have chosen that the
respondents will be added to the general respondent database. Then you
can here decide which organisations are to have access to the respondents,
by marking the check box next to the desired organisations. The
organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations, the
one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already marked.
To be able to give an organisation access to respondents, you must belong
to this organisation yourself.
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If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any parent
organisations to selected organisations will automatically be selected.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the respondents, while organisations without access have
the symbol.
Importing Respondents
In the final step in the wizard it is time to import the respondents.
In the list of respondents, make sure the check boxes are marked next to
the respondents you wish to connect to the survey. By marking/unmarking
the check box in the title row you mark/unmark all the respondents' check
boxes at once.
If you have chosen that the respondents should be added to the general
respondent database, i.e. you left the check box Add as survey-specific
respondents unmarked in the previous step, the
icon next to a
respondent indicates that there is a respondent in the database whose
details in the key fields are identical. If you continue the import of this
respondent, the existing respondent's details will be updated, using the data
from the import file. Only fields which are matched to a column in the import
file will be updated. A respondent's log-in details (username and password)
will not be updated if the person is connected to an active survey, or if he or
she was imported via LDAP (using the SR-LDAP plug-in).
Click the Add button. The respondents are now connected to the survey and
can be found in the respondent list.
If you want to you can let the program make a random selection from the
respondents in the import file. Click the
button next to the Add
button, and select one of the options that results in a random selection. See
the section Random selection of respondents under Add respondents >
From the respondent database for more information.
Via LDAP
This option requires the SR-LDAP plug-in. The plug-in makes it possible to
import respondents via a directory service. For the import to work, the
necessary settings must have been chosen under Administration > LDAP.
Please refer to this section for information on how this is done.
After you have set up an LDAP source, do the following to import
respondents via LDAP:
1. Select an LDAP source in the drop down list at the top of the page.
2. Under the heading Search, you find one or more search fields.
Which search fields are available, and which attributes in the
directory service you can search for, is decided under
Administration > LDAP. Enter a search argument. Use the *
character as a wildcard. Click the Search button.
3. The users matching your search are listed. The users have one of
(is not yet in the respondent database),
(is already in the respondent database).
4. Mark the check box next to the respondent or respondents you
wish to connect to the survey. By marking/unmarking the check box
in the title row, you mark/unmark all the respondents' check boxes
at once.
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5. Click on Import selected respondents. The respondents are now
connected to the survey and can be found in the respondent list.
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, the
pop-up window Organisation Access opens when you click Import selected
respondents. There you can decide which organisations are to have access
to the respondents, by marking the check box next to the desired
organisations. The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several
organisations, the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list)
is already marked. To be able to give an organisation access to
respondents, you must belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any parent
organisations to selected organisations will automatically be selected.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the respondents, while organisations without access have
the symbol.
Editing Respondents
When you click the
icon to the right of the respondent's row in the
respondent list, a pop-up window opens where you can edit the
respondent's personal data. In the pop-up window, you also find the tab
Survey where you can see which surveys the respondent is connected to,
and the tab Message History where you find a list of all the e-mails that have
been sent to the respondent.
Under the heading Respondent details you can edit the following personal
data:
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ID - is assigned automatically by the program
Display name - will automatically be Last name, First name
First name
Last name
Organisation
E-mail address
Street address
Zip code
City
Country
Phone number
Cell phone number
LDAP address - whether or not a respondent was imported via
LDAP. Only available with the SR-LDAP plug-in.
Language - choose between all active respondent languages
Respondent type - select Respondent or Survey reader. A Survey
reader cannot answer a survey but receives information about them
via a mailing list.
Owner (if the function has been activated under Administration >
Settings > Survey > General settings) - which program user is
responsible for the respondent. If the check box The respondent is
hidden has been marked, only the owner and administrators can
see the respondent.
The system's general respondent categories, and the survey-specific
respondent categories that are connected to the survey, are displayed and
can be edited under Categories. Respondent categories are used to enter
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Reports section for doing cross tabulations and filtering data.
For each respondent category, you can select the desired subcategory in a
selection list. If the respondent category has subcategories in several levels,
a plus sign is displayed under the selection list, with a dotted line starting
from the bottom of the selection list.
Click on the plus sign to display a selection list where you select the
subcategory on the next level:
Displayed below is a respondent category without subcategories in several
levels, but where it is possible to select several subcategories on the same
level. The plus sign has then a dotted line starting from the short side of the
selection list:
Click on the plus sign to display a selection list where you make an
additional selection on the same level:
Click on the
button to remove a selected option.
The Respondent properties can be found under the Properties heading.
Respondent properties are text fields that let you add information above and
beyond the personal data contained in the Respondent Information.
The log-in details, ie. the username and password that the respondent uses
to log in to the survey, can be changed. See Managing log-ins below.
Managing Log-ins
When editing an existing respondent, or adding a new one, you can click on
Manage log-in under the Log-in details heading to specify a username and
password for him or her. If you skip this step, the respondent will be
assigned a standardized username and password generated by the
program.
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Next to the Username fields are two buttons. Click on
if you want the
program to auto-generate a username. If you have entered a username
manually, click on
in order to validate it, ie. ascertain that it is not
used by another user/respondent. The Password field also provides two
buttons. Click on
to auto-generate a password or enter your own
password in the field provided. The
button displays the password
using normal characters, which is useful if you do not want to distribute the
log-in details via an automated e-mail from the program.
The Domain field is available for those who have the SR-LDAP plug-in.
Then, this field is filled out automatically when a respondent is imported via
LDAP.
Survey-specific Log-ins
When respondents are added or imported into the program, they get a
private username and password. These log-in details are either determined
by the person adding them to the system or auto-generated by the program.
The respondents then use the details to log in to the surveys that they are
connected to.
It is possible specify, for individual surveys, that respondents are to use a
survey-specific log-in instead of their usual log-in.
An example: A teacher is conducting a survey at a school. The survey is
distributed via a letter that is handed out to all the students and that contains
the survey address, a username and a password. In order to simplify the
log-in process and avoid difficult usernames and passwords, the teacher
decides to use survey-specific log-ins with usernames such as Student1,
Student2, Student3, etc. and a common password for all the log-ins.
Select Yes under Apply if you want to use survey-specific log-ins for your
survey.
Settings for Usernames
Start by selecting the Type of usernames to be generated: Random or
Serial.
If you choose Random, the program will generate a username for each
respondent with the Number of characters you have specified. The length of
the username must be between 4 and 64 characters. At Characters you
determine whether the username is to consist of only letters, only numbers,
or both letters and numbers.
If, instead, you choose Serial, you need to specify a Pattern for how the
usernames are to be created. The serial number (1, 2, 3 etc.) can be
combined with a prefix and/or a suffix that you enter in the fields before
and/or after [n], which symbolizes the serial number. In the example above,
the word Student would be written in the field to the left of [n] - thus resulting
in usernames such as Student1, Student2, Student3 etc.
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Settings for Passwords
You select whether the passwords are to be generated at Random or if they
should be Fixed (eg. the same password is used for all respondents).
If you choose Random, the program will generate a unique password for
each respondent and it will contain the Number of characters you have
specified. The password length must be between 4 and 64 characters.
Characters lets you determine whether the password is to consist of only
letters, only numbers, or both letters and numbers.
If you want all your respondents to use the same password, you select
Fixed, and enter the password of your choice at Fixed password.
Mailings
Sending E-mails
You can inform the respondents about a survey being available by sending
out an e-mail from the program. In the message you can provide a direct
link to the survey.
Several different types of mailings are available, for instance first mailings,
reminders and "thank you" notes. If your survey is multilingual, you can send
out the information in all the languages used for the survey.
The Send e-mail interface is divided into three tabs. The List tab, see below,
gives you the status of existing mailings. When you create a new message
or edit an existing one you are transferred to the next tab (the name of
which varies depending on which mode you are in). See the section on
Editing mailings for information on how new mailings are created and edited
here. Under the third tab, Incoming E-mails, you find the incoming e-mails,
related to the mailings of this survey. On one hand any reply messages sent
by respondents clicking Reply, on the other hand messages saying that the
e-mail was undeliverable.
Creating New Mailings
Click the New e-mail button at the bottom of the List page.
Choose from the following types:
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First mailing - The mailing will be sent to all respondents. If you add
more respondents after sending this, they will receive the message
automatically.
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Reminder - The mailing will be sent to all respondents who have
not yet submitted the survey. Only available for respondent
surveys.
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All respondents - The mailing will be sent to all respondents.
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Respondents who have submitted the survey - The mailing will be
sent to all respondents that so far have submitted the survey. Can
for instance be used for a "Thank you" message. Only available for
respondent surveys.
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Specific respondents - The mailing will be sent to the respondents
you have marked in the respondent list.
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Respondents with a survey in progress - The mailing will be sent to
the respondents that, at the time for the mailing, have saved the
survey but not yet submitted it. The mailing can be used as a
reminder to finish and submit the survey. Only available for
respondent surveys.
Select the appropriate settings for the new mailing and create a message.
See the section on Editing mailings for more information.
List
The List page gives you an overview of all the e-mails that have been
created for the survey. The list contains the following information and
headings:
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Not sent - the send-out date is later than the current date
Not sent - the mailing is based on a mailing schedule, and has
not been confirmed
Sent - the mailing was successfully sent to all recipients
Send date missing - a send date has not been specified
Error - at least one recipient has not received the e-mail
Error - no recipient has received the e-mail
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E-mail type - First mailing, Reminder, Respondents who have
submitted the survey, Specific respondents, Respondents with a
survey in progress or All respondents.
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Date - the date when the message was or will be sent. For
messages that have already been sent, the exact time of the sendout is displayed.
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Subject - the text in the message subject line
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Error - the number of respondents who did not receive the
message when it was sent
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Pending - the number of respondents who are waiting for the
message to be sent
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Sent - the number of respondents that successfully received the
message
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Details - click on
below.
for more information about the e-mail, see
There are also buttons for pausing and copying the mailing, see below.
Click on the Refresh button to see the changes that have occurred since
you opened the page.
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Viewing Mailing Details
Click the
button under Details if you wish to view more detailed
information about a mailing. The respondents (recipients) are listed here
with their status (see the List section above), ID and name. If a mailing has
already been sent, the e-mail address it was sent to is displayed, as well as
when the respondent received it. You can arrange the list in various ways by
clicking the different column headings. Click on Refresh to see the changes
that have occurred since you opened the window. Respondents who did not
receive the mailing when it was sent out are displayed in red. See
Resending messages below for information on how to correct e-mail
addresses and resend messages.
Resending Messages
If a message fails to be delivered to one or more respondents, their names
will be displayed in red. Click on a respondent's name to correct any errors
in the e-mail address, and to resend the message.
In the window that opens you will find a View errors button. Click this to see
whether the error occurred due to incorrect e-mail settings, which in this
case must be corrected under Administration > E-mails and mailings > Email accounts, or spelling mistakes in the respondent's e-mail address.
If there are errors in the e-mail address, click the Edit e-mail button, correct
the e-mail address, and click on Resend message. Confirm that you want to
resend the message by clicking OK. If you want to save the corrected e-mail
address in the respondent's profile, you click OK when you are asked if the
e-mail address shall be updated.
If the message has been resent to a respondent, the icon is displayed on
the far left of that respondent's row in the information window. Click on the
button to expand the field. You can then see one row of information for each
attempt to send the message.
Mailing Schedule
If a mailing schedule has been prepared under Administration > E-mails and
Mailings > Mailing schedule, the mailings of the schedule will be
automatically created when the survey is created. The mailings are
displayed under the List tab, but they will not be sent until they are
confirmed.
The symbol
confirmed.
is displayed under Status as long as a mailing is not
Click the
button to the right on the row in order to confirm an individual
mailing. If you want to confirm several mailings at the same time, you make
sure that their check boxes are marked, and click the Confirm messages
button.
Pausing and Copying Mailings
Buttons for pausing
on each row.
and copying
mailings are placed to the right
The
button is displayed instead of the pause button as long as the
mailing is not confirmed, if the mailing is created based on a mailing
schedule.
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All the different types of mailings can be paused as long as they have not
been sent. As long as the mailing is paused it will not be sent, even if the
specified send date passes. However, if you enter the edit mode and then
click on Save and send, the mailing will be sent even if it has been paused.
Mailings that are of the First mailing type can be paused after they have
been sent, which means that none of the respondents that are added later
will receive it.
Click on the
button to restart the distribution of the mailing.
The copy button is useful if you for instance want to send out several
reminders at different times and dates. Do the following to copy a mailing:
1. Click the
button in order to pause the mailing. If the mailing
you want to copy has not yet been sent, you have to pause it
before you are able to copy it. Mailings of the First mailing type
always have to be paused if you want to copy them.
2. Click on the
icon next to the original message to copy it. An
identical copy will then be created.
3. Edit the new mailing by clicking on it, see the section on Editing
mailings for more information. Specify a send date or click on Save
and send to send it immediately.
If you create a mailing of the First mailing type, all the respondents who are
added after the mailing has been sent out will also receive it as soon as they
have been connected to the survey. By using the pause and copy functions,
you can make sure that all the respondents that are added later receive a
different mailing to the one received by the first respondents. This can for
instance be useful if you want to provide the new respondents with
additional information. You then need to copy and edit the mailing as per the
description above. Any respondents that are then added will receive the new
mailing, but the respondents who received the original mailing will not.
Removing Mailings
Mark the check box next to the mailing(s) you wish to remove. By
marking/unmarking the check box in the title row you mark/unmark all the
mailings at once. NB. Only mailings that have not yet been sent out can be
removed. Click the Remove button and confirm with OK.
Mailings
Sending E-mails
You can inform the respondents about a survey being available by sending
out an e-mail from the program. In the message you can provide a direct
link to the survey.
Several different types of mailings are available, for instance first mailings,
reminders and "thank you" notes. If your survey is multilingual, you can send
out the information in all the languages used for the survey.
The Send e-mail interface is divided into three tabs. The List tab, see below,
gives you the status of existing mailings. When you create a new message
or edit an existing one you are transferred to the next tab (the name of
which varies depending on which mode you are in). See the section on
Editing mailings for information on how new mailings are created and edited
here.
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Under the third tab, Incoming E-mails, you find the incoming e-mails, related
to the mailings of this survey. On one hand any reply messages sent by
respondents clicking Reply, on the other hand messages saying that the email was undeliverable.
Creating New Mailings
Click the New e-mail button at the bottom of the List page.
Choose from the following types:
•
First mailing - The mailing will be sent to all respondents. If you add
more respondents after sending this, they will receive the message
automatically.
•
Reminder - The mailing will be sent to all respondents who have
not yet submitted the survey. Only available for respondent
surveys.
•
All respondents - The mailing will be sent to all respondents.
•
Respondents who have submitted the survey - The mailing will be
sent to all respondents that so far have submitted the survey. Can
for instance be used for a "Thank you" message. Only available for
respondent surveys.
•
Specific respondents - The mailing will be sent to the respondents
you have marked in the respondent list.
•
Respondents with a survey in progress - The mailing will be sent to
the respondents that, at the time for the mailing, have saved the
survey but not yet submitted it. The mailing can be used as a
reminder to finish and submit the survey. Only available for
respondent surveys.
Select the appropriate settings for the new mailing and create a message.
See the section on Editing mailings for more information.
List
The List page gives you an overview of all the e-mails that have been
created for the survey. The list contains the following information and
headings:
•
Status
Not sent - the send-out date is later than the current date
Not sent - the mailing is based on a mailing schedule, and has
not been confirmed
Sent - the mailing was successfully sent to all recipients
Send date missing - a send date has not been specified
Error - at least one recipient has not received the e-mail
Error - no recipient has received the e-mail
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E-mail type - First mailing, Reminder, Respondents who have
submitted the survey, Specific respondents, Respondents with a
survey in progress or All respondents.
•
Date - the date when the message was or will be sent. For
messages that have already been sent, the exact time of the sendout is displayed.
•
Subject - the text in the message subject line
•
Error - the number of respondents who did not receive the
message when it was sent
•
Pending - the number of respondents who are waiting for the
message to be sent
•
Sent - the number of respondents that successfully received the
message
•
Details - click on
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for more information about the e-mail, see
There are also buttons for pausing and copying the mailing, see below.
Click on the Refresh button to see the changes that have occurred since
you opened the page.
Viewing Mailing Details
Click the
button under Details if you wish to view more detailed
information about a mailing. The Respondents (recipients) are listed here
with their status (see the List section above), ID and Name. If a mailing has
already been sent, the e-mail address it was sent to is displayed, as well as
when the respondent received it. You can arrange the list in various ways by
clicking the different column headings. Click on Refresh to see the changes
that have occurred since you opened the window. Respondents who did not
receive the mailing when it was sent out are displayed in red. See
Resending messages below for information on how to correct e-mail
addresses and resend messages.
Resending Messages
If a message fails to be delivered to one or more respondents, their names
will be displayed in red. Click on a respondent's name to correct any errors
in the e-mail address, and to resend the message.
In the window that opens you will find a View errors button. Click this to see
whether the error occurred due to incorrect e-mail settings, which in this
case must be corrected under Administration > E-mails and mailings > Email accounts, or spelling mistakes in the respondent's e-mail address.
If there are errors in the e-mail address, click the Edit e-mail button, correct
the e-mail address, and click on Resend message. Confirm that you want to
resend the message by clicking OK. If you want to save the corrected e-mail
address in the respondent's profile, you click OK when you are asked if the
e-mail address shall be updated.
If the message has been resent to a respondent, the icon is displayed on
the far left of that respondent's row in the information window. Click on the
button to expand the field. You can then see one row of information for each
attempt to send the message.
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Mailing Schedule
If a mailing schedule has been prepared under Administration > E-mails and
Mailings > Mailing schedule, the mailings of the schedule will be
automatically created when the survey is created. The mailings are
displayed under the List tab, but they will not be sent until they are
confirmed.
The symbol
confirmed.
is displayed under Status, ss long as a mailing is not
Click the
button to the right on the row in order to confirm an individual
mailing. If you want to confirm several mailings at the same time, you make
sure that their check boxes are marked, and click the Confirm messages
button.
Pausing and Copying Mailings
There are buttons for pausing
in the list of mailings.
and copying
mailings on each row
The
button is displayed instead of the pause button as long as the
mailing is not confirmed, if the mailing is created based on a mailing
schedule.
All the different types of mailings can be paused as long as they have not
been sent. As long as the mailing is paused it will not be sent, even if the
specified send date passes. However, if you enter the edit mode and then
click on Save and send, the mailing will be sent even if it has been paused.
Mailings that are of the First mailing type can be paused after they have
been sent, which means that none of the respondents that are added later
will receive it.
Click on the
button in order to restart the distribution of the mailing.
The copy button is useful if you for instance want to send out several
reminders at different times and dates.
Do the following to copy a mailing:
1. Click the
button in order to pause the mailing you want to
copy, if it has not yet been sent. Otherwise you are not able to copy
it. Mailings of the First mailing type always have to be paused if you
want to copy them.
2. Click on the
icon next to the original message to copy it. An
identical copy will then be created.
3. Edit the new mailing by clicking on it, see the section on Editing
mailings for more information. Specify a send date or click on Save
and send to send it immediately.
If you create a mailing of the First mailing type, all the respondents who are
added after the mailing has been sent out will also receive it as soon as they
have been connected to the survey. By using the pause and copy functions,
you can make sure that all the respondents that are added later receive a
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instance be useful if you want to provide the new respondents with
additional information. You then need to copy and edit the mailing as per the
description above. Any respondents that are then added will receive the new
mailing, but the respondents who received the original mailing will not.
Removing Mailings Mark the check box next to the mailing(s) you wish to
remove. By marking/unmarking the check box in the title row you
mark/unmark all the mailings at once. NB. Only mailings that have not yet
been sent out can be removed. Click the Remove button and confirm with
OK.
Editing Mailings
In this section you edit new and existing mailings before you save them. To
create a new mailing, click the New e-mail button on the List page.
Settings for Mailings
Mailing type - choose one of the following:
•
First mailing - The e-mail will be sent to all respondents. If you add
more respondents after sending this, they will receive the mailing
automatically.
•
Reminder - The e-mail will be sent to all respondents who have not
yet submitted the survey. Only available for respondent surveys.
•
All respondents - The e-mail will be sent to all respondents.
•
Respondents who have submitted the survey - The e-mail will be
sent to all the respondents that have submitted the survey. It can
for instance be used for a "Thank you" message. Only available for
respondent surveys.
•
Specific respondents - The e-mail will be sent to all the
respondents you have marked in the respondent list.
•
Respondents with a survey in progress - The e-mail will be sent to
the respondents who at the time for the mailing, have started to
answer a survey and saved but not yet submitted it.
Send to
For mailings of the type Specific respondents:
1. Click the icon
in order to search among available recipients.
2. Mark the intended respondents.
3. Click the button Add selected in order to move the marked
respondents to the list of selected recipients.
For other mailings:
1. Choose who is to receive the mailing; Respondents and/or
Survey Readers. Readers cannot answer surveys, they only
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E-mail account - You need to add at least one e-mail account
under Administration > E-mails and mailings > E-mail accounts to be able to
send out mailings. If several accounts have been added, you need to select
which account to use for the current mailing.
Sender information - Select which sender name, sender address and reply
address you wish to use for the mailing. If you select Standard, the details
specified in the e-mail account settings will be used. If you select Custom,
you can use a different sender name, sender address and reply address for
this particular mailing.
NB! If you use a sender address that is different from the one specified as
the Sender Address in the e-mail account settings, the program cannot
receive messages about undeliverable mailings. It will thus not provide you
with error messages for the mailings that have not reached all their intended
recipients.
The reply address is the address to which any reply e-mails are sent, when
the respondent click Reply. If you use a reply address that is different from
the one specified as the Reply Address in the e-mail account, any reply emails will not be displayed under the Incoming e-mails tab.
Send date - Specify the date and time when the mailing is to be sent out.
The date can be selected in the calendar, or entered manually using the
keyboard. When using the English version of the program, dates are typed
in using a DD-MM-YYYY format. Exact times can also be entered, either
manually using the keyboard or by clicking the arrows in the time fields. If no
other time is specified, the mailing will be sent at 00:00. After specifying a
time, click on Save. NB! If you click on Save and send, the mailing will be
sent out immediately, regardless of which date and time you have
specified.
Sent date - when a mailing has been sent, the date and time are specified
here. Until then, the Not sent text is displayed.
Creating E-mails
Language - if your survey is multilingual, you first need to select one of the
languages you specified for the survey in its Basic information. After
selecting a language, you use the bottom part of the window to edit the email that is to be sent to the respondents whose details specify this as their
selected language. See Mailings for multilingual surveys below for more
information.
Subject - Enter the information you want to have in the message subject
line.
Attached files
•
Click the
button if you wish to attach a file in y our message.
You can now retrieve the file from the library. See the Image and
document library section for more information on how to upload
and attach files.
•
Click on
in order to remove an attached file.
Message - The actual message is created in an editor that lets you combine
text that you write yourself with dynamic data that is retrieved from the
current survey or respondent. If a template has been created
under Administration > E-mails and mailings > E-mail templates > E-mail,
you can use the template as a basis, and edit it to suit the current survey.
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The following survey data can be inserted:
•
Survey URL - a link to a public survey or to the log-in page for a
respondent survey
•
Survey name
•
Survey start date and Survey end date - the publication period of
the survey
The following respondent data can be inserted:
•
Survey URL incl. log-in - a link to the respondent survey that
provides an automatic personal log-in to the survey.
•
First name and Last name - makes the message more personal
•
Username and Password - allow the respondent to sign in via the
survey's log-in page
•
E-mail - the respondent's e-mail address
•
Unregister URL - makes it possible for the respondent to unregister
from the survey, by clicking a link in the message
•
Respondent properties
•
Respondent categories (only categories connected to the survey)
The inserted dynamic data is displayed as image icons in the editor. Both
the inserted data and the text you have written yourself can be highlighted
and formatted with the formatting buttons of the editor. There are also
buttons for inserting images and links.
Instead of inserting the link by clicking Survey URL incl. log-in, you can let a
word from the text work as link text. If you, for instance, would like to write:
“Click here to answer the survey”, do the following to use the word “here” as
link text:
1. Mark the word “here”.
2. Click the icon
in order to open the link manager.
3. Write *url* in the Url field. If you want the link to transfer you to a
log-in page without the automatic log-in, you write *urlnologin*
instead.
4. Click OK.
Saving and sending mailings
When you have finished the message, click one of the Save buttons at the
bottom of the page. Click on Save to save your changes and confirm that
the mailing is to be sent at the time specified at Send date. Use the Save
and send now button if you want to send the mailing immediately. The point
in time displayed next to Send date changes to the current time.
Mailings for Multilingual Surveys
If your survey is multilingual, you can create different versions of the
message in all the languages you selected in the Basic information of the
survey. For each language, you can create a message with a languagespecific subject line, message text and attachments.
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If the details of a respondent call for a language that is not used in the
survey, or if no message is created for this language, he or she will receive
message in the Default language of the survey.
To create a language-specific message, select a Language in the drop
down list, write a subject line and a message text, and attach any files you
wish. See Creating e-mails above for more information about this.
If you then want to create a new version of the message in another
language, you can use the buttons: Translate subject and Translate body.
When you press one of the buttons a window will appear and provide you
with a translation interface. In the left half of the window, you select the
language you want to translate from (source language), and in the right half
you specify the language you want to translate to.
Quick help when translating is provided by the
button which gives you
an automatic translation of the text. It can be found between the two
language fields (it then translates the entire text) as well as on each row (it
then translates the text on that row). Since the translation is automated, it is
advisable that you check that the proposed translation is accurate. Also, for
the translation to work, a connection to a translation service must be set up.
Please refer to the Languages and translations section for more information
on this.
Save the translation by clicking OK.
Previewing Messages
Click the Preview button to see the message exactly as it will appear to the
respondent. If any kind of dynamic respondent data, for instance a First
name, has been inserted, the preview will show you an example with one
respondent's data. Each respondent will of course see their own personal
data.
Removing Mailings
Click on the Remove button and confirm by clicking OK. Mailings can only
be removed if they have not yet been sent. You can also remove mailings
via the List page. Read more in the section about the List page.
Incoming E-mails
Under this tab you find any incoming e-mails, related to the mailings of this
survey. Two types of e-mails are displayed here:
•
•
Reply e-mails sent by respondents clicking Reply. These e-mails
are not shown here if the reply address of the mailing has been
changed, nor if the respondent has deleted the reference code
which is generated at the bottom of the message when the
respondent clicks Reply.
Messages saying that the e-mail was undeliverable. To show these
e-mails, you mark the check box Display bounced e-mails. These
e-mails are not shown here if the sender address of the mailing has
been changed.
Next to the tab name Incoming E-mails, you see the number of e-mails,
within brackets. The
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The e-mails are listed under these headings:
•
•
•
•
•
Original message: Subject and e-mail type of the original e-mail
related to the incoming e-mail
Original receiver: Recipient of the original e-mail. This column is
displayed only if you have chosen to display bounced e-mails.
From: Sender of the incoming e-mail
Subject: Subject of the incoming e-mail
Received date: Date and time when the incoming e-mail was
received
The
symbol in the far right column indicates that it is a message saying
that the e-mail was undeliverable.
Sort the list according to different criteria by clicking the column heading of
your choice.
Click an e-mail to read it. When you have opened an e-mail, you can use
the Back and Next buttons to go to the previous or next e-mail.
Paper Mail
If some respondents do not have an e-mail address, but are still expected to
answer the survey over the Internet, you can send them information via
regular paper mail.
Lists
The List tab gives you a list of all the respondents that are connected to the
survey. Mark the check box next to the respondent(s) you wish to print
letters to. By marking/unmarking the check box in the header row you
mark/unmark all the respondents' check boxes at once.
Then, click on Create PDF. A PDF file containing one letter for each
respondent you selected in the list is then created. The contents of the letter
is determined under Edit mailing, please see this section for more
information. The top of the letter page displays the respondent's name and
address, provided that this is specified in the respondent details.
Open the PDF in the appropriate application and print it.
Editing Mailings
The content of the letter is created in an editor where you combine text you
type in yourself with data retrieved from the current survey and/or
respondent. If a template has been created under Administration > E-mails
and mailings > Templates > Paper mail, you can use the template content
as your basis, and edit parts of it if necessary. If your survey is multilingual,
you create one letter text for each language. Start by selecting a language in
the drop down list.
The following survey data can be inserted:
•
•
•
Survey URL - a link to a public survey or to the log-in page for a
respondent survey
Survey name
Survey start date and Survey end date - the survey's publication
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The following respondent data can be inserted:
•
•
•
•
Survey URL incl. log-in - a link to the respondent survey that
provides an automatic personal log-in to the survey.
First name and Last name - to make the message more personal.
Username and Password - to allow the respondent to sign in via
the survey's log-in page.
E-mail - the respondent's e-mail address.
In the editor, the dynamic data is symbolized by image icons. Both the
dynamic data and the text you have written yourself can be highlighted and
formatted with the editor formatting buttons. The editor also has buttons for
inserting images and links.
Paper Survey
Sometimes it can be difficult for a respondent to fill out the survey online, for
instance if he or she has no computer or e-mail address. It could also be the
case that you would like to conduct a survey at a meeting in a conference
room without computers. In such cases the Paper survey function, which is
a part of the plug-in SR-Advanced Survey, is highly useful. You connect the
respondents to the survey as per usual, but you then print the survey and let
them fill it out on paper. The completed papers are scanned and converted
into a PDF file which is then analyzed by the program, and the responses
are thus registered.
The Paper survey function can also be used for public surveys. You then
just specify the number of paper surveys you want to print.
When you create your survey, please note that only questions with set
answer options can be interpreted by the program when scanning a paper
survey. Other question types will be scanned as images and the actual
answers then need to be registered manually in the program.
The work on Paper surveys is carried out in three steps on the Setup,
Create and Import pages. The last two tabs are available only after you
confirm the settings on the Setup page.
Setup
Before you print your paper surveys, you need to make some settings under
the tab Setup. Among other things, you specify the font and font size for the
text in the survey, as well as what types of questions are to be included.
Since the program must know the exact placement of each question on the
paper, these settings cannot be changed after they have been confirmed.
On this page you also edit the instructional text that the respondent needs in
order to be able to complete the survey correctly.
Design
Select the Font and Font size you want to use for the question titles and
answer options. In the paper survey, all question titles will be in bold.
At Render, you decide if any images in the survey are to be included:
•
•
•
Text only: images are not included
HTML: images are included
Images as alt text: the alt texts of the images are shown instead of
the images (see Administration > File Manager for information on
how the alt text can be edited when an image is inserted)
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When a question is edited, so-called Extra information sections can be used
to give information adjacent to the question (see Survey > Survey
Construction > Questions > Edit question > Design for more information).
Mark the check box Question design blocks if you want this content to be
included in the paper survey.
Settings
Upon scanning the surveys, the program interprets and registers all the
answers provided to questions with set answer options. If you activate the
function Include all question types. (The question types that are possible to
be analyzed automatically, eg.that have set answer options, are always
included.), text areas will be created in the paper survey for respondents to
be able to answer text, date and numeric questions. However, the answers
provided to these questions cannot be interpreted by the program and must
be registered manually. If you activate this setting, you can also decide if
these text areas are to have character boxes (mark the check box Draw
character boxes for text inputs), and the height of the text areas (enter
number of rows at Multiline rows).
Mark the check box Draw question separator line, if you want a dashed line
to be inserted between the questions when the survey is printed.
When the paper surveys are printed, each respondent's survey will as
default start with a cover page (or several pages, if the content does not fit
in one page). The cover page has the respondent's name and address at
the top, followed by the survey's introductory text, and instructions for how to
complete the paper survey (see below). If you do not want to print the cover
page, you mark the check box Skip cover page.
To make the survey fit in fewer pages, you can try to unmark the check box
Page break after instruction text. Then the first survey question will be
placed directly after the instruction text on the cover page.
Under the Import tab, the scanned paper surveys are uploaded and
analyzed. By marking the check box Delete all uploaded PDF files on
survey close, you make sure that the files which are uploaded to the survey
do not occupy space on the survey when they are no longer needed (after
the survey is closed).
At the top of each page in the paper survey, there is a barcode. The
barcode contains information about which survey and respondent the page
belongs to, the page's number, and the survey's language. If you want to,
you can let the program render certain information in plain text under the
barcode, to make it easier to identify for example which respondent a page
belongs to. At Barcode text, you can choose among these options:
•
•
•
•
None: no text is rendered
Respondent name: the respondent's first name and last name
Tag: the bar code transformed to a code with numbers and letters
Custom: choose which information to be rendered (see below)
If you select Custom, you design the text in the field below. Click the
button to the right of the field to get access to buttons for inserting Tag, First
name, Last name and Organisation, and drop down lists for inserting any
respondent categories connected to the survey and any respondent
properties which have been created in the program.
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Matrix Settings
If the survey contains at least one matrix question, you find the button
Matrix settings... at the bottom of the page. Matrix questions consist of two
"columns", one for the title of the subquestion and one for its answer
options. By clicking the Matrix settings... button, you can decide the width (in
percent) for the column with the subquestion title. If you, for instance,
specify that the question title is to take up 30% of the survey width, the
column with the answer options will take up 70%. This way you can ensure
a suitable division, and avoid unnecessary line breaks.
Specific Instructions for Paper Surveys
Here you create an informational text that explains to the respondents how
the paper survey is to be completed. This text will be presented directly after
the survey's regular introductory text when printed. The page provides you
with a template that is created in the administration, but you can edit the text
so that it suits your particular survey. If your survey is multilingual, you
create one instructional text for each language. Start by selecting a
language in the drop down list.
The most important information in the instructions concerns how the answer
options need to be marked in the check boxes. The following applies:
The answer option has been marked correctly
The answer option has been marked incorrectly, the cross must be in
the middle of the box
The answer option has been marked incorrectly, the cross is too thick
Canceled, the answer option will not be counted as being marked
In the editor, you can also insert data that is retrieved from the current
survey and respondent. You can for example insert the survey's URL and
the respondent's username and password, to make it possible for the
respondent to answer the survey online instead.
The following survey data can be inserted:
•
•
•
Survey URL - a link to a public survey or to the log-in page for a
respondent survey
Survey name
Survey start date and Survey end date - the survey's publication
period
The following respondent data can be inserted:
•
•
•
•
•
•
First name and Last name - to make the message more personal.
Organisation
Username and Password - to allow the respondent to sign in via
the survey's log-in page.
Survey URL incl. log-in - a link to the respondent survey that
provides an automatic personal log-in to the survey.
Respondent properties
Respondent categories (only categories connected to the survey)
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Confirming Your Changes
While working you can save your changes by pressing Save. When you are
finished, click the Preview button to see how the survey will appear to the
respondents before you confirm the settings. Then click Confirm. A
message will appear stating that it will not be possible to change the
settings after you have confirmed. Nor will it be possible to edit the survey
questions. Click on OK to continue.
Two pages, Create and Import, now appear and you can continue working
with the paper survey on them. If you click the Prepare tab, you will still have
access to and be able to edit the instructional text but the other settings can
no longer be changed.
Create
Creating PDF Files
On the Create page, all the respondents that are connected to the survey
are listed. Here you can print the survey for those respondents who are to
answer it on paper. Mark the check box next to those respondents, or mark
the check box in the header row to select all. The check box next to
respondents who have already answered is not possible to mark.
If it is a public survey, there are no respondents connected to it. Instead you
just specify the number of paper surveys to print.
Then click on Create PDF. A PDF file with the selected respondents'
surveys, or the specified number of surveys if it is a public survey, is
created. The first page displays a list of all those respondents, and this is
followed by one set of pages for each respondent. The first page (or pages,
if required) is a cover page which contains the respondent's name, the
name of the survey and an introductory text, as well as instructions on how
to fill out the paper survey. This is then followed by a number of pages
containing the actual survey questions. Note that you, in the Setup tab, can
decide that the cover page is not to be printed, and that the first survey
question will be placed directly after the instruction text on the cover page.
At the top of each survey page there is a bar code containing information
about the survey, respondent, page number and language. Only questions
with set answer options will be analyzed automatically when you scan the
paper survey. In the print survey, these types of questions will be presented
with a check box for each answer. Respondents select answer options by
drawing crosses in the boxes. If they wish to change their answer later, they
need to fill in the whole box. This is then interpreted as that option not being
selected.
If the setting Include all question types. (The question types that are
possible to scan, eg. have set answer options, are always included.) has
been selected on the Setup page, other types of questions will also be
available for answering in the paper survey. These types of questions will be
scanned and saved as images and must then be registered in the survey
manually.
Printing Surveys
Open the PDF file in an appropriate program, for instance Adobe Reader,
and print it. Black and white laser print is recommended.
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Import
Scanning Surveys
When the respondents have filled out the survey you need to scan the
papers and save the scanned images as a PDF file. The recommended
scanner settings are 300 dpi and black and white.
When you are scanning the papers, it does not matter what order the pages
are in, as each page contains a bar code with information on the respondent
and page number. Nor does it matter if the paper is turned with the header
in the wrong direction in the scanner. The program will then turn the image
when analyzing it.
Importing Surveys
The Import page provides you with the Upload file button. Click this and then
the
button. Select your PDF file (or files) and click OK. The files are
uploaded and listed under Files and are then given the status New. Mark the
check boxes next to the files and click on Parse files. In the right part of the
window, information on the result of the analysis is displayed, e.g. Valid Found Page 1, Could not read the barcode, Error parsing questions, please
see debug log for more information, etc. If you click the link Debug log, more
detailed, technical information is displayed.
When the analysis is complete, the file status will be changed to Parsed,
and the respondents that were found are listed under Scanned respondents.
If the survey is anonymous, the word Hidden is displayed under Name and
E-mail address. In a public survey, the respondents are called Respondent
#1, Respondent #2, etc.
For each respondent, the following status icons are displayed:
View errors
No errors - pending submission
Submitted
The
icon, is thus displayed next to the name of those respondents who
have submitted a survey where at least one error has been detected. The
following are considered errors:
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Compulsory questions have not been answered
The respondent has selected more than one option for a singlechoice question.
One or more pages are missing
Click on the
icon to display the errors that have been found.
To correct the errors, click the
button on the far right to open the survey.
Click on Errors on the top left to display the errors. For each of the scanned
pages there is a button (Page 1, Page 2 and so on). Click on a page to see
how the scanned page looks, and to see what the respondent has
answered. Correct the errors directly in the survey and click the Send
button. The respondent's status will change to
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Respondents who have submitted surveys where no errors have been
detected are given the
symbol. You can submit these surveys
immediately: Mark the check box next to the respondent's name and click on
Send.
If you marked the check box Include all question types. (The question types
that are possible to scan, eg. have set answer options, are always
included.) when you created the survey, space was left in the paper survey
for answering text, date and numeric questions. The answers that the
respondent provided to these questions cannot be interpreted by the
program, and thus need to be entered manually. This can be done in the
same way as when you correct errors, ie. click on
to open the survey,
then click on the button for the page where the error is found, for instance
Page 1. View the scanned image of the answer and enter the answer in the
survey. Click on Send when all answers have been entered.
A quicker way to enter text answers is to use the menu Survey > Data
Collection > Text Answers. See this section for more information.
Text Answers
This menu is available if the survey contains at least one text question which
has been answered. You can here edit any inappropriate text answers.
If you have the plug-in SR-Advanced Survey, you can also use this menu to
enter text answers given in paper surveys.
In the drop down list at the top of the page, you select the question whose
answer you want to edit. You can edit answers given on the question types
Text Field and Text Memo, and answers given on questions that have blank
options (If other, please specify) and comment fields. In the drop down list,
the questions are listed with the question title, and below the question title
you click Answers if it is a text question or a blank option, or Comments if it
is a comment field.
The text answers of the question you selected are listed. To the right of
each answer, you find two buttons. The
symbol indicates that the answer
is not yet verified. If you click this button, the symbol is changed to
. By
doing this, you indicate that you have read the answer and verified it.
If you want to edit the answer, you click the
button to the right of the
answer. In the window that opens, the answer given by the respondent is
displayed in the left part, under Original Text. In the right part of the window,
under Edited Text, you can edit the answer. When you are done, you click
one of the buttons Save and verify (the
Save (the
symbol will be displayed) or
symbol will be displayed).
Any text answers given on paper surveys, is listed with a scanned image of
the text area. If you click the
button, the image is shown under Original
Text, and you can enter the answer under Edited Text.
In the list, answers which have been edited are shown with a yellow
background. If you click the answer, the field is expanded and its original
text is displayed. Answers which have been verified without being edited,
are shown with a green background.
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Above the list, you can use three check boxes to filter the list:
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New: Show answers which have neither been edited nor verified
Edited: Show answers which have been edited
Verified: Show answers which have been verified
When you have created a report, you can under Reports > Data Set decide
to show the edited text answers, or the original ones. See this section for
more information.
Export
On this page, you export the raw data (from the survey) for further
processing in other programs. NB. There is a difference between this Export
function and the Export menu in the Reports section. On that page you
export processed data, whereas on this page you export raw data.
Regarding anonymous respondent surveys, the answers are presented in a
random order. The answer ID is changed to 0 for all respondents.
1. Under Export, specify a File type for the export file:
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Excel 97-2003 (.xls)
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Excel 2007 (.xlsx)
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Text (the drop down list lets you choose a field delimiter:
tab, comma, semicolon or space.
2. Next, select the Data you want to export:
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Questions and answer options
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Answers
Choose between Answer values and Answers in plain text
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Respondent data
Export of respondent data is possible only for respondent surveys. For
anonymous respondent surveys, the only respondent data that can be
exported are the respondent categories.
Answers to the question type Open Matrix – Time (only available for those
who have the SR-Advanced Survey plug-in) will be exported as number of
minutes. If the answer “01:30” has been given, the value in the export file
will be “90”.
If you choose to export respondent data, the lists under Respondent details,
Respondent properties and Respondent categories give you numerous
types of data that can be included in the export file.
Respondent details:
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Respondent ID
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Display name
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First name
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Last name
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Organization
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Postal address
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Zip code
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Country
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Telephone number
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Cell phone number
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Respondent properties:
All the Respondent properties can be exported.
Respondent categories:
All the Respondent categories that were connected to the survey in its Basic
information can be exported.
Closing Surveys
When a sufficient number of responses have been received, it is time to
close your survey. In the Basic information it is possible to select for the
survey to be closed automatically when the publication period ends.
However, if you choose not to activate this setting, you will instead need to
close the survey manually via this page.
On this page, information is displayed about the survey and its status under
the headings Survey construction, Data collection and Reports. Before you
decide whether it is time to close the survey, you may want to study the
information under Status - Data Collection.
Information:
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Survey name
Category
Survey type
Theme
Published
Survey URL
Survey construction status:
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Number of questions
Number of pages
Construction is finished - Yes or No
Data collection status:
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Number of respondents
Number of responses
Response rate - displayed as a percentage
Report status:
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Number of reports
If you do want to close the survey, click the Close survey button and confirm
your choice by clicking OK.
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Linking to public surveys
If you want to publish a link to a public survey on your web site, you should
keep in mind that so-called third-party cookies in some cases can prevent
the survey from opening. This can happen if the survey is opened as part of
a web page, so to avoid this, construct the link so that the survey opens in a
new window.
It is possible to let the survey open in the same window, if one of the
following criteria are met:
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The public survey has only one page
The survey’s URL has the same domain as the web site
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Reports
When the survey is closed you compile the result in a report. The
application contains different options for how such a report could look and
what function it could have.
Report
A report could contain results from one or several surveys. You build the
report of charts, tables and combinations of these (hybrid elements). You
can also add explicating text elements.
If you use SR-Advandced Report you have access to a compare data set to
facilitate the comparison among the results from different surveys and the
totalled result.
Aggregate Report (SR-Advanced Report)
Another way to compare results between surveys is to use aggregate
reports. By creating an aggregate report you can present the result from
several surveys in the same report. The results are shown in a table and
could be grouped in the way you want, for instance by survey category,
respondent category or time period.
Example: We have two surveys containing the question “What did you think
of the course content?” You choose to present the result in an aggregate
report that shows the average for the question. The rows in the table show a
grouping by respondent category (“Business” and “Economic”), while the
columns are grouped by respondent category (“Master” and “Non-master”).
Hierarchy report
A hierarchy report is one more tool for making comparisons among different
groupings of respondents. This report filters the data in different levels on
respondent category. Selection lists are shown topmost in the finished
report, used by the viewer to control the filtering and to change focus from
one grouping to another.
For example, you may have analysed a company divided into departments
and groups. Using the selection lists in the introduction of the report, the
reader shifts focus between different groupings and by doing so affects the
content of the tables/charts. The example below displays the result from a
department on level 2.
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group on level 3.
To work with reports
When you expand the Reports menu the options New report and Find
report... are displayed. Choose the appropriate option depending on
whether you want to create a new report or work on an existing one.
When you have created or selected a report, the Reports menu provides
you with the following submenus:
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Basic information where you enter a name for your report, and
select the survey you want to base it on
Data Set where you can edit and re-code the variables
Report Content where you edit the report’s tables, charts and texts
Preview where you can see how the report looks
Layout where you prepare the export
Export where you make the export
Distribution and Subreports where you distribute the report via a
link in an e-mail, and create subreports showing responses from a
specified selection of respondents
New Report
The information you enter when creating a new report can later be edited in
its Basic information.
1.
Under the heading Information, you start by entering a Report
name.
2. Choose the Survey you want to base your report on.
3. If the survey you chose is multilingual, select which survey
Language you want to use in the report.
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4. By marking the check box Auto-generate report content, the report
is created with tables, charts and texts according to the report
template selected below. If you unmark the check box, you can
instead generate the report from the Data set menu, which can be
useful if you first want to process the variables, or maybe omit a
question or two. See Data set for more information.
5. Select the Template you want to use for the report. The report's
elements (tables, charts and text) are generated according to the
settings in the template.
6. Choose a Theme for the report. The theme determines the look of
the report, e.g. in terms of the font format in the tables and colors in
the charts.
7. The report will get a link which you can publish under Reports >
Distribution and Subreports. The program generates the link
address automatically, but if you want to you can customize the last
part of the address, by entering the desired text in the field Custom
URL.
8. Specify whether or not a header/footer is to be displayed on each
page in the report when it is exported. In the drop down lists
Header and Footer under the heading Design, you can choose
among the templates for headers and footers which have been
created under Templates > Report Design. In the drop down list,
each template is displayed with an ID to the left, and a preview of
its layout. You can also select the option None, if you do not wish
to display a header/footer. When you have selected a header or
footer, the tab Header/Footer becomes available. Under this tab,
you can customize the header/footer you have selected. See this
section for more information. If you have customized a header or a
footer under the Header/Footer tab, it is displayed in the drop down
list with the symbol * instead of an ID. The
symbol indicates that
it is a customized header or footer. Note that the program only
saves the latest customized header/footer. If you select another
header/footer, and customize it, the previous one disappears from
the drop down list.
9. Click on Create Report.
Organisation Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations you
can under the heading Organisation Access decide which organisations are
to have access to the report, by marking the check box next to the desired
organisations. This access, you can also assign later under Reports > Basic
information. Please refer to this section for more information.
Report Readers
In the plug-in SR-Advanced Report, a user can be given the user role
Report reader. The only part of the program that is accessible for report
reader, is the reports. Under Distribution and subreports you connect the
report readers who should have access to the report. Already when you
create the report, you can also give report readers additional rights
concerning the report and the survey it is based on. These rights, you can
also assign later under Reports > Basic information. Please refer to this
section for more information.
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New Aggregate Report
In SR-Advanced Report, you have the possibility to create so-called
Aggregate reports. See this section for more information on how you can
use aggregate reports to compare results from several surveys.
1. Click New Aggregate Report in the Reports menu.
2. Enter a Report name.
3. Choose a Theme for the report. The theme determines the look of
the report, e.g. in terms of the font format and the colours.
4. Click the Create report button.
The information you enter when creating a new report can later be edited in
its Basic information.
Finding Reports
When you click on Find Report..., a pop-up window opens where the 50
newest reports are listed. Click the Search button to list all reports, except
for those that are based on archived surveys. Mark the check box at Include
surveys from the archive if you want to include those too. The reports are
listed using the following headings:
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Report name
Survey (which survey the report is based on)
Survey category
Owner (the user that created the report)
Created (the date when the report was created)
You can click on any of these headings to sort the list: alphabetically,
ascending or descending, according to each heading.
If there is a large number of reports, you can use the search field at the top
to find a specific report. Enter a search term in the field and click on Search.
You can use one of the following as your search term: the report name, the
survey, survey category or owner.
There is also an advanced search mode that you access by clicking
the
button, next to the Search button. In that mode, you can search
for report name, survey name (the survey the report is based on), report
type (reports or aggregate reports, the latter in SR-Advanced Report), which
predefined report (if any) the report is based on, period within which the
report was created, survey category, report language and owner (the user
that created the report). Make your selections and click the Search button.
Select the report you want to work on by clicking on it.
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Properties
Information
Here you can see, and to some extent edit, the information you entered
when you created the report. See New Report for information on how to
create a report.
The editable items are:
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Report name
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Template - the template used in the report. The report elements
(tables, charts and texts) are generated according to the settings in
the template. If you change to a new template, the report will be
regenerated automatically when you click Save. Note that any
changes made in the Report Content menu then will be overwritten.
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Theme - the theme determines the appearance of the report, in
terms of font format in the tables, and colours in the charts.
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Custom URL - when the report is created, it gets a link which you
can publish under Reports > Distribution and Subreports. The
program generates the link address automatically, but if you want
to you can customize the last part of the address, by entering the
desired text in the field Custom URL.
In addition, you see information about:
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Which survey the report is based on
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The language(s) used in the report
Limits
Enter how many answers are required in order to display the variable (result
of one question). The number you enter will be used as a general setting for
the all the charts and tables in the report and can be adjusted for a specific
element.
Design
Header/Footer - specify whether or not a header/footer is to be displayed on
each page in the report when it is exported. In the drop down lists Header
and Footer under the heading Design, you can choose among the templates
for headers and footers which have been created under Templates > Report
Design. In the drop down list, each template is displayed with an ID to the
left, and a preview of its layout. You can also select the option None, if you
do not wish to display a header/footer. When you have selected a header or
footer, the tab Header/Footer becomes available. Under this tab, you can
customize the header/footer you have selected. See section Basic
Information > Header/Footer. If you have customized a header or a footer
under the Header/Footer tab, it is displayed in the drop down list with the
symbol * instead of an ID.
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The
symbol indicates that it is a customized header or footer. Note that
the program only saves the latest customized header/footer. If you select
another header/footer, and customize it, the previous one disappears from
the drop down list.
Click the Save button if you want to save your changes.
Organisation Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations you
can under the heading Organisation Access decide which organisations are
to have access to the report, by marking the check box next to the desired
organisations. The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several
organisations, the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list)
is already marked. To be able to give an organisation access to reports, you
must belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any parent
organisations to selected organisations will automatically be selected.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the report, while organisations without access have the
symbol.
To have access to the report, users in the connected organisations must
(through their group) have the right Report Access > All Reports.
Status
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Owner - the person who created the report
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Created - the date when the report was created
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Last updated - the date when the report was last updated
Report Readers
In the plug-in SR-Advanced Report, a user can be given the user role
Report reader. The only part of the program that is accessible for report
readers, is the reports. Under Distribution and subreports you connect the
report readers who should have access to the report and any subreports
that have been created. Please refer to Reports > Distribution and
Subreports for more information. Under Basic Information, you can also give
report readers additional rights concerning the report and the survey it is
based on. The following rights can be assigned:
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See basic information, like response rate, for unpublished reports This means that the report readers can see the response rate of
reports they are connected to, even if the report is not yet
published. However, they cannot see the report itself until it is
published.
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See and export respondents connected to the main survey - If you
activate this setting, the report readers can also see and export
respondents connected to the survey the report is based on. When
you have activated the setting, you select which respondent they
should have the right to see:
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All respondents - all report readers can see and export
information about all respondents connected to the main
survey.
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Respondents matched by subreport selections - In each
report/subreport, you can make selections for which
respondents' answers a report reader can see (e.g. a
certain sub category of a respondent category). This
option means that the report readers will only see the
respondents matching these selections.
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Respondents matching the report readers profile filter - In
the user administration you can connect each report
reader to the sub categories of the different respondent
categories. This option means that a report reader will only
see respondents matching the sub categories that he/she
is connected to.
May answer and submit unsubmitted surveys - The setting gives
the report reader right to answer the surveys of the respondents
he/she has the right to see.
Header/Footer
Under Reports > Basic information > Properties, you select whether a page
header or footer is to be displayed at the top and bottom of each page in the
report when it is exported. You can, in the drop down lists Header and
Footer, choose from the templates for headers and footers which have been
created under Templates > Report Design. The tab Header/Footer becomes
available if you have selected a template in any of the drop down lists
Header and Footer. The tab is not available if the option None is selected in
both of the drop down lists.
Under the tab Header/Footer, you can make your own changes to the layout
of the selected header/footer.
Editing Headers/Footers
Click on either Edit header or Edit footer, depending on which of the two you
want to edit.
You edit the header/footer in an editor where you can write and format text,
and insert images and links. See the section Survey > Survey Construction
> Basic Information > Introductory text for information on how to insert and
align images, and how to link to files and to web and e-mail addresses.
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There are also buttons for inserting page numbers and total number of
pages.
Page number
Total number of pages
Click on Save when you are finished. A preview of the header/footer is then
displayed.
Data Set
When you create a report, a data set is created where all the questions from
the survey are converted into so-called variables. Other variables included
in the data set are any respondent categories connected to the survey,
Respondent languages (if the survey is multilingual, this variable is found
under the heading Multilingual) and Date and Time of day when the
respondent answered (under the heading Answer Date).
If you (before you create the report) activate the setting Allow 'Individual
answers' variable in the report dataset, under Survey > Survey Construction
> Basic Information > Properties > Access, the heading Individual answers
will be included in the data set. Under this heading, you find the variable
Respondents (if the report is based on a non-anonymous respondent
survey) and the variable Anonymized. These variables can be used to
display each individual respondent's answers separately. In the report, you
can for example use the variable as a background series on a question, and
thereby create a contingency table where the answers are grouped per
respondent. You can also use the variable as a selection in a sub-report,
and thereby create a report containing an individual respondent's answers.
The variable Respondents presents the respondents with their first name
and last name, while the respondents in the Anonymized variable are
represented by Answer #1, Answer #2, etc.
Before you start editing your report, you can process the variables here. You
can, for instance, change the wording of the questions or answer options, or
merge several answer options into one.
When you click on Data set, all the questions in the survey are displayed in
a tree structure. Click on the plus sign next to a question to expand it. If you
expand a matrix question, all of its subquestions will appear. They, too, can
be expanded. It is also possible to click Expand all to expand all the
questions at once. Below each question, a list of its variables is displayed.
The actual question is displayed in blue text and has a
symbol to the left
of it, except if it is a text question. Text questions instead have an
symbol
next to them. Interval questions (either numeric or date/time questions) are
presented as two variables, one for the "from" value and one for the "to"
value. Matrix questions contain one variable for each subquestion, and one
variable summing up all the subquestions of the matrix.
If a question contains a blank answer option such as "If other, please
specify", this will appear as a separate variable with the
symbol before it.
The same applies if the question includes a comment field. The reason why
the blank answer options and comments appear as separate variables is
that they contain text that the respondents have written themselves. It is
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If you click on a variable it will be displayed under Information in the righthand part of the window. The check box Include the variable when
generating the report determines whether the variable will be included when
you click on the Generate report button, see the section on Generating
reports below for more information. The summation variable in a matrix
question will not be included as default, and neither will the variables for
respondent categories, Respondent languages, Date and Time of day.
Those variables that you have chosen to not include in the report are
displayed in grey in the tree structure. The numbers in brackets indicate how
many of a question's variables are included. Next to a matrix question with
four questions, the numbers will be (4/5) if the four subquestions have been
included, but not the summation variable.
Here you will also find the following buttons:
Edit variable
Copy variable
Recode variable
Find out more about these functions below.
If the survey which the report is based on contains at least one text
question, it is possible, under Survey > Data Collection > Text Answers, to
edit the answers given on the text questions of the survey. This can be
useful if the answers contain inappropriate text. If the text answers has been
edited on the survey, you have access to the check box Use edited answer
texts. Mark the check box if you want the edited answers to be presented in
the report. Leave the check box unmarked if you want to present the original
answers instead.
Editing Variables
By clicking on a variable and then on the
button, you open the popup window Edit variable where you can change the wording of the question
title as well as the answer options. Make the changes directly in the fields
provided and confirm by clicking OK.
If you wish to change the formatting of the question title or an answer option,
click on the
icon.
Settings for Numeric Questions
You can choose various settings for how the numeric values are to be
presented: how many intervals are to be displayed, which is to be the
minimum value displayed for the lowest interval and which is to be the
maximum value displayed for the highest interval, as well as which labels
(names) the intervals are to be given.
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If you do not edit the default settings, the number of intervals displayed in
the report will be 10. Which minimum and maximum values the program will
use depend on whether minimum or maximum values for the answers were
specified when the survey was created. The Slider and Interval slider
question types always entail the use of limits.
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Questions where limits were specified during the survey
construction: The program will use the specified limits.
Question where limits were not specified during the survey
construction: The survey will suggest limits based on the lowest
and highest answers provided by the respondents.
An example: Respondents have given answers ranging from 8 to 94. If no
limits were specified during the survey construction, the lowest interval will
be 7-15 and the highest 88-96. As you can see, the program covers all the
answers using 10 intervals of an equal size. If instead the limits had been
set to 1 and 100, the ten intervals would range from 1-10 to 91-100.
Follow these steps to customize the settings:
1. Make sure that the check box at Automatic in the Limits section is
not checked.
2. Specify the values of your choice at Min (the minimum value, eg.
where the interval starts) and Max (the maximum value, eg. where
the interval finishes).
3. Select the number of Intervals you wish to display.
4. If you have specified Min and Max values and it is expected that
some answers will fall outside of these limits, you can check the
box at Include values lower than the minimum and/or Include
values greater than the maximum. Two extra intervals will then be
created to cover those answers.
5. Under Labels, make sure that the check box next to Automatic is
checked, then click on Create labels.
6. New intervals will be created and presented in the bottom part of
the window. By unmarking the checkbox next to Automatic, you can
edit the values delimiting the intervals manually. You can also edit
the labels (names).
7. Click on OK to save your changes.
Settings for Calendar Questions
You can select how the answers to calendar questions are to be presented:
how many intervals are to be displayed, at what date/time the lowest interval
is to start (Min value) and at what date/time the highest interval is to stop
(Max value). You can also specify how the intervals are to be labelled.
If you do not make any changes to the default settings, the number of
intervals displayed in the report will be ten. The min and max values
displayed in the chart will be the lowest (earliest) and highest (latest) values
provided by the respondents in their answers.
Follow these steps to customize the settings:
1. Make sure the check box next to Automatic in the Limits section is
not checked.
2. Specify the values of your choice at Min (the minimum value, eg.
the date/time at which the interval starts) and Max (the maximum
value, eg. the date/time at which the interval finishes).
3. Select the number of Intervals you wish to display.
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4. If you have specified Min and Max values and it is expected that
some answers will fall outside of these limits, you can check the
box at Include values lower than the minimum and/or Include
values greater than the maximum. Two extra intervals will then be
created to cover those answers.
5. Under Labels, make sure that the check box next to Automatic is
checked, then click on the Create labels button.
6. New intervals will be created and presented in the bottom part of
the window. By unmarking the checkbox next to Automatic again,
you can edit the values delimiting the intervals manually. You can
also edit their labels (names), for instance to change "01/01/2010
-31/12/ 2010" to just "2010".
7. Click on OK to save your changes.
Copying Variables
You are able to copy a variable. For those who use the plug-in SRAdvanced Report, compute variables and analyse functions can be copied
as well. In this way you can change the variable in different ways without
messing up the original variable.
1. Search and click the wanted variable/analyse function in the tree
structure of the data set.
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under the heading Information on the right
side of the page.
3. In the window Copy variable (Analyse function) you have the
possibility to make the same changes regarding the copy as usual
editing.
4. The copied variable is found underneath the original in the data set.
The copied analyse function is found in the map Analyse functions
bottommost in the tree structure of the data set.
Recoding Variables
Variables can be recoded in various ways depending on the type of question
they stem from. All variables except for text variables can be recoded.
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Questions with set answer options (single-choice, multiple-choice,
matrix) - the answer options can be recoded.
Numeric questions - labels created with numeric intervals can be
recoded.
Calendar questions - labels created with date intervals can be
recoded.
The recoding can for instance be done to merge several answer options or
intervals into one, or to omit certain answer options or intervals.
An example: A question of the Rating type has let respondents rate an
object by selecting a number between 1 and 9. If you then want the report to
display only negative attitudes (1-3) and positive attitudes (7-9) you can
recode the data. When processing it, a new label is created and named
"Negative", where the grades 1, 2 and 3 are grouped, while 7, 8 and 9 are
grouped under a new label titled "Positive". 4, 5 and 6 receive no new label,
and are therefore omitted.
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button to
The Title field then lets you give the recoded variable a descriptive name.
The program will propose the variable's original name with the word
"Recoded" before it be used.
Under Old labels you can see the variable's different answer options (if it is
a question with given answer options) or intervals (if it is a numeric or
calendar question). You recode a variable by dragging and dropping the old
labels on the new labels that you create in the right-hand part of the window.
Under New Labels, enter the new label's name in the Name field. Click on
if you want to format the text. Drag and drop the original labels of your
choice in the field below the label name. In the example shown below, the
answer options "Strongly disagree" and "Disagree" have been merged to
form the new label "Disagree".
Click on the
icon to create a new label. Enter a name for the label
and drag the labels of your choice to it. The fields under Value let you
specify what numbers the labels are to have in the report. If you want to
remove a label that you have created, click on the
button. Any old
labels contained in that new label will then be moved back to the list under
Old labels.
A special type of recoding is to reverse the order of the answer options’
value numbers. As an example, you may have a question with four answer
options, where “Very good” has value 1, and “Very bad” has value 4. By
clicking the Flip button you create new labels with the same names as the
originals, but with reversed value numbers. Thus, “Very good” gets value 4,
and “Very bad” gets value 1.
Confirm the recoding of the variable by clicking OK. The recoded variable
will now be listed under the survey question in the tree structure.
If there are recoded variables that you no longer want to use, you can
remove them. Click on the variable in question, then press the
in the right part of the window. Confirm by clicking OK.
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Recoding Multiple Variables Simultaneously
When you recode a variable, you can also choose to recode other similar
variables in the same way. If you, for instance, are recoding a subquestion
in a matrix, you can choose to recode the other subquestions in the same
way and at the same time.
In the pop-up window Recode variable, all the variables that have the same
number of labels (answer options or intervals) are listed in the title field.
Mark the check boxes for the variables you want the recoding to apply to,
then proceed as described above.
Generating Reports
When you click on the Generate report button at the bottom of the page, the
report will be generated with the variables you have chosen to include (by
markíng the check box Include the variable when generating the report).
The contents for the report (tables, charts and texts, and settings for these)
will be generated based on the report template selected in the Basic
information menu. Note that if you have generated this report content
earlier, and then made changes in the Report Content menu, the changes
will be overwritten with the content of the report template.
Export
If you click on Export, you can export the data set to Excel. In the Excel file,
one tab will display the data set's variables and answer options, and another
tab will display the answers that the respondents have provided.
Note the difference between this Export and the export that is done under
Survey > Data collection > Export. On that page, the survey's raw data with
the exact variables that were in the actual survey are exported. On this page
on the other hand, (any) recoded variables will also be included.
Answers to the question type Open Matrix – Time (only available for those
who have the SR-Advanced Survey plug-in) will be exported as number of
minutes. If the answer “01:30” has been given, the value in the export file
will be “90”.
Presenting variables from other surveys
The plug-in SR-Advanced Report makes it possible to add data sets from
other surveys, and to present the questions of these surveys in the report.
This is useful if you want to compare the result of a question with the result
of the corresponding question in an earlier survey.
Add Data Set
Click the Add Data Set button. A pop-up window opens where you click on a
survey to add its dataset. When the data set has been added, it is displayed
as a new tab on top of the page. Click the tab to show the data set, and to
be able to edit and re-code its variables. It is now possible to add the
variables of the data set as series when you are editing a table or a chart in
the Reports > Report Content menu. Here as well, you will find the data sets
as different tabs (in the Add Series window).
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Delete Data Set
To delete a data set you click on its tab, and then on the
icon in the tab.
Confirm with OK. NB: If variables from the data set have been added as
series in the report, they will no longer be displayed.
Comparing Surveys
In the plug-in SR-Advanced Report, you have the possibility to compare the
results from different surveys. If you, for example, carry out a survey every
year, you can compare the results from the different years in the same
report.
Creating a Compare Data set
To be able to compare surveys, you start by merging the surveys' data sets
to a Compare data set:
1. Create a report based on a "main survey" for the comparison.
2. Under Reports > Data Set, you click the Add Data Set button, and
then on a survey whose data set you want to add. Repeat the
procedure if you want to add more data sets. Each data set is
represented by a tab in the top of the window.
3. You can now create a Compare data set where all the data sets are
combined. Make sure that the main survey's data set is selected
(the tab to the far left) and click the Compare Manager button. A
window is opened where you select which variables from the main
survey you want to include in the comparison. Make sure that the
check boxes next to the variables you want to include are marked,
and click OK.
4. In the Compare Manager window, the main survey's data set is
shown to the left, and the Compare data set, with the variables you
just selected, to the right. Click OK to close the window. The
Compare data set is created, and displayed as a new tab,
Compare, to the far right.
5. Click the tab of the next data set to be included in the comparison,
and then on the Compare Manager button. Click the Automatic...
button to let the program perform an automatic matching of
variables with the same name, in the selected data set (to the left)
and the Compare data set (to the right).
6. If you expand the data sets by clicking the
icon, the
icon is
displayed next to each variable that has been matched. Click the
icon to see which variable in the other data set it has been matched
with. If a question had a different wording in the two surveys, its
variables will not be automatically matched. However, you can
match them manually by dragging a variable from the data set to
the left to the corresponding variable in the Compare data set. If
you instead drag the variable to the field with a plus icon at the
bottom, you add it as a new variable in the Compare data set. You
can also do this by clicking the plus icon, marking the check box
next to the variable and click OK.
7. Next to the variables that have been matched, but where the
matching of the labels was not complete, the
icon is displayed.
Expand the variable in the Compare data set to check the
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The symbol is displayed next to labels that have been matched,
while labels that have not been matched have one of the following
symbols:
- The label I don't know exists in the
Compare data set, but not in the data set to the left
- The label I don't know exists in the
data set to the left, but not in the Compare data set
If a label had a different wording in the two surveys, it will not be
automatically matched. By clicking the
button you open a
window where you can match the labels manually by dragging
them from Unmapped labels to the corresponding label under
Compare Variable Labels. If you instead drag the label to the field
with a plus icon at the bottom, you add it as a new label in the
Compare data set. You can also remove a label from the Compare
data set by clicking the
button. Note that any labels from other
data sets, matched with this label, then will become unmatched.
Click OK to confirm the changes.
8. If you have added more data sets to be included in the comparison,
you repeat step 5 and, if necessary, also steps 6 and 7.
Presenting Comparisons in the Report
When you have created a Compare data set, as described above, you can
add its variables to the report, and use a certain background series to
present the answers from the different data sets separately.
If you want all questions in the report to be presented as a comparison
between the surveys, you follow these steps:
1. Click the Compare tab to go to the Compare data set
2. Click the Generate Report Content button. Confirm by clicking OK.
3. Go to the Report Content menu. The report is currently showing the
aggregated answers from all the included surveys.
4. To compare the different surveys, you use a background series to
present the answers from the included data sets separately. Click
the Manage Background Series button, and then the Compare tab.
Expand Background Variables and click the radio button next to
Background Variable: Data set. Click OK.
If you want only certain questions in the report to be presented as a
comparison, you follow these steps instead:
1. Generate the report based on the main survey. If you did not do
that when the report was created, you can do it by clicking the
Generate Report Content button from the survey's data set.
2. Go to the Report Content menu. Add a new block on a question
where you want to make a comparison between the surveys, and
add a table or a chart in the block.
3. In the edit mode of the table or the chart, you click the Add... button
under Series, and then the Compare tab to show the Compare data
set. Mark the check box next to the desired variable and click OK.
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4. Click the Add... button under Background Series, and then the
Compare tab to show the Compare data set. Expand Background
Variables and mark the check box next to Background Variable:
Data set. Click OK.
In the Templates > Report Templates > Edit Report Templates menu, you
can define a template for how variables from the Compare data set should
be presented. The settings are made under SR-Advanced Report >
Compare. Please refer to the Edit Report Templates section for more
information. The table type Change is especially suited for comparison
between different surveys. Please see the Reports > Report Content section
for information about this table type.
Computed Variables
In the plug-in SR-Advanced Report, there is a function to create computed
variables. This function lets you make mathematical and statistical
calculations of the variables, and thus create new variables. You can for
example create a new variable that shows the summation of a number of
variables.
Please note that the calculations in a computed variable is made on
respondent level. Thus the program returns a value per respondent for the
computed variable. This means that is not recommended to use computed
variables if you want to calculate a mean value for a population of several
respondents. In that case, the program will first calculate a mean value per
respondent, and after that a mean value of each respondent's mean value.
Since this may result in a rounding error, it is recommended that you for this
purpose create a so-called analyse function instead. Please refer to the
Analyse function section below.
Create computed variable
Click the New compute variable button. In the window that opens, you enter
a Title for the variable. The calculation to be made for the variable, you
create in the field Expression. The variables to be included in the expression
are added from the tree structure on the left side of the window. Expand the
question containing the variable, and double click the variable. The
variables are named var1, var2 etc. Variables already inserted in the
expression are displayed in blue in the tree structure. If the expression is
correctly written, Status: OK is displayed in the field below the expression.
When you create the expression, you can add functions from a list. The
following functions are available:
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abs - absolute value, converting negative numbers into positive,
e.g. "-5" will be "5"
ceiling - rounds up to the nearest integer, e.g. "5.25" will be "6"
exclude - excludes answers given on a certain answer value
floor - rounds down to the nearest integer, e.g. "5.75" will be "5"
ln - logarithm with the base e
log - logarithm with the base 10
max - maximum value
mean - mean value
sum - summation
min - minimum value
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rnd - randomized value
round - rounded value
sqrt - square root
Double click a function to add it to the expression. The function is inserted
with its name, eg. sum for summation, followed by two parentheses (). Place
the cursor inside the parentheses, and add desired variables by double
clicking them. The functions sum, mean, max and min calculate the value of
multiple variables (or numerical values), which you separate by commas. All
other functions calculate the value of only one variable (or numeric value).
You can also add numbers and operators to the expression by clicking the
buttons in the calculator. The following buttons are available:
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Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Exponentiation: ** - e.g. "5 raised to the exponent 2" is written 5**2
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Parentheses: ()
Greater than: >, less than: <
Greater than or equal to: >=, less than or equal to: <=
Equal to: ==
Is unequal to: !=
And: &&
Or: ||
Finish the construction of the computed variable by clicking OK. It can now
be found at the bottom of the tree structure, under Computed variables.
Example:
This example shows how to write the expression if you want the computed
variable to show the summation of the three variables var2, var6 and var10:
sum(var2,var6,var10)
The advantage of writing the expression in the above way is that the
variables with missing values are ignored. For example, if a respondent
answered to var2 and var6, but not to var10, this respondent's mean value
will be calculated on only var2 and var6.
The expression can also be written like this:
var2+var6+var10
In this case, any missing values will be handled in a different way. In the
example with the respondent who had a missing value on var10, this will
mean that the respondent gets a missing value also on the computed
variable itself. Thus, this respondent's answers to var2 and var6 will not be
included in the calculation.
When it comes to missing values, you have also the possibility to decide
what value to use in cases where a respondent has not answered a
question included in a computed variable. You decide this by clicking that
question's variable (NB: not the computed variable itself) in the data set tree
structure, and in the right part of the window enter a desired value in the
field Missing value.
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Edit Computed Variable
To edit a computed variable you click it in the data set tree structure, where
you find it under Computed Variables. Then click the
button to open
a window where you can edit the Titel and the Expression of the variable.
Present the frequency of a computed variable
If you want to present the result of a computed variable in a frequency table
or a frequency chart, you can choose various settings for how the values are
to be presented: how many intervals are to be displayed, which is to be the
minimum value displayed for the lowest interval and which is to be the
maximum value displayed for the highest interval, as well as which labels
(names) the intervals are to be given. Please refer to Editing variables >
Settings for numeric questions above for more information.
Analyse functions
As described above, the calculation in a computed variable is made on
respondent level. If you want to make a calculation, of for example the mean
value, based on the answers from a population of respondents, you create
an analyse function instead.
Analyse functions can be used for different purposes, for example to
calculate an index where the mean value is converted to a value between 0
and 100, or to calculate how many percent of the respondents have given a
"positive" answer, e.g. 4 or 5 on a five-grade scale. Read more about
specific ways of using analyse functions below.
Analyse functions return a value which is presented, under the Report
Content menu, in a certain type of table or chart, named Analyse Function.
Creating analyse functions
Click the Add Analyse Function... button. In the window that opens, you
enter a Title. The calculation to be made, you create in the field Expression.
The variable(s) to be included in the expression are added from the tree
structure on the left side of the window. Expand the question containing the
variable, and double click the variable. The variables are named var1, var2
etc. Variables already inserted in the expression are displayed in blue in the
tree structure. If the expression is correctly written, Status: OK is displayed
in the field below the expression.
When you create the expression, you can add functions from a list. The
following functions are available:
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remap - converts a value to another value, used for example to
create an index, see the Index section below
flip - use this function to reverse the order of the answer options’
value numbers, see an example in the Index section below
correl - used in order to calculate correlation, i.e. the relationship
between two variables, read more in the Correlation section below
chisquare - used in order to perform a chi-squared test, i.e.
examining whether or not the distribution corresponds to the
expected, read more in the Chi-squared section below
count - counts the number of answers given for a question, used to
calculate percentage of "positive" answers
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question; on a single-choice question, count and respcnt will return
the same number, but on a multiple-choice question one
respondent (respcnt = 1) can give two answers (count = 2)
skewness - used in order to examine whether or not the distribution
is non-symmetrical, read more in the Skewness section below
abs - absolute value, converting negative numbers into positive,
e.g. "-5" will be "5"
ceiling - rounds up to the nearest integer, e.g. "5.25" will be "6"
exclude - excludes answers given for a certain answer value
excludetop - excludes a specified number of the highest answers
excludebottom - excludes a specified number of the lowest
answers
floor - rounds down to the nearest integer, e.g. "5.75" will be "5"
ln - logarithm with the base e
log - logarithm with the base 10
max - maximum value
mean - mean value
sum - summation
min - minimum value
rnd - randomized value
round - rounded value
sqrt - square root
Double click a function to add it to the expression. The function is inserted
with its name, eg. mean for mean value, followed by two parentheses ().
Place the cursor inside the parentheses, and add desired variables by
double clicking them. In functions which includes several variables, (or
numerical values), the variables are delimited by commas
You can also add numbers and operators to the expression by clicking the
buttons in the calculator. The following buttons are available:
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Digits 0 to 9, and decimal point
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Exponentiation: ** - e.g. "5 raised to the exponent 2" is written 5**2
Pi
Parentheses: ()
Greater than: >, less than: <
Greater than or equal to: >=, less than or equal to: <=
Equal to: ==
Is unequal to: !=
And: &&
Or: ||
By clicking the Test button, you see the value the function will return. Finish
the construction of the analyse function by clicking OK. It can now be found
at the bottom of the tree structure, under Analyse Functions.
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Examples of how to use analyse functions
Mean value
If you want to calculate the mean value of the variables var2, var6 and
var10, the expression shall be written like this:
mean(var2,var6,var10)
If you want to calculate the mean value of variables containing an "I don't
know" answer option, or another answer option which shall not affect the
mean value, you can use the exclude function to exclude this answer option
from the calculation. You do this by specifying the value of the answer
option to be excluded. Below you find an example of how to write the
expression if the answer option with value 0 shall be excluded from the
variables var2, var6 and var10.
mean(
exclude(var2,0),
exclude(var6,0),
exclude(var10,0)
)
If the mean value is to be calculated on variables where the answer options'
values have "wrong" order, i.e. the most negative answer option has the
highest value and vice versa, you can use the flip function to invert the value
order. In this example, the variables have the following answer options (with
the value within brackets): Very good (1), Good (2), Bad (3) and Very bad
(4). Below you see how to write the expression to invert the answer option
values of the variables var2, var6 and var10. The numbers 4 and 1 in the
expression indicates the answer options' highest and lowest value
respectively.
mean(
flip(var2,4,1),
flip(var6,4,1),
flip(var10,4,1)
)
If you want to combine the two previous expressions (if the variables have
both an "I don't know" option and "wrong" value order), the expression shall
be written like this:
mean(
flip(exclude(var2, 0),4,1),
flip(exclude(var6, 0),4,1),
flip(exclude(var10, 0),4,1)
)
Index
Index can be calculated in many different ways, but the calculation
described here result in the conversion of the mean value of one or several
questions into an index value between 0 and 100.
To create an index for a single variable, you click it in the data set, and then
on the
icon to the far right. In the context menu that appears, you
select Index.
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An analyse function calculating the index of the variable is then created, and
it appears under the variable in the data set.
When you create an index for a single variable, you can thus let the
program create it for you without having to bother about how the calculation
is made. If you want to see how the expression is written, you click the index
variable and then the
written like this:
icon. As an example, the expression can be
remap(mean(var2), 1,4,0,100)
To start with, the function above calculates the mean value, mean, of the
variable var2. The next thing is that the function converts, remap, this mean
value to an index value between 0 and 100. The last part of the expression
specifies that the original variable's answer options have 1 and 4 as its
lowest and highest value respectively, and that the converted value must
equal a minimum of 0 and a maximum or 100.
The Mean value section describes how the exclude function is used to
exclude an "I don't know" option so that it will not affect the calculation of the
mean value. If you create an index for a single variable via the
icon,
the program automatically adds exclude to the expression, if the variable
has an answer option with value 0. The expression will the look like this:
remap(mean(exclude(var2,0)), 1,4,0,100)
If you want to create an index based on several variables, you click the Add
Analyse Function... button, and create the analyse function in the usual way.
In the Mean value section, you find several examples of how to write the
mean value expression, depending on the characteristics of the variables
involved. Since the calculation of the index is based on a mean value which
is converted to a value between 0 and 100, we can use the same
expressions as in the mean value examples, but add the remap function to
them.
If you want to calculate an index for the variables var2, var6 and var10
(whose answer options have the values 1-4), you write the expression like
this:
remap(mean(var2,var6,var10), 1,4,0,100)
If you want to create an index for variables containing an "I don't know"
answer option, or another answer option which shall not affect the index,
you can use the exclude function to exclude this answer option from the
calculation. You do this by specifying the value of the answer option to be
excluded.
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Below you find an example of how to write the expression if the answer
option with value 0 shall be excluded from the variables var2, var6 and
var10.
remap(mean(
exclude(var2,0),
exclude(var6,0),
exclude(var10,0)
), 1,4,0,100)
If the index is to be calculated on variables where the answer options'
values have "wrong" order, i.e. the most negative answer option has the
highest value and vice versa, you can use the flip function to invert the value
order. In this example, the variables have the following answer options (with
the value within brackets): Very good (1), Good (2), Bad (3) and Very bad
(4). Below you see how to write the expression to invert the answer option
values of the variables var2, var6 and var10. The numbers 4 and 1 in the
expression indicates the answer options' highest and lowest value
respectively.
remap(mean(
flip(var2,4,1),
flip(var6,4,1),
flip(var10,4,1)
), 1,4,0,100)
If you want to combine the two previous expressions (if the variables have
both an "I don't know" option and "wrong" value order), the expression shall
be written like this:
remap(mean(
flip(exclude(var2, 0),4,1),
flip(exclude(var6, 0),4,1),
flip(exclude(var10, 0),4,1)
), 1,4,0,100)
Calculate percentage of positive answers
The count function can be used to calculate the percentage of answers
given for one or more answer options, in relation to all answers given for the
variable.
Example: You have carried out a survey where the respondents were
answering questions whose answer options had the values 1-5. When
analysing the result, you want to know the percentage who chose the
answer options with the values 4 or 5. You then create an analyse function
whose expression is written like this for a single variable (in the example the
variable var2):
count(var2,4,5)/count(var2)*100
Thus, the numbers 4 and 5 in the expression indicates which answer option
values to be counted.
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If the calculation is to include several variables (in the example the variables
var2, var6 and var10), the expression is written like this:
(count(var2,4,5)+count(var6,4,5)+count(var10,4,5))
/(count(var2)+count(var6)+count(var10))*100
Quick Functions
When you click a variable in the dataset, a number of icons appear to the
far right. One of them is the
icon. If you click this icon, you can
select among the following quick functions:
•
•
•
•
Index
Chi-squared
Skewness
Correlation...
If you select one of these functions, an analyse function, including the
variable you clicked on, is automatically created. The analyse function is
listed under the original variable in the data set.
Above you can read more about index. Below the other quick functions are
briefly described.
Chi-squared
Used in order to measure whether or not the distribution corresponds to the
expected. In the expression, each answer option's expected percentage of
the answers are specified.
Example: For a variable (var1) with the answer options 1-5, the following
distribution was expected:
1: 8%
2: 23%
3: 38%
4: 24%
5: 7%
In this case, the expression is written like this:
chisquare(var1,8,23,38,24,7)
If the actual distribution corresponds exactly to the expected, the function
will return the value 0. The higher value, the more the actual distribution
differs from the expected.
Skewness
Used in order to measure whether or not the distribution is asymmetric, i.e.
if the main part of the answers is concentrated to the left (positive
skewness) or to the right (negative skewness), when displayed in a column
chart.
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For example, the function will return a positive value with this distribution...
...while the distribution below will return a negative value.
The expression in the function is written like this for the variable var1:
skewness(var1)
Correlation
Used in order to measure the correlation between two variables. The
function will return a value between -1 (negative correlation) and +1 (positive
correlation). If the correlation is 0, there is no correlation between the
variables.
Example: You have carried out a survey where the respondents were asked
to state their income, savings and consumption per month. When analysing
the result, you want to investigate whether or not there is a correlation
between income and savings, and consumption and savings, respectively.
To compare the variable Income (var1) to the variable Savings (var2), the
expression is written like this:
correl(var1,var2)
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In this example, the function returned a positive value. Thus, it was possible
to say that there was a positive correlation between income and savings, i.e.
the higher the income, the higher the savings.
However, the function returned a negative value when the variable
Consumption was compared to the variable Savings. Thus, there was a
negative correlation, i.e. the higher the consumption, the lower the savings.
Text Analysis
Those who have the plug-in SR-Advanced Report have the possibility to
create text analysis variables. In the report, a text analysis variable shows
the frequency of words, or categories of words, in the answers given to text
variables, i.e. text questions, blank options and comments.
Create Text Analysis Variable
1. In the data set tree structure, you expand the question containing
the text variable
2. Click the text variable to select it
3. Click the
icon in the right part of the window to open the
pop-up window Text Analysis
4. Type a Title under the Basic Information tab
5. Click OK. Before doing that, you can edit the variable, please refer
to Edit Text Analysis Variable below.
Edit Text Analysis Variable
1. In the data set tree structure, you expand the question containing
the text variable
2. Click the text variable to select it
3. Click the
icon in the right part of the window to open the
pop-up window Text Analysis
4. Edit the variable, using the five tabs described below
5. Click OK
Basic Information
Enter a Title for the variable. Select next to Return whether the variable will
show the frequency of Words or Categories. In the Max Results field, you
enter the maximal number of words/categories to present the frequency of.
Another way to limit the maximum number of words/categories to show is to
enter a desired number in the Min Count field. Words/categories appearing
fewer times will not be shown in the report.
In the drop down lists in the right part of the window, you can import socalled category lists, conversion lists and exclusion lists. Please refer to the
sections Categories, Conversions, Exclusions and Lists below.
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Words
Under this tab, all the words that the respondents have written in their
answers are presented, and also how many times each word appears
(Count). If you have created categories, you can see in the right column if
the word belongs to a category, and if so, what category. Read more in the
section Categories below. In the column to the far left, the word is
symbolized by a grey or a colored square. The colors have the following
meanings:
Conversion - a rule has been created that convert several words to this
collective term. Click the word to see, in the right part of the window, which
words are included. Read more in the section Conversions below.
Word that has been converted - this word is part of a conversion, and
appears in the list only if the check box Show conversion parts has been
marked. Click the word to see, in the right part of the window, which
conversion it is part of.
Word that has been excluded - a rule has been created that excludes
this word, i.e. prevents it from appearing in the result. This word appears in
the list only if the check box Show exclusions has been marked. Read more
in the section Exclusions below.
You can sort the list, e.g. in alphabetical order or by count, by clicking any of
the column headings. In the list, 100 words are displayed in each page. To
toggle between the pages, use the buttons at the bottom of the page.
There are different ways to toggle between the pages:
•
Click the desired page number
•
Move one page back or forward using the
•
Go to the first or last page using the
and
and
buttons
buttons
Categories
Instead of presenting the frequency of individual words, you can choose to
present the frequency of categories of words. This choice is made under the
Basic Information tab.
You can create the categories while editing the text analysis variable, but
you can also import a so-called category list, to the variable. A category list
contains a number of categories that have been defined and saved in order
to be used generally in the program. Read more about on how to create and
import category lists in the Lists section below.
Creating Categories
There are two ways to create categories: under the Words tab and under
the Categories tab.
Alternative 1 - to create a category under the Words tab:
1. In the list, select the words that shall belong to the category by
clicking them. In the right part of the window, you can see which
words you have selected.
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2. Enter a name for the category in the Category field
3. Click the Create Rule button below the Category field
Alternative 2 - to create a category under the Categories tab:
1. Enter a name for the category in the Category field
2. In the field below, define which words to be included in the category
by entering a Regular expression. Below you find some examples.
3. Click the Create button
Example: You want the words "London", "Birmingham" and "Manchester" to
belong to the category "English Cities". The regular expression shall then be
written like this:
^(london|birmingham|manchester)$
The expression begins with the ^ character and ends with the $ character.
Within the parentheses you write the words, separated by a vertical bar (the
| character). The expression is not case sensitive, i.e. it matches words
regardless of whether they contain upper-case or lower-case letters. You
find more examples of how to write an expression under the Regular
expressions heading below.
Editing and Deleting Categories
The categories that have been created can be edited under the Categories
tab. In the left-hand list, you click the category to edit. Make the desired
changes in the Regular expressions field and click the Update button.
In the example above, we can add more cities by typing them within the
parentheses, separated by vertical bars:
^(london|birmingham|manchester|liverpool|newcastle|nottingham)$
You find more examples of how to write an expression under the Regular
expressions heading below.
You can also add more words to an existing category under the Words tab:
1. In the list, select the words that should be added to the category by
clicking them. In the right part of the window, you can see which
words you have selected.
2. Enter the existing category's name in the Category field
3. Click the Create Rule button below the Category field
To delete a category, select it in the left-hand list and click the Delete
button.
Conversions
Converting words means to merge several words into a new word. For
example, you may want to present the frequency of all words containing a
certain root word, including different endings and compound words. You can
also create conversions that cover misspellings and alternative spellings of
a word. A conversion can be part of a category.
You can create the conversions while editing the text analysis variable, but
you can also import a so-called conversion list, to the variable. A conversion
list contains a number of conversions that have been defined and saved in
order to be used generally in the program. Read more about on how to
create and import conversion lists in the Lists section below.
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Creating Conversions
There are two ways to create conversions: under the Words tab and under
the Conversions tab.
Alternative 1 - to create a conversion under the Words tab:
1. In the list, select the words that shall be converted to a new word
by clicking them. In the right part of the window, you can see which
words you have selected.
2. Enter a name for the conversion in the New Word field
3. Click the Create Rule button below the New Word field
Alternative 2 - to create a conversion under the Conversions tab:
1. Enter a name for the conversion in the New Word field
2. In the field below, define which words shall be converted into the
new word, by entering a Regular expression. Below you find some
examples.
3. Click the Create button
Example: You want all words beginning with "customer", e.g. "customers",
customer's" and "customer-friendly" to be converted to the new word
"Customer". The regular expression shall then be written like this:
^customer
The expression is not case sensitive, i.e. it matches words regardless of
whether they contain upper-case or lower-case letters. You find more
examples of how to write an expression under the Regular expressions
heading below.
Editing and Deleting Conversions
The conversions that have been created can be edited under the
Conversions tab. In the left-hand list, you click the conversion to edit. Make
the desired changes in the Regular expressions field and click the Update
button.
You find examples of how to write an expression under the Regular
expressions heading below.
You can also add more words to an existing conversion under the Words
tab:
1. In the list, select the words that should be added to the conversion
by clicking them. In the right part of the window, you can see which
words you have selected.
2. Enter the existing conversion's name in the New Word field
3. Click the Create Rule button below the New Word field
To delete a conversion, select it in the left-hand list and click the Delete
button.
Exclusions
If you choose, under the Basic Information tab, to present the frequency of
words (instead of categories), you are probably not interested in seeing the
frequency of common words like "the", "of" and "to". By creating Exclusions,
you can make sure that such words are hidden.
You can create the exclusions while editing the text analysis variable, but
you can also import a so-called exclusion list, to the variable. An exclusion
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list contains a number of exclusions that have been defined and saved in
order to be used generally in the program. Read more about on how to
create and import exclusion lists in the Lists section below.
Creating Exclusions
There are two ways to create exclusions: under the Words tab and under
the Exclusions tab.
Alternative 1 - to create an exclusion under the Words tab:
1. It is recommended that you sort the list by frequency. Click the
Count heading to have the most common word at the top of the list.
2. In the list, select the words to be excluded by clicking them. In the
right part of the window, you can see which words you have
selected.
3. Click the Create Rule button below the Exclusion heading
Alternative 2 - to create an exclusion under the Exclusions tab:
1. In the field to the right, define which words shall be excluded by
entering a Regular expression. Below you find some examples.
2. Click the Create button
Example: You want the words "the", "of", "to", "and", "a", "in", "is", "it", "you"
and "that" to be excluded. The regular expression shall then be written like
this:
^(the|of|to|and|a|in|is|it|you|that)$
The expression begins with the ^ character and ends with the $ character.
Within the parentheses you write the words, separated by a vertical bar (the
| character). The expression is not case sensitive, i.e. it matches words
regardless of whether they contain upper-case or lower-case letters. You
find more examples of how to write an expression under the Regular
expressions heading below.
Editing and Deleting Exclusions
The exclusions that have been created can be edited under the Exclusions
tab. In the left-hand list, you click the exclusion to edit. Make the desired
changes in the Regular expressions field and click the Update button.
You find examples of how to write an expression under the Regular
expressions heading below.
You can also add more words to an existing exclusion under the Words tab:
1. In the list, select the words to be added to the exclusion by clicking
them. In the right part of the window, you can see which words you
have selected.
2. Click the Create Rule button below the Exclusion heading
To delete an exclusion, select it in the left-hand list and click the Delete
button.
Lists
If you often make the same categorizations, conversions and exclusions in
your text analyses, you can create lists that can be imported and applied
each time you edit a text analysis variable. You can create category lists,
conversion lists and exclusion lists, and let each list contain one or more
definitions of the categorization, conversion or exclusion to be done.
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Creating and Editing List
The lists can be created and edited under Administration > Text Analysis
where you find tabs for Category Lists, Conversion Lists and Exclusion
Lists. Please refer to these sections for more information.
While editing a text analysis variable, you can also save the definitions you
have made for the variable, as a list. Under the tabs Categories,
Conversions and Exclusions, you find the button Save list, that you click
after entering a Name in the field above. The list is saved and can now be
imported to other text analysis variables. You can also edit it under
Administration > Text Analysis.
Import List
While editing a text analysis variable, you can import the created lists and
apply them on the variable in question. Under the Basic Information tab, you
find a drop down list under each of the headings Category List, Conversion
List and Exclusion List. The lists can also be imported under the three tabs
Categories (category lists), Conversions (conversion lists) and Exclusions
(exclusion lists). Select the desired list in the drop down list, and click the
Import List button.
The lists' definitions are now imported, and can be found under the
corresponding tab where you can edit them or delete them.
Regular Expressions
Above you find a description on how to create categories, conversions and
exclusions. This is easiest done under the Words tab, but if you want to
make more advanced definitions you can go to the corresponding tab and
write a so-called regular expression. In a regular expression, different
characters are used to search for words and phrases in a text. Below you
find (in bold) some examples of how to write regular expressions.
red - matches all words containing "red", e.g. "red", "redirect", "offered" and
"credentials"
The ^ character marks the beginning of the word:
^red - matches all words beginning with "red", e.g. "red" and "redirect"
The $ character marks the ending of the word:
red$ - matches all words ending with "red", e.g. "red" and "offered"
The ^ and $ characters can be combined to match whole words:
^red$ - matches the exact word "red"
The | character is used to separate two options:
red|green- matches all words containing "red" or "green", e.g. "red",
"credentials", "green" and "evergreens"
Parentheses ( ) are used to group options to be combined with other
characters:
^(red|green) - matches all words beginning with "red" or "green", e.g. "red",
"redirect", "green" and" "greenest"
(red|green)$ - matches all words ending with "red" or "green", e.g. "offered"
and "evergreen"
^(red|green)$ - matches the exact words "red" and "green"
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Parentheses can also be used inside a word to allow two alternative
spellings:
^cent(er|re)$ - matches the exact words "center" and "centre"
Search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with the ^ and $ characters:
^good quality$ - matches the exact phrase "good quality"
Hierarchy variables
A hierarchy variable is used in hierarchy reports where it controls how the
respondents' data is filtered in different levels. Through this variable the
viewer can make comparisons between different groups of respondents.
The viewer regulates the filter using the selection lists in the introduction of
the report.
A hierarchy variable is built according to three principles:
•
It can be built consisting of the respondent categories connected to
the survey. For example if you use the respondent categories age
(younger, middle, older), and gender (man, woman), you can form
a hierarchy variable with the order age - gender. Consequently the
reader can use the selection lists to get the results from younger
women at one moment, just to switch and display the result of
middle aged men. The reader could also compare the result from
the younger women to the result of all women regardless of age, or
the aggregated result from all respondents.
If we switch the order in the hierarchy variable to gender - age, the
reader can compare the result from all younger women to all
women regardless of age, or the aggregated result from all
respondents.
•
A hierarchy variable can consist of one single respondent category
which, in turn, consists of sub-categories in different levels. The
hierarchy variable is in that case automatically created under the
data set when such respondent category is connected to the
survey. For example, the category Professions can initially be
divided into profession areas. There after the profession areas can
be divided into smaller profession groups etc.
•
A third alternative is to combine one or several respondent
categories (also sub-categories) with variables (answers) from the
data set. An example of such a hierarchy variable is organisation 1
- organisation 2 - gender or organisation level 1 - organisation level
2 - profession category.
Creating a hierarchy variable
1. Click the button Add... in the lower left corner, and select the option
Add hierarchy variable in the menu. There is no limit regarding how
many hierarchy variables you can use in a report. Every hierarchy
variable could generate a new set of selection lists in the beginning
of the report, depending on how you use it.
2. Name the hierarchy variable.
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3. Mark the checkbox Apply all filters on the hierarchy selection lists
in the report if you want the access to the survey respondent data
to be limited by sub-report filter and the respondent filter of the
report reader.
4.
under the tab Variables, you add as many
levels as you wish. For each level you select a variable, a
respondent category or a sub-category from the data set of the
report. Read more about how to edit the separate level in the
following section, Editing a hierarchy variable.
Editing a hierarchy variable
1. Click the pen icon
to the right of the hierarchy variable name
beneath the data set of the report.
2. Mark the checkbox Apply all filters on the hierarchy selection lists
in the report if you want the access to the survey respondent data
to be limited by sub-report filters and the respondent filter of the
report reader.
3.
under the tab Variables, you add as many
levels as you wish. For each level you select a variable, a
respondent category or a sub-category from the data set of the
report.
4. To edit a separate level:
1.
for the level in the hierarchy you
would like to edit. This gives you access to two tabs;
Properties and DataSet Links.
2. Under Properties you enter how many respondent
answers that are required within the respondent category
to show data. This applies to each group recounted in the
label list below.
3. If you have more than one data set in the report, click
the tab DataSet Links. The respondent
categories/variables you use in your hierarchy variable
needs to be connected to their counterpart in the other
data sets.
If you only have one data set in the report, skip step 4.4
to 4.8 and read further at step 4.9.
4. Under the heading for intended data set, click the pen icon
to the right of the text No match for this variable or to
the right of the present links/ present variable.
5. The top tab shows which defined links between
respondent categories that are available. Mark the ones
you want to use for this particular level in your hierarchy
variable, if you want to any. If you enter more than one
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definition, their links are added up to a unified definition.
The definition of links is made under Administration >
Respondents > Respondent Attributes > Respondent
category links.
6. If you want match the level to a variable or a single
respondent category instead, you choose the bottom tab
Variable.
7. Select the wanted variable (a respondent category or
answer) from the intended data set.
8. Note that if the report contains three or more data sets,
you enter defined links/matches under every data set
heading.
9. If you want to edit more levels, click Back.
, as you can see on respective level in your
hierarchy variable, works as a shortcut to the tab, DataSet
Links.
5. You can change the order of the levels in your hierarchy variable by
pressing and holding the left mouse button in the same time as you
drag a level to its new position.
6. Using the icon
you can delete levels in your hierarchy variable.
7. Under the tab Preview, you can test how the selection list will work
in the report and how the report reader filters the respondent data
by using the lists.
8. End the editing of the hierarchy variable by clicking OK.
Delete a hierarcy variable
1.
to the right of the hierarchy variable name
under the data set of the report.
Report Content
When you create a report you select a report template that determines how
the report will be presented. This menu lets you adjust the content
according to your needs and wishes.
The report content is made up of the following components:
•
Report item - keeps text, charts and tables that illustrate a certain
question or area together
If you would like to dispose the report in another way is easily done
by reordering the report items (see below). At the report generation,
one report item is automatically created for each survey question.
You are also able to create report items manually.
•
Section - marks if the text/table/chart takes up the entire width or
half the width of the report item
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By splitting a section in two columns it is possible to present two
elements (objects) next to each other.
represents an empty section that can be
converted to text/a table/a chart.
•
Element - a generic term for charts, tables, hybrid elements or text
Every section can be converted to one of these.
Report Items
When the report is generated, a report item for each question is created at
the same time.
At the top of the first page in the report, a report item with the survey name
as heading will be inserted. The report item also contains information about
the Number of respondents, Number of responses and Response rate. All
the content is placed in a text element and can be edited, see Editing text
elements below.
Adding Report Items
If necessary, you can add additional report items. This can be done in two
ways:
Alternative 1: Create a new, empty report item
1. Search the report item that you to want place the new item over or
under.
2. The buttons
and
to the right of the chosen report
item mean that you add a report item above respective below the
existing report item. Click one of the buttons.
3. When a new report item has been created it contains a single
empty section. See Adding sections if you would like to have more
than one element in the report item. See Inserting elements for
converting the section to text/a table/a chart.
Alternative 2: Create a new report item by selecting a variable from the
data set of the report
When you create a report, a data set is formed at the same time. The
answers to a question in the survey are gathered as a variable in this data
set. Other variables included in the data set are for example any respondent
categories connected to the survey, and respondent language (if the survey
is multilingual).
1. Click the button Add additional items... in the lower right corner of
the page. A pop-up window opens.
2. In the left part of the window, under the heading Available Items,
you mark the check box next to the question you would like to
insert. If you would like to insert a variable which is not a question,
you mark the check box next to its heading, e.g. Respondent
Categories.
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3. In the right part of the window, under the heading Selected Items,
you make sure that the check box next to the desired variable is
marked. If you have marked a matrix question under Available
Items, you expand the subquestions under Selected Items to view
their variables and decide which to include. Matrix questions also
contains a variable where all answers from all subquestions in the
matrix are included.
4. Click OK. The report item is created with the content which is
defined in the report template, and is inserted at the bottom of the
report.
Copying Report Items
The report items can be copied, which can be useful if you want to present a
question in two different ways and under different headings.
1. Click the button
to copy.
to the right of the report item you would like
and is used to cancel the copying.
Two paste buttons,
report item.
and
are shown next to each
2. Select the report item underneath/above which you like to paste
your copy.
3. Click
item.
in order to paste the copy above the selected report
Click
item.
in order to paste the copy under the selected report
An identical copy of the original report item is inserted.
Reordering Report Items
If necessary, you can move the report items and present them in a different
order.
1. Click the Reorder button in the lower left corner of the page. The
different report items are shown as large icons.
2. When you draw the normal cursor over a report item it turns into a
move cursor alternatively a hand cursor. Press down the left mouse
button and drag the report item into its new place.
3. Click the Reorder button again to go back to the normal mode.
Removing Report Items
1. Click on
in order to remove the report item. Confirm your
choice by clicking OK.
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Sections
Adding Sections
In order to be able to insert a new element (a chart, table, hybrid, or text)
you first need to add a new section.
1. Click on an existing empty section, or an existing element, and
select Add new above or Add new below in the menu that appears.
A new section is inserted.
represents the empty section.
Splitting in two Columns
If you want two elements, for instance a table and a chart, to appear side by
side in the report, you can divide a section into two columns.
1. Click an empty section and select Split in two columns in the menu
that appears. The section is now comprised of two parts where
elements can be inserted.
2. If you change your mind and would like to have one column again,
you click the section and select Merge columns.
Reordering Sections
If necessary, you can move the sections within the report item, and present
them in a different order.
1. Click the
button in the right part of the report item. All
sections inside the report item are marked with a blue upper
border.
2. When you draw the cursor over the blue upper border of a section
the normal cursor turns into a move cursor alternatively a hand
cursor. Press down the left mouse button and drag the section
upwards or downwards into its new place.
3. Click the
button again to go back to the normal mode.
Removing Sections
It is only possible to remove empty sections. If an element has been
inserted into the section, you first need to remove it, see Removing
elements below.
1.
and select Remove. Confirm by
clicking OK.
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Elements
Element is an umbrella term for tables, charts, hybrids, and text. The tables
and charts let you present the results, whereas the text elements are used
for commenting on and explaining the result.
Inserting Elements
In order to insert a new element (a table, chart, hybrid, or text) you need to
start from a section. (See Adding sections above, if needed.)
1.
and select Add text item, Add
table item, Add chart item, or Add hybrid element from the shown
menu. You will automatically get to the edit mode for this element,
see Editing Elements below.
Editing Elements
You can read about editing under:
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Report Content > Editing tables
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Report Content > Editing charts
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Report Content > Editing hybrid elements
For Text elements the edit mode consists of an editor where you can write
and format text as well as insert images and links. Click on Save when you
have finished.
Removing Elements
1. Click the element and select Remove in the shown menu. Confirm
by clicking OK.
Editing Tables
When you are in edit mode, the interface is divided into: Settings, Limits,
Series, Background series, Filter series and Preview.
Under Settings you can enter a Title, if you want one to be displayed above
the table. You can also open an interface that lets you format the title by
clicking on the
icon. The Type drop down list then lets you select which
type of table you wish to use. See the sections on Frequency tables,
Statistical tables, Data tables and Change below for more information on the
different types of tables and their settings.
Under Limits you enter how many answers are required in order to show the
variable (the result of a question) in this table. It gives you the possibility to
differ from the report default.
Series and Background series let you select which question or questions
are to be presented in the table, and Filter series lets you select which
respondents' answers will be displayed. See Series, Background
series and Filter series below for more information.
Under Preview you get an instant preview of the changes you make.
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Click on Save to confirm the changes or Cancel if you wish to discard them
and return to the overview mode.
Frequency Tables
If you wish to create a frequency table, select Frequency in the Type drop
down list under Settings. The following results can be displayed in the
frequency table:
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Number of responses
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Distribution (%)
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Cumulated number of responses
•
Cumulated distribution (%)
Select which results are to be displayed in the table by ticking the
corresponding check boxes in the Fields section.
Summation mode lets you select the settings that apply to cross tabulations
where the Distribution or Cumulated distribution is presented. The cross
tabulation displays the sum of each row and column, as well as the sum
total in the bottom right corner. The setting determines where the
distribution sum is to be displayed as 100 %; in the sum for
each Column, Row or the Total. In order to make a cross tabulation you
need to add a background series, see Series below. Below you will also find
information on how to display a summation column to the right of the cross
tabulation.
Specify the Number of decimal digits used in the table.
Statistical Tables
To create a statistical table, select Statistical in the Type drop down list
under Settings. The following results can be displayed in a statistical table:
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Min
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Max
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Mean
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Median
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Lower quartile
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Upper quartile
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Standard deviation
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Coefficient of variation
Select which results are to be displayed in the table by clicking the
corresponding check boxes in the Fields section.
Specify the Number of decimal digits used in the table.
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Data Tables
This type of table is suitable for presenting variables where the respondent
has given textual answers, for instance to Text field questions, blank answer
options ("If other, please specify") or for comments. Select Data in Type the
drop down list under Settings to create a list of this kind.
You can specify how many answers are to be displayed in the report. If the
number you select is lower than the total number of answers available, the
number of displayed answers compared with the total number of available
answers will be displayed below the table.
Change Tables
In SR-Advanced Report, you can also select the table type Change. This
table type is used to show how the result of a question has changed from
one survey to another. The table type requires at least one series and one
background series. Please see the section Reports > Dataset on how to
create and set up so-called Compare data set, where two or more surveys
with corresponding questions are linked together. This needs to be done
before you create a change table.
A change table is only displaying changes in the arithmetical mean value.
This means if you compare questions without sub questions in a report e.g.
Single-Choice or Multiple-Choice questions, only the arithmetical means of
the cumulated answers will be compared and you will get a table similar to
the following.
If you instead compare questions with sub questions, you have the
possibility to display the comparison of the arithmetical mean of each
particular sub question separately in the table. Either you edit an existing
table or you create a new one, as described below.
Click on a box and then on Edit new above/Edit new below, depending on
where you want to insert the table. After that click on the new box and
on Add table item. In the editing view choose a caption and the survey
type Change in the selection box below.
On the right under the heading Series click the Add button, to add the
respective variable to your table. In the window that opens, choose the
tab Compare on the right, extend the desired question with the plus icon and
mark the check boxes of all sub questions you want to add to the
comparison. Click on OK.
Now you add the background series as comparison criteria to your table.
Click on Add under the heading Background Series. In the window that
opens, choose the tab Compare on the right. Extend the first shown
variable, Background variable: Dataset, and click OK. After this step the
answers in the table are filtered according to the different datasets and it
displays the changes within the different sub questions for the several
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You will then get a table similar to the following:
A change table is only displaying changes in the arithmetical mean.
In the table, arrow are used to show the changes. From the start you have
these three arrows:
A green arrow, 45 degrees upwards, to show an increase of the mean
value by more than 0.5
0.5
A blue, horizontal arrow to show a change of the mean value less than
A red arrow, 45 degrees downwards, to show a decrease of the mean
value by more than 0.5
You can mark the Visible check box next to Arrow description to show a
description below the table of what the different arrows stand for.
Specify the Number of decimal digits used in the table.
Editing Arrows
You can edit the colour and angle of the arrows, and decide if they should
be used to show an increase, a decrease or a change within a given range.
Select a colour by clicking the coloured square, or by entering the colour
code.
Enter a value for the angle of the arrow. The value 0 gives a horizontal
arrow, a positive value gives an arrow pointing upwards and a negative
value gives an arrow pointing downwards. For example, the value -90 gives
a vertical arrow pointing downwards.
In the Type selection list, you select if the arrow should display an increase,
a decrease or a change within a range. In the field below, specify the
conditions for when the arrow should be displayed. For increases and
decreases, enter a value that the increase/decrease should exceed.
If Range is selected, enter a range that the change should be within. Ensure
that there are no “gaps”, i.e. that there are no values not covered by the
conditions. If this is the case, the value itself will be displayed in the table
instead of an arrow.
Adding and Removing Arrows
If you want to have more arrows, e.g. to show increases or decreases of
different degrees, you click the Add arrow button. When you have added the
arrow, it can be edited as described above.
To remove an arrow, you click the
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Series
When you create a report, a data set is created where the questions from
the survey are converted into so-called variables. A survey question can
comprise several variables.
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The question itself
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A blank answer option
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Comments, if a comment field was included in the question.
The variables can be processed in several different ways, see the Data
set section for more information. When a variable is presented visually in a
report it is called a series.
When the report was created, each survey question comprised a report
item, and the variables of the question were inserted to the elements in the
report items. They are listed under Series and are named Series 1, Series 2
and so on. If the
in the table.
check box is ticked, the series is active and displayed
Settings for Series
When you click the
arrow the series is expanded and the following
headings are displayed:
Source - the question that is the series' source. By clicking on
you
open the pop-up window Edit variable where you can change the wording of
the question title as well as its answer options. Make the changes directly in
the fields provided and confirm by clicking OK.
Title - here you can edit the title that is displayed in the top left corner of the
table. Click on
to format the text.
Labels
•
Tick the check box next to the answer options you wish to display
in the table. Tick the check box at Select All to mark/unmark all
check boxes.
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In addition you are able to use the labels (Not-answered) and
(Answered). These labels are the complement of each other and
aggregated correspond to the number of respondents who have
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The label (Not-answered) refers to the respondents who
have answered the survey but have left this certain
question unanswered.
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The label (Answered) refers to the respondents who have
answered the question. The difference between the label
(Answered) and the row Total is that the later only add up
the result of the answer alternatives displayed in the table.
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Adding Series
If you wish to present more questions in connection with the table you click
the Add... button. This will open a window that displays all the survey
questions in a tree structure. Click on the plus icon next to a question to
expand it. If you expand a matrix question, all of its subquestions will be
displayed. The subquestions can also be expanded. Further down, a list of
any respondent categories that have been connected to the survey is
displayed and, if the survey is multilingual, also the
variable Multilingual > Respondent languages. You can click on
to
expand the entire tree structure. All of a question's variables are displayed
under each question. Mark the check box next to the variable you wish to
add. At the bottom left of the page, you also select whether the variables are
to be added to all elements in the Report item or just to the Current element.
Click OK. The new series will be displayed in the list and in a new table that
is displayed below the existing one in the preview. Each series is thus
presented in a separate table.
Background Series
It is possible to cross tabulate a question with a different question in a cross
table. You add the cross tabulation question under background series in a
process that works the same way as was described in Adding series above.
When you have added a series, it is displayed in the list, and the table
under Preview is updated and now displays a cross table.
General Background Series
When you click on Report content, a page is displayed with an overview of
the content as well as the Manage background series button. Click this
button to add a general background series that will then be used for all
questions. This means you do not have to add it for each individual report
item.
In the window that opens, all the survey's questions are displayed in a tree
structure. Click on the plus sign next to a question to expand it. If you
expand a matrix question, all its subquestions will be displayed. The
subquestions can also be expanded. Further down you will find a list of any
respondent categories that have been connected to the survey and, if the
survey is multilingual, also the variable Multilingual > Respondent
languages. You can click on
to expand the entire tree. Under each
question and respondent category, all its respective variables are displayed.
Mark the check box next to the variable you wish to use as a general
background series in the report. It will then be added as a background
series in all the tables and charts in the report, and it will be marked as
active.
If you no longer wish to use the general background series, click on Manage
background series again and select No general background series. The
background series will then be deactivated for all tables and charts.
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Settings for Background Series
Source - the question that is the series' source. By clicking on
you
open the pop-up window Edit variable where you can change the wording of
the question title and the answer options. Make the changes directly in the
fields provided and confirm by clicking OK.
Title - here you can edit the title that will be displayed as a heading for the
columns in the cross table. Click on
to format the text.
Labels
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Tick the check box next to the answer options you wish to display
as columns in the cross table. Tick the check box at Select All to
mark/unmark all check boxes.
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In addition you are able to use the labels (Not-answered) and
(Answered). These labels are the complement of each other and
aggregated correspond to the number of respondents who have
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The label (Empty) means that you can let the respondents
that have left a certain question unanswered form a group
which you can study when it comes to another question.
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The label (Total) refers to the group of respondents that
has answered a certain question. This group could also be
studied separately when it comes to another question.
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Settings - by ticking the check box next to Include summation column you
add a column with the heading Total on the far right in the cross table. It
adds up all columns to the left.
Filter Series
The Distribution and subreports menu lets you create so-called subreports,
e.g. reports that only display the answers from selected respondents. A
subreport filters the entire report with all its questions, but you can also use
series to filter individual tables and charts. If you, for instance only want to
display answers from females, you can use the Sex variable as a filter
series.
You add the variables you want to use for filtering under Filter series. Follow
the instructions under Adding series, above, to do this.
Settings for Filter Series
Source - by clicking
you open the Edit variable pop-up window which
lets you change the wording of the question title and its answer options.
Make the changes directly in the field provided and confirm with OK.
Title - this field is not used for Filter series.
Labels
•
Select what you want to display by marking the check boxes for the
options of your choice. Tick the check box at Select All to
mark/unmark all check boxes. If you, for instance, only want to
display answers from women, you unmark the check box at Male
and leave the check box at Female as it is.
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In addition you are able to use the labels (Not-answered) and
(Answered). These labels are the complement of each other and
aggregated correspond to the number of respondents who have
answered the survey.
•
The label (Not-answered) means that you can let the
respondents that have left a certain question unanswered
be filtered out from the result of another question.
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The label (Answered) means that you can let the
respondents that have answered a certain question be
filtered out from the result of another question.
Editing charts
The chart edit mode provides you with an interface that has been divided
into the following sections: Chart settings, Limits, Axes, Series, Background
series, Filter series and Preview.
Under Series and Background series you determine which question or
questions are to be presented in the chart, and under Filter series you
specify which respondents' answers are to be displayed. See the sections
on Series, Background series and Filter series below for more information.
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Under Preview at the bottom of the page you get an instant preview of any
changes you make.
Click on Save to confirm the changes, or Cancel if you wish to discard them
and return to overview mode without saving.
Chart Types
To select a chart type, expand the question under Series by clicking
.
Then select a type in the Chart type drop down list. Several questions can
be inserted into the chart (see the section on Series for more information).
After you have done this, select a Chart type for the first series (from the
top) that has been marked as active
. In some cases it is possible to
select a different chart type for other series, for instance a Bar chart can be
used together with a Line chart. The symbol to the left of Chart type decides
if the chart type you select will change at the same time on any other series:
. Click the symbol to change the mode.
Select a Chart type in the drop down list. The chart types have been divided
into the following groups:
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Bar and column charts
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Line charts
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Pie and doughnut charts
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Area charts
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Point charts
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Accumulation charts
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Circular charts
After you have selected a Chart type, specific settings for that type are
displayed. To the left of certain settings you find a symbol that decides if the
, or
. Click the symbol to change the mode.
One setting that needs to be specified for all chart types is the Label. You
need to select whether labels are to be displayed in the chart and, if so,
what they are to display:
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None
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Percentage
•
Value
•
Label (denomination)
•
Value and percentage
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Label and value
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Label and percentage
•
Label, value and percentage
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The different charts types and their settings are presented below.
Bar Charts and Column Charts
You need to select the following settings for the different chart types in this
group:
Style - determines the appearance of the bars
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Cylinder
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Emboss
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Wedge
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Light to dark
Bar Chart
Stacked Bar Chart
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Column Chart
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Line Charts
In addition to a label, you need to select the following settings for this group
of charts:
Width: the line width in pixels (1-10)
Tension (only for Splines) is specified as a value between 0 and 2
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Step Line Chart
Pie and Doughnut Charts
These chart types let you specify the following settings:
Style - determines the chart design
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Default
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Soft Edge - 3D effect
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Concave - 3D effect
Explode - can be used to highlight a sector by exploding it from the chart.
Click on the arrow to the right of Explode and select which sector or sectors
are to be exploded.
Collect (only available for Pie of pie and Doughnut of doughnut) - specify a
percentage between 1 and 50. Sectors that are smaller (e.g. occupy a lower
percentage of the whole) than the specified percentage will be displayed in
the secondary chart.
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Label style - If you have specified that labels are to be displayed, you also
need to determine where the labels are to be placed.
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Inside - inside the sector
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Outside - outside the sector
Pie Chart
Pie of Pie Chart
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Doughnut of Doughnut Chart
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For this group, there is only one specific setting and it only applies to Spline
area charts:
Tension is specified as a value between 0 and 2.
Area Chart
Stacked Area Chart
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For this group there are no specific settings available.
Point Chart
Bubble Chart
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There are no specific settings available for this group.
Pyramid Chart
Funnel Chart
Circular Charts
The following settings are available for this type of charts:
Style - how the variables are to be displayed
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Area - the area delimited by the line is filled
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Line - a line without markers
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Marker - a line with markers on the axes
Area style - the appearance of the chart background
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Circular
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Polygon
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Label style - the orientation of the labels at the end point of the axis, if you
specified that labels are to be displayed (this was done under Axes)
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Circular
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Radial
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Horizontal
Radar Chart
Chart Settings
•
Enter a Title if you want to display one above the chart.
•
The Legend lets you specify whether or not to display an
explanation for what the different colours of the chart symbolize.
You can choose to Disable the function, or to display the legend at
the Top, or at the Bottom, on the Right, or on the Left. The colours
in the chart is defined in the report theme. If you want to decide
yourself which colours to use in the chart, you mark the check box
at Enable custom palette, and click the Palette button. Select a
colour by clicking the coloured rectangle or by entering a colour
code.
Click the
colours.
button if you want to reset the palette to its original
•
By ticking the check box Allow automatic layout
improvements you ascertain that the program automatically
makes certain changes to improve the layout of the chart. The
changes can for instance be: moving the Legend to a more suitable
place, converting large numbers into thousands or shortening long
labels.
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Type lets you select what to display in the
chart: Frequency (number of responses) or Mean. Here you can
also select the specific chart type Positioning Map (see below).
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The Percentage Mode setting applies to charts that contain a
background series, and where you have chosen to show
Percentage as labels in the chart. The setting determines on which
level the summation of the percentage values should be
100%: Columns, Rows or Total.
•
Specify the Number of decimal digits used for the labels of the
chart.
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If you select Reversed at Data Order, the answer options will be
displayed in reverse order.
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By marking the Switched check box next to Rows/Cols, you move
data from the X-axis to the Y-axis, and vice versa. This is useful in
charts where you have a primary series and a background series.
You can then switch places of the series and display the
background series, instead of the primary series, on the X-axis. In
charts where you have only a primary series, you can mark the
check box if you want to display the question's answer options with
different colours.
•
This setting only makes a difference in the chart
types Pie and Doughnut. The colours for different answer options
are assigned to labels shown in the chart accordingly to the palette
used in the report theme. The labels that do not have any result,
i.e. no one has selected that answer option, are skipped at the
colour allocation. This could mean that when comparing two charts,
the same label is represented by different colours in the two charts,
which is delusive. By marking Yes at Show empty labels in the
legend, you avoid this situation. All labels, even those with the
result 0, will exist in the legend and will be represented by the same
colour in both charts.
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By adjusting the value specified at Aspect you can change the
proportions of the chart height and width. The available value span
is 0.2 - 4, where 1 means that the height and width are the same.
The chart width depends on the section in which it is located, and
thus takes up either the entire width of the report, or half the width
of the report.
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Mark the check box at 3D to display the chart in a 3D format.
Positioning Map
At Type under Chart Settings, you can select Positioning Map. This means
that the chart is displayed as a point chart with two value axes. You use the
positioning map to show the mean values of two related questions as one
single point in the chart.
Example: A survey contains a question where the respondents grade the
features of a product (price, quality and design), and another question
where they indicate the importance of each feature. In the chart, each
feature is displayed as a point which location is decided by the mean value
of the two questions concerning the feature's grade and importance. In the
example below, the mean value for Quality is 2.5 on the axes
showing Grade, and 4 on the axes showing Importance.
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The two questions which are to be displayed as one single point in the chart,
are added under Series and Background Series, respectively (see the
section Series below for information on how to add series). The mean value
for the question you add under Series will be displayed on the horizontal
axis, and the mean value for the question you add under Background
Series will be displayed on the vertical axis. For the program to be able to
match the questions, they must have identical names in the Title field. See
the section Settings for Series below for information on how to edit
the Title field.
Limits
Under Limits you enter how many answers are required in order to show the
variable (the result of a question) in this chart. It gives you the possibility to
differ from the report default.
Axes
Type lets you select how the scale is to be graded. The following options are
available:
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Linear (value)
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Percentage (out of 100 %)
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Logarithmic base 10
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Logarithmic base 2
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Logarithmic base e
If you tick the check box Automatic at Scale, the grades of the scale will
automatically be adjusted to include the highest value. If you do not tick the
check box you need to specify the minimum and maximum values as well as
the steps under Min, Max and Step.
If the setting Adjust automatically at Font size is activated, the font size of
the labels may be decreased automatically. If you want the labels to retain
its full font size, you unmark this check box, and if necessary also the check
box Allow automatic layout improvements under Chart Settings.
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X-Axis:
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Display labels
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Reverse axis - the X-axis is written downwards, the Y-axis goes to
the upper side of the chart
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Show advanced settings
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Title - explicating text along the X-axis
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Labels:
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Stagger - every second label is drawn to the left in order to
increase the readability
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Truncate - the labels may be truncated
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Next to the axis - concerns the chart type Positioning map
The labels of the horizontal axis are as default displayed
below the chart. By marking the check box, the labels are
displayed next to the horizontal axis instead.
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Font size - using the slider you can adjust the font size of the label
from 10 % to 200 % compared to the default size
•
Angle - if you have not marked the option Stagger you can angle
the labels
Using the slider, you set how many degrees to the right the labels
should decline. A negative amount means that the labels declines
to the left.
Y-Axis:
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Display labels
•
Allow Scale Breaks - cuts the middle part of the scale in order to
improve the readability in charts with a large difference between
high and low values (see the picture below)
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Title - explicating text along the Y-axis
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Labels:
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Stagger - every second label is drawn downwards
in order to increase the readability
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Truncate - the labels may be truncated
•
Next to the axis - concerns the chart
type Positioning map
The labels of the horizontal axis are as default
displayed below the chart. By marking the check
box, the labels are displayed next to the
horizontal axis instead.
•
Font size - using the slider you can adjust the font size of
the label from 10 % to 200 % compared to the default size
•
Angle - if you have not marked the option Stagger you can
angle the labels
Using the slider, you set how many degrees to the right
the labels should decline. A negative amount means that
the labels declines to the left.
Series
When you create a report, a data set is created where the questions from
the survey are converted into so-called Variables. A survey question can
comprise several variables.
•
The question itself
•
A blank answer option (e.g. "If other, please specify") if the
question contains one
•
Comments, if a comment field was included in the question.
The variables can also be processed and recoded in several different ways,
see the Data set section for more information. When a variable is presented
visually in a report it is called a series.
When the report was created, each survey question comprised a report
item, and the variables of the question were inserted to the elements in the
report items. They are listed under Series and are named Series 1, Series 2
and so on. If the
in the chart.
check box is ticked, the series is active and displayed
Settings for Series
When you click the
arrow the series is expanded and the following
headings are displayed:
Source - the question that is the source of the series. By clicking on
you open the pop-up window Edit variable where you can change the
wording of the question title as well as its answer options. Make the
changes directly in the fields provided and confirm your changes by
clicking OK.
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Title - here you can edit the title that is displayed as the name of the series
in the legend. Click on
to format the text.
The settings concerning each chart type are described in detail under Chart
types, above.
Labels
•
Tick the check box next to the answer options you wish to display
in the chart. Tick the check box at Select All to mark/unmark all
check boxes.
•
In addition you are able to use the labels (Not-answered) and
(Answered). These labels are the complement of each other and
aggregated correspond to the number of respondents who have
answered the survey.
•
The label (Not-answered) refers to the respondents who
have answered the survey but have left this certain
question unanswered.
•
The label (Answered) refers to the respondents who have
answered the question, regardless of which alternative
they have selected.
Adding Series
If you wish to present more questions in the chart you click
the Add... button. This will open a window that displays all the survey
questions in a tree structure. Click on the plus icon next to a question to
expand it. If you expand a matrix question, all of its subquestions will be
displayed. These can also be expanded. Further down, a list of any
respondent categories that have been connected to the survey is displayed
and, if the survey is multilingual, also the variable Multilingual > Respondent
languages. You can also click on
to expand the entire tree at once.
All the variables for each question are displayed below each question title.
Mark the check box next to the variable you wish to add. Then, at the bottom
left of the page, select whether the variable is to be added to all elements in
the Report item or just to the Current element. Click OK. The new series will
be displayed in the list and the chart will be updated to include the new
series.
You can expand the new series by clicking
. You can then select various
different settings for it. The chart type is usually determined by the first
series (from the top) that has been marked as active,
. Sometimes it is
possible to select another chart type for other series, for instance a column
chart can be combined with a line chart.
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Background Series
It is possible to cross tabulate a question with another question and display
the results in a chart. You add the question you want to use for your cross
tabulation under Background series. This is done in the same way as
described under Adding series above. When you have added a series, it is
displayed in the list, and the chart under Preview is updated. The new chart
may look like the image below.
General Background Series
When you click on Report content, a page is displayed with an overview of
the content as well as the Manage background series button. Click this
button to add a general background series that will then be used for all
questions. This means you do not have to add it for each individual report
item.
In the window that opens, all the survey's questions are displayed in a tree
structure. Click on the plus sign next to a question to expand it. If you
expand a matrix question, all its subquestions will be displayed. The
subquestions can also be expanded. Further down you will find a list of any
respondent categories that have been connected to the survey and, if the
survey is multilingual, also the variable Multilingual > Respondent
languages. You can also click on
to expand the entire tree. Under each
question and respondent category, all its respective variables are displayed.
Mark the check box next to the variable you wish to use as a general
background series in the report. It will then be added as a background
series in all the tables and charts in the report, and it will be marked as
active.
If you no longer wish to use the general background series, click on Manage
background series again and select No general background series. The
background series will then be deactivated for all tables and charts.
Settings for Background Series
Source - the question that is the series' source. By clicking on
you
open the pop-up window Edit variable where you can change the wording of
the question title and the answer options. Make the changes directly in the
fields provided and confirm by clicking OK.
Title - this field is not used for Background series.
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Labels
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Tick the check box at the answer options you wish to display in the
chart. Tick the check box at Select All to mark/unmark all check
boxes.
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In addition you are able to use the labels (Not-answered) and
(Answered). These labels are the complement of each other and
aggregated correspond to the number of respondents who have
answered the survey.
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The label (Not-answered) means that you can let the
respondents that have left a certain question unanswered
form a group which you can study when it comes to
another question.
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The label (Answered) refers to the group of respondents
that have answered a certain question. This group could
also be studied separately when it comes to another
question. In the example below displays the results of the
female respective the male to compare with the total result
regardless of gender.
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Filter Series
The Distribution and subreports menu lets you create so-called subreports,
e.g. reports that only display the answers from selected respondents. A
subreport filters the entire report with all its questions, but you can also use
series to filter individual tables and charts. If you, for instance only want to
display answers from females, you can use the Sex variable as a filter
series.
You add the variables you want to use for filtering under Filter series. Follow
the instructions under Adding series, above, to do this.
Settings for Filter Series
Source - by clicking
you open the Edit variable pop-up window which
lets you change the wording of the question title and its answer options.
Make the changes directly in the field provided and confirm by clicking OK.
Title - this field is not used for Filter series.
Labels
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Mark the selection you wish to use by ticking the appropriate check
boxes. Tick the check box at Select All to mark/unmark all check
boxes. If you, for instance, only want to display women's answers,
you unmark the check box at Male and leave the check box at
Female as it is.
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In addition you are able to use the labels (Empty) and (Total).
These labels are the complement of each other and aggregated
correspond to the number of respondents who have answered the
survey.
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The label (Not-answered) means that respondents who
have left a certain question unanswered can be filtered out
from the result of another question.
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The label (Answered) means that you can let the
respondents that have answered a certain question be
filtered out from the result of another question.
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Editing Hybrid Elements
The page for editing hybrid elements is divided into four areas; Settings,
Properties, Preview and a fourth area where you build the element structure
in rows and columns.
Settings for the hybrid element
1. Write the title of this hybrid element. Use the editor
like to format the title. (optional)
if you would
2. The different elements of a report do not have to use the same
hierarchy variable.
Click the pen icon
and choose which one of the hierarchy
variables in the data set you would like to use for this particular
element. Sometimes a hybrid element is used merely to present a
combination of table and chart. If that is the case you do not have
to choose any hierarchy variable at all.
3. Using the radio buttons at Position in hierarchy, you are able to
lock the hybrid element into a fixed position. In that case, select the
option Predefined selection below. The element will accordingly not
follow the selection in the selection lists, made by the report reader.
The Structure of the Hybrid Element
Initially the report element consists of two columns and one row. The left
column is intended for explanatory texts. In the right column you present
data, either in table or chart form.
Using the icons
wish, in the structure.
, you add as many rows and columns you
Editing a Column in the Hybrid Element
1. Click the pen icon
the column.
or the column head itself in order to edit
2. In the right part of the window, under the heading Properties, you
are able to decide both the content and the feature.
Enter for all column types:
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Column Title - a heading or text which will be written atop
of the column
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Column Type - Select if the column is to be used as
a Chart (bar chart), Table, Text, or Title. The difference
between the type Text and Title is the placement of the
text in the cell. Text means that the texts are written
bottommost, to the left in the cell while Title means that
the texts are written centred, to the right.
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Column Width - Set as a number between 0 and 100 in
relation to the width of other columns. For example, the
column width 10 for column A and 10 for column B give
the same result as the column width 20 for column A and
20 for column B.
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Format - Set if you want texts to be written in bold type and
if word wrapping is allowed.
Chart or table type columns
1. Set what kind of data the column is to contain; Frequency,
Calculations, or Analysis.
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Frequency shows how the answers to a certain question
allocates among the different options. You can choose to
show the number of answers directly or converted into
percent. The percent alternative is calculated as the
number of answers for the specific option compared to the
number of answers for all options put together.
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Calculations: You can present the sum, mean, standard
deviation, confidence interval, or coefficient of variation
calculated for a specific question.
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Analysis: In the data set you can perform other
calculations than them mentioned under Calculations. If
you want to present that kind of calculations, you
choose Analyse Function. Read more about analyse
functions on the page Data Set.
2. The checkbox Apply all report filters is premarked. If the column is
to contain answers from respondents that normally are sieved away
by the subreport or the respondent filter of the report reader, you
can make an exception from all filters for this column. For example,
if a report reader is allowed to see results from department A and
department B in the same time as you would like to show the result
of the entire company, Total will show the sum of department A and
B when the checkbox is marked. First when you take the marking
away, Total will show the entire company as you planned.
3. Choose how many decimals you want the value to show. (The
calculations of the application are made with 15 significant figures)
4. Decide what levels you want to show in the column, considering the
hierarchy position chosen as basis.
Following levels are possible:
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One level down
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Selected level
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All levels above
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One level up
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Highest level
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5. To understand the meaning of the options, look at the respondent
category with sub-categories in the picture below.
If you picture that the report reader has selected the Working team
F (marked with a white star) using the selection lists in the report,
the available choices will refer to the following result:
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One level down: Profession Category 1 under Working
team F, Profession Category 2 under Working team F
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Selected level: Working team F
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All levels above: Department 3, Unit B
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One level up: Department 3
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Highest level: Unit B
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Total: the Company
6. Choose if you would like to add an extra column for labels on the
left side of the particular column.
7. If the column is of table type, you can mark that the results of the
individual levels should be shown in rows in the cell instead of
generating one column each.
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Compare the pictures below.
In the lower example both Render as rows instead of
columns and Add a column for labels are marked.
8. Every cell in the structure has initially place for one result from the
data set. Decide if you want to add more series in every cell. To
keep them apart, you can also add an individual title.
9. Mark the corresponding checkbox if you want to:
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set axis scale 0 - 100, otherwise it is automatically
conformed to the content
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10. Decide the number of intervals. Depending on the combination of
scale and the number of interval you intend to use, the application
makes the best consideration. Example 1: The choice of scale 0 100 plus three intervals results in the scale 0 - 150 and three
intervals. Example 2: The setting 0 - 80 plus 5 intervals results in
the scale 0 - 80 and 4 intervals.
The content of the Hybrid Element
1. When you have finished the structure of the hybrid element, you
can enter what variable should be shown in respective cell when it
comes to chart or table columns. Click the button Not set.
2. If you have selected Frequency or Calculations for the particular
column, you are able to choose a variable or a recoded variable
from the data set of the report.
3. If you have selected Analyse Function for the particular column,
you are able to choose a prepared analyse function from the data
set of the report. The “analyse function-value” you are looking for,
can be found either under the variable you used in the calculation,
or in the bottommost folder Analyse Function, in the data set.
4. When you have filled the structure with information about what
should be shown, you can sweep over the green variable buttons
with the cursor. A small window explicates what data set and what
variable will be shown in respective cells.
Preview
Here you can see a preview of the report with the settings chosen on the
Report content page. This is an easy way of getting a quick look at the
report while working in the program.
If you want to show the report to others, it is recommended that you create a
web presentation instead. See the sections on Layout and Export for more
information on how to do this. On those pages you can also read about
exporting the report to editable Word or PowerPoint files, or to the printfriendly PDF format.
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Layout
When you are to export the report, you first create a suitable design on the
Layout page. You then open the Export menu where you can export the
report, but also save the export definitions needed in order to make it
possible to authorize others to export the report (This is done on the
Distribution and subreports page).
It is possible to use a single layout and still export the report to multiple file
formats, such as PDF and Word. If need be, you can also create multiple
layouts that you export to the same file formats, for instance two exports to
PDF, one with a header, and one without.
Creating Layouts
The first time you click on Layout, the pop-up window New Layout appears.
If you have previously created a layout , you can click on the New
Layout button to create additional layouts. In the pop-up window, you create
a new layout as follows:
1. Give the layout a Name.
2. Select a Format: Paper A4 is suitable for export to PDF or Word, or
any of the formats Screen (4:3), Screen (16:9) or Screen (16:10)
which are useful for export to PowerPoint or Web presentations.
3. Select an Orientation: Portrait (mostly used for PDFs and Word) or
Landscape (the common choice for PowerPoint and Web
Presentations).
4. Select a Theme for your layout. See the Edit theme page under
Templates > Report themes for information on how themes are
created.
5. Specify whether you want to leave some Margins and how wide
they then should be. You choose from the following options: None,
Normal, Narrow, Moderate, Wide.
6. Finally, select whether or not a Page header and Footer are to be
included. You can choose None, Default (as defined under
Administration > Settings > Reports > Header/Footer) or Custom
(as defined for the report in question under Reports > Basic
Information > Header/Footer).
7. Under the Example heading in the right part of the window, you can
see how the changes you make regarding the Format, Orientation,
Margins, Header and Footer affect the layout. Click OK to save the
new layout.
Editing or Removing Layouts
To change the settings you specified when creating the layout, click on Edit
layout. Click on the Remove button if you want to remove the layout.
Editing Content
In the Layout drop down list at the top of the page you find all the layouts
you have created. Select the layout you want to use for your content, ie.
tables, charts and texts, according to the settings selected under Report
content.
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The quickest way to insert the report content is to click on the Autogenerate button. If there is any existing content in the report, it will be
replaced, but you will receive a warning first. Confirm with OK to insert the
new content. On each page as many (whole) report items as can fit are
inserted. Page breaks within a report item will only be inserted if it does not
fit on a single page.
As described on the Report content page, report items consist of different
sections with one or two columns, which in turn can contain tables, charts
and text. When you edit the content here under Layout, you can move the
sections by dragging and dropping them in a new location, either within the
same page or on another page.
You can also specify settings for sections by clicking on them with the left
mouse button. In the menu that opens, there are three choices that allows
you to:
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•
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Remove the section
Change the size of the chart that appears in the section. Place the
cursor over Resize and move the slider to change the value. Charts
are automatically inserted at 100% but you can change it to as low
as 50% to be able to fit more report items on one page. Charts are
always resized with fixed proportions.
Change the margin underneath the section. Place the cursor over
Margins and move the slider to change the value.
Instead of auto-generating content, you can insert sections manually, one
by one.
1. Click on an empty space on the page where you want to insert the
section. You can see that the page is selected when it is
highlighted with a blue border.
2. The left column displays all report sections. Click on the sections
you want to insert.
3. The section is inserted on the selected page. If there are existing
sections on the page, the new section will be inserted at the
bottom.
To create a new page after the last page, click on
buttons for creating new pages above
or
page. You find those on the right side of the page.
. There are also
below an existing
If you want to remove a page, and any content on it, click on the
button.
When you have finished editing the contents, click on Save. You can now
move on to the Export menu. Please refer to this section for information
about exporting your reports.
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Export
When you are to export your report, you first create a layout for it in the
Layout menu. You then go to the Export menu where you can export it, but
also save the export definitions that are needed if you want to be able to
authorize others to export it (The authorization settings are selected on
the Distribution and subreports page).
Exporting Directly
1. In the Layout drop down list you find all the layouts that have been
created in the Layout menu. Select the layout you want to use for
your export. Under the heading Example in the right part of the
window you get a preview of the layout regarding format,
orientation, margins, headers and footers.
2. Select the format to which you want to do the export: Word 2007,
PowerPoint 2007, PDF or Web Presentation. Export to Word 2007
means that the document can also be opened in OpenOffice
version 3.0 and later.
3. Click the Export button, and choose between opening or saving the
file.
Saving Export Definitions
In the Distribution and subreports menu, you can distribute reports via email and links. The person who receives a report may also be given
authorization to export it. For this to be possible, you need save the socalled export defintions in this submenu, Export. Please see the section
on Distribution and subreports for information on the distribution process.
Save the export definitions by doing as follows:
1. Click the New export definition button. If the button is not clickable,
you can move on to step 2.
2. In the Layout drop down list, you find all the layouts that have been
created in the Layout menu. Select the layout you want to use for
the export definition. Under the heading Example in the right part of
the window you see a preview of the layout regarding its format,
orientation, margins, headers and footers.
3. Select a format for the export definition: Word 2007, PowerPoint
2007, PDF or Web Presentation. Export to Word 2007 means that
the document can also be opened in OpenOffice version 3.0 and
later.
4. Enter a Name under the heading Saved export definitions.
5. Click the Save button.
Saved export definitions are listed with information about the format, name,
layout, orientation, headers and footers. On the right, there is a button with a
symbol indicating the file format on it, and which you can then click to open
or save the file. Click on
to remove the saved export definition.
To rename an export definition, click on its row in the list. Make the changes
in the Name field and click on Save.
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Distribution and Subreports
The Distribution and subreports menu lets you make reports available for
others via a link that you can send out to the people you want to see the
report. The report will be available for the time you specify at Published.
Here you can also create so-called subreports, ie. reports showing
responses from a selection of respondents. The subreports can be made
available via a link in the same way as the main reports.
Dashboard View
When you click on Distribution and subreports in the left-hand menu, a
dashboard will appear displaying the main report at the top of the page. The
main report is the report that shows all the respondents' answers. Below the
main report, you find any subreports you may have created, and you are
also able to create new ones. Read more about subreports below.
Each report is symbolized by a "box" in the overview. The box displays the
following information:
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Report name
Published - the period when the report is available via the link.
Read below about how to choose settings regarding publication
times and access.
URL - the link that leads to the report
Selection lists - only for the subreports, see below
On the far right in the box, a number of icons and buttons are displayed. The
symbols indicate whether the report is published and/or password protected.
Two of the buttons are only available for subreports.
The report is published
The report is password protected
The report is password protected and the link provides access to
additional reports
Select a publication period and settings regarding access
Distribute the report via e-mail
Edit subreport
Remove subreport
Publication Period and Access
Settings for the publication period and access are selected in the same way
for both the main report and the subreports. Click on the
the report's box to open the settings menu.
button in
Under Published, you enter times at From and To, thus specifying the period
during which the report will be published. Dates can be selected via the
calendar icon, or entered manually. The date format depends on which
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language version you are using. For English the date format is DD-MMYYYY. Specific times can be entered manually, or selected using the arrow
buttons after placing the cursor in the hour and minute fields. The current
date and time is already pre-filled at From. If the To field is left blank the
report will be published until you do select a To date.
At Password required, under Access, you select whether the report is to be
password protected or not. If you choose Yes, use this password, you need
to specify a password in the field below.
Under Reports > Export you can save so-called export definitions.
Previously saved export definitions are displayed under Enable export. By
marking an export definition here, you make it available for use for those
who receive the report when it is distributed. They can then click an icon to
export the report. Under the heading Dataset (Excel), you can mark the
check box next to the report name, if you also want to make it possible to
export the report's raw data to Excel through the
icon. The Excel file
will contain the variables you have decided to include under Report Content.
By selecting a number of reports under Provide access to, you can specify
that the person clicking the link to the report will also be granted access to
see those reports. You can then determine whether the person who
accesses a subreport should also have access to the main report, or to any
other subreport.
Those who have the plug-in SR-Advanced Report can also connect socalled Report readers to the report. Please refer to the Report
reader section below for more information.
Distributing Reports via E-mail
When you have created a report, you can distribute it via e-mail. Click on
the
icon to access the e-mail manager.
Creating New Mailings
1. Click on New e-mail. If it already says New mailing at the top of the
window, proceed to step 2.
2. Make sure that at least one e-mail account has been added under
Administration > E-mails and mailings > E-mail accounts, otherwise
no mailings can be distributed. If multiple e-mail accounts have
been added, you select From which account it is to be sent out.
3. At Send to, select who is to receive the mailing: All, Respondents
only, Survey Readers only or Other contacts. If you select Other
contacts, you need to enter the e-mail addresses for the recipients
under To, CC and BCC. Next to each field is a
icon which
you click on to retrieve addresses for recipients among the program
users who have specified e-mail addresses.
4. Specify a Subject.
5. Type in and format the message text in the editor under Message.
Here, you will also find buttons for inserting the Report title (the
name of the main report), the Subreport title, The URL (Don't forget
this!), and the Password (if the report is password protected).
6. Click on Send. If you want to save the mailing as a draft and send it
later, click on Save instead. The mailing will then be listed in the Email history.
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E-mail History
Under E-mail history you find information about all the existing mailings.
They are listed with their send dates and times, as well as their subject
lines. Click on a mailing to view it. You can use an existing mailing and edit
it, and for instance add new recipients, then resend it by clicking on Send.
The new mailing will be listed in the E-mail history.
Public Report View
When you click the report link, a page will open where you can view and
print the report. At the top of the page, or on the left side, you find a toolbar.
You determine where it is to be placed by clicking the button. The toolbar
always contains the
icon which is used to print the report. Depending
on which settings the report creator selected, the following buttons may be
available:
This button is displayed if the report is a so-called subreport, eg. a
report that only displays the responses from a selected number of
respondents. The button is also displayed if the report you have accessed is
a main report, eg. a report that contains all the respondents' answers, and it
also gives you access to at least one subreport. You click the button to
select what you want the report to display. The window that opens is divided
in two: the left half lets you select which report and which selection list you
wish to display. If the link gives you access to the main report, you can
select it at the top to view all the respondents' answers. The subreports are
displayed as headings in the list, and under each heading the selection lists
that have been created for that subreport are displayed. When you mark a
selection list, those variables that are used for selecting the respondents are
listed in the right half of the window. By marking the check boxes for the
respective variables' options, you determine which respondents' answers
are to be displayed in the report. If the check box for an option is marked
and highlighted in gray, it must be included and cannot be removed.
The icons below are displayed if an export definition for the current file
format has been saved under Reports > Export, and if this export definition
has been marked under the heading Enable Export, see the section
Publication Period and Access above. These icons are used to export the
report to the corresponding file format. If a subreport is exported, the file will
contain the selection you have made by clicking the
button. The file
will have an introductory page, showing the selection it contains.
This lets you export the report to Word 2007. The exported document
can also be opened in OpenOffice version 3.0 or later.
This lets you export the report to PowerPoint 2007.
This button lets you export the report in a PDF format.
This opens the report as a web presentation.
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If there are multiple export definitions for a file format, a small arrow
will be displayed in the button. Click on it and select one of the export
options that are then displayed.
Export the report's raw data to Excel.
Subreports
A subreport displays the answers from a selected group of respondents.
You can use a number of survey questions or respondent categories for the
selection. For example, if you have used Sex either as a question in the
survey, or as a respondent category, you can create one subreport with all
the men's responses, and another subreport with all the women's
responses.
In subreports, you can also enable a function that lets the person viewing
the report choose which selection it is to display.
Creating Subreports
Click the
button to create a new subreport. This takes you to the
edit mode where you start by entering a name for the subreport.
The next step is to select which variables are to be used for the selection.
Click on Add variable to open the survey data sets. The data set displays
the questions in the survey as well as the respondent categories in a tree
structure. Click on the plus sign next to the question you want to use as a
selection variable if you want to expand it. If you want to use a respondent
category you first expand Respondent categories at the bottom of the page
and then click on a specific category. You can also click on
to expand all
questions and respondent categories. Under each question, its variables are
displayed. If you have recoded a variable in the Data set menu, this recoded
variable will also be displayed and available for selection. Mark the check
boxes next to the variables you want to include and click OK.
When you create the subreport, a so-called Selection list is created at the
same time. This is called Default and it is displayed in a grid together with
the variable(s) you have added. The selection list is symbolized by a vertical
column where you can specify which status the variables' options are to
have in the report, i.e. which selections are to be possible. To view a
variable's options, click the down arrow which can be found on the right side
of the variable's row. Among the options, you also find the [Not indicated]
option which corresponds to the respondents who have not answered (if the
variable is a question) or who have no specified category (if the variable is a
respondent category). You specify the status by clicking the rectangle that
represents the variable or one of its options. The symbol in the rectangle
then changes.
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The different symbols have the following meanings:
The variable/option will be available for selection
The variable/option will automatically be selected, and cannot be
removed
The variable/option will not be available for selection
The answer options for this variable have different statuses
The answer options have different statuses, and one option has the
status
In the example below, the variable Department has been added. All its
options have the
symbol, which means that the person viewing the report
will be able to select which department(s) to display in the report.
If you want to add one more selection list, in addition to the Default selection
list, you click the button Add selection list. Enter a name for the selection list
describing which selection it allows, for example, "Only show female
respondents" or "Select males/females". Click OK. The new selection list is
displayed as a column in the grid, and you can specify which selections are
to be possible, as described above.
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In the example below, three variables and two selection lists were added.
The selection list Select males/females will enable the person viewing the
report to make a selection based on the Gender variable. It is thus possible
to display only the men's answers, only the women's answers, or both men's
and women's answers. Other variables have the
symbol, which means
that they will automatically be selected, and that it is not possible to deselect
them.
In the selection list, Only display Production Dublin, the person viewing the
report will not be able to make any selections of their own. Instead, a single
sample, the production department at the Dublin office, will be displayed.
Editing Subreports
On the overview page, click the
button in the subreport's box to enter
edit mode. There you have access to the same settings as on the page
where you created the subreport, ie. you can rename the report, and add
variables and selection lists.
You can remove variables you do not need by clicking on
confirming with OK.
Selection lists can also be removed, just press the
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Report Readers
In the plug-in SR-Advanced Report, there is the possibility to use the user
role Report reader. A report reader is a user who only have access to the
reports menu in the program, and in that menu only the published reports
that he/she has been connected to.
By clicking the
button next to a report, you can connect the desired
report readers to the report. Click the Add... button under the heading
Report Readers, mark the check box next to the report readers you want to
connect to the report, and click OK.
Report readers who are connected to the main report will automatically see
all respondents' answers in that report. If you connect a report reader to a
sub report, you may select which respondents' answers he/she will have the
right to see. When you have added a report reader , you click his/her name
in the list. In the right part of the window, the variables used as selections in
the subreport are displayed in a grid. For each variable in the grid, there is a
column where you specify which status the variable's options are to have in
the report, i.e. which selections the report reader will have the possibility to
make. Please refer to the Creating Subreports heading above for
information on the selection settings.
In a report reader's user profile, you can make default settings for which
respondent categories/sub categories he/she will have the right to see in the
reports. If a respondent category is used as selection in the sub report, each
report reader's default setting for that category will be pre-selected, but you
can change the settings individually for each report.
To delete a report reader's connection to the report, select him/her in the list
and click the Remove button.
When the report is published it will become accessible via the report link,
and also for report readers logging in to the program. By marking the check
box The report is accessible only for report readers, not public accessible
via the report link, you block the possibility to access the report via the link.
Logging in as a report reader
When you log in to the program as a report reader, you can see the reports,
and the information, you have been assigned. The option Find report... is
selected in the menu, and a list of the reports you are entitled to see is
displayed, except those which are based on archived surveys. Mark the
check box Include reports from archived surveys if you want to display those
as well. The reports are listed with the following headings:
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Report name (the main report)
Sub reports
You can click on the heading Report name to sort the list in ascending or
descending alphabetical order. If there are a large number of reports, you
can use the search field at the top of the page to find a certain report. Enter
the desired search argument in the field, and click the Search button. You
can use a full or a partial report name or sub report name as a search
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When you click on a report in the list, you see basic information about the
reports (main report and/or sub reports) you have the right to see:
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Expected number of responses
Number of responses
Response rate
Click the
icon next to a report to show it. If a report has several sub
reports that you are assigned to, you can select the desired sub report in the
selection list in the menu, and then click Show Report.
If you also have access to respondent information, you find the
icon
next to the main report. Click this icon, or Respondents in the menu, to go to
the respondent list where you can see respondents connected to the main
survey, and also export the respondent list.
When you choose to show the report, a page will open where you can view
and print the report. At the top of the page, or on the left side, you find a
toolbar. You determine where it is to be placed by clicking the button. The
toolbar always contains the
icon which is used to print the report.
Depending on which settings the report creator selected, the following
buttons may be available:
This button is displayed if the report is a so-called subreport, i.e. a
report that only displays the responses from a selected number of
respondents. You click the button to select what you want the report to
display. The window that opens is divided in two. In the left half of the
window, you find from the start only one selection list, Default, which is
selected. In the right half, the variables used as selections in the sub report
are displayed. By marking the check boxes for the respective variables'
options, you determine which respondents' answers are to be displayed in
the report. If the check box for an option is marked and highlighted in gray, it
must be included and cannot be removed. Click OK to show the report with
the new selection. You can also save your own selection lists. Make sure
that the desired check boxes are marked, enter a name for the selection list
in the Save as... field, and click the Save button. The new selection list can
now be found in the left half of the window. Select it and click OK to show
the report with this selection.
This lets you export the report to Word 2007. The exported document
can also be opened in OpenOffice version 3.0 or later.
This lets you export the report to PowerPoint 2007.
This button lets you export the report in a PDF format.
This opens the report as a web presentation.
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If there are multiple export definitions for a file format, a small arrow
will be displayed in the button. Click on it and select one of the export
options that are then displayed.
Export the report's raw data to Excel.
Aggregate Reports
By creating an aggregate report you can display the results of several
surveys in one report. The results are displayed in a table where the results
can be grouped according to your preferences, eg. by survey category,
respondent category or time period.
The surveys whose result you want to display in aggregate report must be
based on survey templates.
Below you see an example of an aggregate report, where the mean value
for the question "What did you think of the course content?" is presented.
The table rows display a grouping by survey category ("Business" and
"Economics"), and the columns display a grouping by respondent category
("Master" and "Non-master").
You create an aggregate report via Reports > New aggregate report, and
then you work under these menu options:
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Basic Information > Properties: Choose a report name, theme,
publishing period and authorized report readers
Basic Information > Surveys: Choose the criteria to be considered
for the survey selection
Basic Information > Selection: Define selection parameters report
readers shall have access to
Report Content: Define the content of the report
Preview: Show the report and make an export to Excel
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Basic Information
Properties
When you created the report, you entered a report name and selected a
report theme. Under Basic information > Properties you can edit the name
and change theme if you want to.
Here you can also connect report readers to the report. The connected
report readers will see the report when they log in to the program, during the
period it is published.
You enter the start and end dates for the publication period, either by
entering the dates manually via the keyboard, or by selecting the dates in
the calendar. When you are using the English version of the program, dates
are entered in the following format: DD-MM-YYYY. You must enter a From
date for the report to be published. If you leave the To date blank, the report
will be published until further notice.
In the Report Content, you can make settings for which answers the report
readers are allowed to see in the report. See this section for more
information.
Surveys
In the tab Surveys you can choose which surveys shall be included in your
aggregate report. You can base your choice upon the following criteria:
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Individual surveys
Surveys that have answers given within a certain period
Surveys that were published within a certain period
Surveys with respondents connected to certain respondent
categories
Surveys connected to certain survey categories
Surveys based on certain survey templates
Please note that the surveys whose result you want to display in aggregate
report must be based on survey templates.
Adding criteria
Click the
button to add the first criterion. In the pop-up window Add
criteria..., you select which criterion to use in the drop down list Criteria.
Below you find information on how to use the different criteria.
Surveys
Use this criterion to select individual surveys to include or exclude in the
report.
1. Select Surveys in the drop down list Criteria.
2. In the drop down list below, you decide if you want to Include or
Exclude the surveys you select.
3. Under the heading Surveys, click the Search button to list all
surveys. You can also filter the search by selecting survey
categories connected to the survey, or by entering a search text
matching the survey name, before clicking the Search button.
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4. Mark the check box next to the surveys you want to select. By
marking/unmarking the check box in the title row, you mark/unmark
all the surveys' check boxes at once.
5. Click OK.
Answers
Use this criterion to include surveys that have answers given within a certain
period. Please note that all answers from the surveys matching this criteria
will be included in the report, not only the answers given within the stated
period. However, under the Selection tab you have the possibility to decide
that you want to include answers from a certain period.
1. Select Answers in the drop down list Criteria.
2. Under the heading Answers, enter the start and end dates for the
period, either by entering the dates manually via the keyboard, or
by selecting the dates in the calendar. When you are using the
English version of the program, dates are entered in the following
format: DD-MM-YYYY. You can enter only a start date or an end
date if you want the period to be unlimited at the start or at the end.
3. Click OK.
Published
Use this criterion to include surveys that were published within a certain
period.
1. Select Published in the drop down list Criteria.
2. Under the heading Published, enter the start and end dates for the
period, either by entering the dates manually via the keyboard, or
by selecting the dates in the calendar. When you are using the
English version of the program, dates are entered in the following
format: DD-MM-YYYY. You can enter only a start date or an end
date if you want the period to be unlimited at the start or at the end.
3. Click OK.
Respondent Categories
Use this criterion to include or exclude surveys with certain respondent
categories connected to them, and with respondents connected to these
respondent categories.
1. Select Respondent Categories in the drop down list Criteria.
2. In the drop down list below you select one of these options:
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3. Under the heading Respondent Categories, click
to expand a
category you want to use as a criterion, and mark the check box
next to the sub categories you want to select. You can also mark
the check box next to Select all to select all sub categories. If you
have hierarchic respondent categories in several levels, all sub
categories in any levels below Select all will be selected.
4. Click OK.
Survey Categories
Use this criterion to include or exclude surveys connected to certain survey
categories.
1. Select Survey Categories in the drop down list Criteria.
2. In the drop down list below you select one of these options:
3. Mark the check box next to the categories you want to select. If a
category have sub categories, click
to expand it and mark the
check box next to the sub categories you want to select. You can
also mark the check box next to Select all to select all sub
categories. All sub categories in any levels below Select all will be
selected.
4. Click OK.
Survey Templates
Use this criterion to include or exclude surveys based on certain survey
templates.
1. Select Survey Templates in the drop down list Criteria.
2. In the drop down list below, you decide if you want to Include or
Exclude the survey templates you select.
3. Under the heading Survey Templates, click the Search button to list
all survey templates. You can also filter the search by selecting
survey categories connected to the survey template, or by entering
a search text matching the survey template name, before clicking
the Search button.
4. Mark the check box next to the survey templates you want to
select. By marking/unmarking the check box in the title row, you
mark/unmark all the survey templates' check boxes at once.
5. Click OK.
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Combining Criteria
When you have added the first criterion, it is displayed in this way:
Click the
icon to add another criterion. Follow the instructions above on
how to use the different criteria.
When the second criterion has been added, you select the desired option in
the drop down list above the criteria:
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All of - surveys matching all of the criteria will be included
Either of - surveys matching at least one of the criteria will be
included
In the example below, both of the criteria must be fulfilled. Surveys must be
connected to the survey category "Business", and have answers given from
01/01/2013 or later, to be included.
You can also click the
button to add another group of criteria. Each
group of criteria will be considered separately. In a drop down list on top of
the second group, you select the desired option:
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And - surveys must match both the first group of criteria and the
second group of criteria to be included
Or - surveys must match either the first group of criteria or the
second group of criteria to be included
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In the example below surveys matching the first group will still be included,
and so will surveys matching the second group (connected to the survey
category "Economics", and with answers from 15/02/2013 or later).
Editing and deleting criteria
To the right of each criterion you have buttons that you click to edit the
criterion
, or delete it
criteria, you click the
. If you want to delete a whole group of
button in the right part of the group block.
Show matching surveys
To see which surveys that match your criteria, you click the Show matching
surveys... button at the bottom of the page. You can also see the matching
surveys for an individual group of criteria by clicking the
right part of the group block.
button in the
Selection
In the Selection tab, you can specify any selections users who view the
report should be possible to make. For example, you can make it possible to
select a certain respondent category whose answers is to be displayed in
the report.
The selections you create here will become available in the Preview menu,
and also when a report reader connected to the report are showing the
report. Please note that when the selections are listed in the Selection tab,
after you have created them, what you see is only a preview of what the
selection interface will look like when a user is viewing the report.
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Creating selection
Click the
icon to add a selection. In the drop down list Selection,
you can choose from the following options:
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Survey - selection of which survey(s) to display
Answers - selection of answers given within a certain period
Published - selection of surveys published within a certain period
Respondent Category - selection of answers from a certain
respondent category
Survey Category - selection of surveys belonging to a certain
survey category
The different selection criteria is described in detail below.
Survey
Use this selection to make it possible to select one or more surveys to
display in the report. It will be possible to select among all the surveys you
have chosen to include in the report, in the Surveys tab. When viewing the
report (in the Preview menu or as a report reader) the selection will appear
as a search field where you can enter a whole or partial survey name,
before clicking the Search button.
When you create or edit this selection, you find the following settings:
Choose Single selection if only one survey at a time should be possible to
select, or choose Multi selection if you want to allow selection of multiple
surveys. In the latter case, you can put restrictions on how many surveys
(Min and Max) should be possible to select.
By marking the Compulsory check box, you force the user to make a
selection before he/she can view the report.
Answers
This selection makes it possible to filter the report so that only answers
given within a certain period are shown. When viewing the report (in the
Preview menu or as a report reader) the selection will appear as two date
pickers, where you can select the start and end of the period to show in the
report.
When you create or edit this selection, you find the following settings:
If you want to put restrictions on which dates can be selected as start and
end of the period, you can enter a From date and a To date under Date
restrictions. By selecting the Hidden check box, the period you have
specified here will be automatically applied, and the users will not be able to
select their own period.
Under Date selection mode, you select Day, Week, Month or Year. What
you choose here will determine what the user will be able to select when
he/she clicks the calendar symbol in the date picker. For example, if you
select Month, the user will be able to click on a month, and the appropriate
date in that month will be automatically selected (the first day of the month if
the start of the period is being specified, or the last day of the month if the
end of the period is being specified).
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Published
Use this selection to make it possible to let the report show only surveys
which were published during a certain period. The report will of course only
show surveys you have chosen to include in the report, in the Surveys tab.
When viewing the report (in the Preview menu or as a report reader) the
selection will appear as two date pickers, where you can select the start and
end of the period to show in the report.
When you create or edit this selection, you find the following settings:
If you want to put restrictions on which dates can be selected as start and
end of the period, you can enter a From date and a To date under Date
restrictions.
Under Date selection mode, you select Day, Week, Month or Year. What
you choose here will determine what the user will be able to select when
he/she clicks the calendar symbol in the date picker. For example, if you
select Month, the user will be able to click on a month, and the appropriate
date in that month will be automatically selected (the first day of the month if
the start of the period is being specified, or the last day of the month if the
end of the period is being specified).
Respondent Category
This selection makes it possible to filter the report so that only answers from
a certain respondent category are shown. When viewing the report (in the
Preview menu or as a report reader) the selection will appear as a drop
down list where the user can select one or more of this respondent
category's sub categories.
When you create or edit this selection, you find the following settings:
Choose Single selection if only one sub category at a time should be
possible to select, or choose Multi selection if you want to allow selection of
multiple sub categories. In the latter case, you can put restrictions on how
many sub categories (Min and Max) should be possible to select.
By marking the Compulsory check box, you force the user to make a
selection before he/she can view the report.
Under the heading Respondent Category you start by selecting (in the drop
down list) the respondent category you want to use as a selection. If you
have hierarchical respondent categories (with sub categories in several
levels), you can select any level which have sub categories. Then mark the
check boxes next to the sub categories you want the users to be able to
choose among. Please note that report readers viewing the report will not be
able to select other respondent categories than those they have in their
respondent filter. By selecting the Hidden check box, the selection you have
made will be automatically applied, and the users will not be able to make
their own selection of categories.
Survey Category
Use this selection to make it possible to let the report show only surveys
which belong to a certain survey category. The report will of course only
show surveys you have chosen to include in the report, in the Surveys tab.
When viewing the report (in the Preview menu or as a report reader) the
selection will appear as a drop down list where the user can select one or
more of this survey category's sub categories.
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When you create or edit this selection, you find the following settings:
Choose Single selection if only one sub category at a time should be
possible to select, or choose Multi selection if you want to allow selection of
multiple sub categories. In the latter case, you can put restrictions on how
many sub categories (Min and Max) should be possible to select.
By marking the Compulsory check box, you force the user to make a
selection before he/she can view the report.
Under the heading Survey Category you start by selecting (in the drop down
list) the survey category you want to use as a selection. Only survey
categories which have sub categories can be used. If you have survey
categories with sub categories in several levels, you can select any level
which have sub categories. Then mark the check boxes next to the sub
categories you want the users to be able to choose among.
Editing, deleting and rearranging selections
When you have added a selection it is displayed on the page in the
Selection tab. What you see in this overview is only a preview of what the
selection interface will look like when a user is viewing the report. Any
restrictions on what selection should be possible to make in the report, you
specify when you create or edit the selection.
To edit a selection you click the
icon to the right of the selection. See
information on how editing is made under Creating selection above.
Click the
icon to delete the selection. Confirm by clicking OK.
If you want to, you can change the order in which the selections are
displayed. When you hover the cursor over a selection heading, it will turn
into a move cursor. Press the left mouse button, and drag the selection to its
new location.
Report Content
An aggregate report consists of one or more tables, where you can group
the result row wise and column wise according to your preferences, e.g. by
survey category, respondent category or time period. Under Report Content,
you create and edit these tables. You can also add text items, such as
headings, to the report.
Adding tables and text items
When you create an aggregate report, a table is automatically created
under the Report Content menu. If you want to add more tables, or text
items, you click on the existing table and select Add new above or Add new
below. A new section is then inserted and will be symbolized by the image
below.
Then click on the empty section and select Add text item or Add table.
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Editing tables
To edit a table you click on it and select Edit...
In the edit mode you can decide which data to display in the report, under
Column data, and how to group these data row wise and column wise,
under Row groups and Column groups respectively. In addition, you have
the possibility to define which answers should be shown to the report
readers, by choosing the desired setting under Answering filter, and if the
summaries should be filtered, by choosing the desired setting under
Summary filtering.
While editing a table, you can preview the results by clicking the Preview
button in the lower left corner, without having to save the changes.
Row groups and Column groups
Under these headings you decide how the result should be grouped row
wise and column wise: by Surveys, Answers, Respondent category or
Survey category.
Click the Add... button to add a group, or click the
icon to edit an
existing group, and select the desired grouping criterion in the drop down list
Group by. Below you find information on the different grouping criteria. To
remove a group, click the Remove button.
Group by Surveys
Each survey included in the report will constitute a row or a column. Mark
the check box Include summary to display a summary row/column, showing
the total for all surveys.
Group by Answers
The result will be grouped according to when the answer was given: by day,
week, month or year. Select the interval of your choice at Grouping. Mark
the check box Include summary to display a summary row/column, showing
the total for all answers.
Group by Respondent category
Under the heading Respondent Category you start by selecting (in the drop
down list) the respondent category you want to use as grouping criterion. If
you have hierarchical respondent categories (with sub categories in several
levels), you can select any level which have sub categories. Then mark the
check boxes next to the sub categories whose result you want to display as
rows/columns. Mark the check box Include summary to display a summary
row/column, showing the total of the respondent category. Below you decide
if the summary should include All categories or Only the categories selected
below. If the respondent category has sub categories in several levels, a
summary row/column for each level will be displayed. Mark the check box
Add a row/column for answers from respondents that have no value for the
selected category, if you want to include answers given by respondents who
do not have a category value.
After you have created the group, you can expand it by clicking the
arrow. You then get access to the following settings:
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Show title category - the top level of the respondent category will
be displayed as a title row/column
Exclude categories without answers (selected as default) - no
empty rows/columns will be displayed
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Apply selection filters - If you, under Basic Information > Selection,
have made it possible for report readers (before viewing the report)
to select among the sub categories of the respondent category you
use as grouping, the setting Apply selection filters means that only
the sub category the user selects will be displayed as a
row/column, and that all other sub categories will be hidden.
Filter population - if you choose to display response rate in the
table, this setting decides if the response rate is calculated on all
respondents (the check box unmarked) or only on the respondents
in the respondent category concerned (the check box marked).
Include summary - see above
Group by Survey category
Under the heading Survey Category you start by selecting (in the drop down
list) the survey category you want to use as grouping criterion. Only survey
categories which have sub categories can be used. If you have survey
categories with sub categories in several levels, you can select any level
which have sub categories. Then mark the check boxes next to the sub
categories for which you want to display the result as rows/columns. Mark
the check box Include summary to display a summary row/column, showing
the total of the survey category as a whole. If the survey category has sub
categories in several levels, a summary row/column for each level will be
displayed.
After you have created the group, you can expand it by clicking the
arrow. You then get access to the following settings:
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Show title category - the top level of the survey category will be
displayed as a title row/column
Exclude categories without answers (selected as default) - no
empty rows/columns will be displayed
Apply selection filters - If you, under Basic Information > Selection,
have made it possible for report readers (before viewing the report)
to select among the sub categories of the survey category you use
as grouping, the setting Apply selection filters means that only the
sub category the user selects will be displayed as a row/column,
and that all other sub categories will be hidden.
Include summary - see above
Column data
This is where you decide what to display in the table, for example the mean
value of a question, the answer count and response rate of a survey, or links
to a predefined report or to the individual respondents answers.
Click the Add... button to add data or click the
icon to edit existing
data. Then select what data to display. Below you find information on the
different alternatives. To remove data, click the Remove button.
Question
Select Question in the drop down list Data. Select the survey template which
contains the question, and then select the question. In the drop down list
Type, select Frequency, Answer value or Mean value, depending on what
you want to display. See more information on these options below. At the
bottom of the window, the answer options of the question is displayed. If you
want to exclude any of them, unmark the check box next to it.
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Frequency - Select this option to display the Number of Responses
and/or Distribution (%) for the answer options of the question. Mark
the check box next to Include summary to display a summary
column.
If you want to you can let the answer options be represented by
different colors. After you have added the data, you expand it by
clicking the
arrow. Then click the
icon at Color and
select a Font color and/or a Background color by clicking the
colored rectangle or by entering a color code. Below you see an
example of a question which is presented with number of
responses, distribution, summary column and background colors
for the answer options.
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Answer value - Select this option if you want to present the number
of the responses for the answer options, in the way shown in the
example below. You can let the answer options be represented by
different colors, as described under Frequency above.
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Mean value - Select this option if you want to display the mean
value of the question.
Answer count
Select Answer count in the drop down list Data if you want to display the
Answer count and/or the Response rate. See the example below.
Link to predefined report
In the aggregate report table, you can insert links to reports for the surveys
whose result is displayed in the table. For this to be possible, the following
conditions must be met:
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A so-called predefined report must be created to the survey
template the survey is based on. See the section Templates >
Survey Templates > Predefined reports for more information.
A report must be created on the survey, based on the predefined
report
The link to the report must be published, under Reports >
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Select Link to predefined report in the drop down list Data. Then select the
predefined report of your choice.
Decide which answers you want to display in the report:
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Include all answers when viewing the report - the report will include
all answers given on the survey. Please note that all answers will
be included in the report, even if you have set restrictions under
Answer filtering, see this section below.
Apply group filters when viewing the report - the report will only
show the answers which corresponds to the cell in the table where
the link icon is displayed.
Example: The example below shows a table where the result of the survey
SB02 is displayed, grouped (column wise) by the respondent category
Gender. The table displays the answer count (the Answers column) and
links to a predefined report by the name of SB (the Report column). In the
image, a report link icon is highlighted in the column Men. If the setting
Apply group filters when viewing the report is selected, this report link will
lead to a report showing only the five answers given by men. If instead the
setting Include all answers when viewing the report is selected, the report
will show the eleven answers given by men and women.
Hover the cursor over an icon to see the name of the report it links to as a
tooltip.
Mark the check box Open as PDF file if you want the report to be opened as
a PDF file. If you leave the check box unmarked, the report will open as a
web page.
Answer link
This option lets you link to the answered surveys, so that it is possible to
see the answers of each individual respondent.
Select Answer link in the drop down list Data. The column Links will appear
in the table, and in that column the icon
which links to a pop-up window
with a list of the respondents who corresponds to the cell in the table where
the icon is displayed. If the survey is anonymous or public, the respondents
will be named Anonymous respondent #1, Anonymous respondent #2, etc.
Next to each respondent you find the link Show answers... Click this link to
view the answered survey of that respondent.
In the example below, the highlighted icon will show the answers of the five
men who answered the survey SB02.
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Answer filtering
By making settings for Answer filtering, you can restrict which answers a
report reader sees when he/she views the report. The program then
compares the respondent categories of the report reader and the
respondent, respectively, to decide whether or not the respondent's answer
should be visible to the report reader. The comparison takes the following
into account:
•
•
Which values did the respondent have on the respondent
categories connected to the survey, when answering the survey
Which values does the report reader have on these respondent
categories, in his/her respondent filter, when viewing the report
You can choose from the following settings:
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•
•
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None - all answers are included.
Strict - If a respondent has a value on a category, the report reader
must have the same value on that category, to see this
respondent's answer. No answers from public surveys are
included.
Respondent surveys - works in the same way as Strict for
respondent surveys, but all answers from public surveys are also
included.
Dynamic - If a respondent has a value on a category, the report
reader must have the same value, or no value, on that category, to
see this respondent's answer. All answers from public surveys are
included.
The example below clarifies the difference between Strict and Dynamic. In
the grid you can see the respondent category values of the report reader
and the respondents, respectively. For each respondent, you can also see
whether or not his/her answer will be visible to the report reader, with the
settings Strict and Dynamic, respectively.
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Summary filtering
In the summary filtering you can, in addition to the answer filtering, choose
separately which results should be shown to the report readers in the
summary rows/columns.
Example: A company conducts an employee satisfaction survey in the
whole company. The results are grouped by the respondent category
Department, and the Answer filtering settings is made so that the managers
of the different departments can only see the results of their own
department. In addition, a summary row/column is included and the
summary filtering setting is set to None. Therefore, the manager of each
department can compare his own department's result with the result of the
whole company.
You can choose from the following Summary filtering settings:
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•
•
•
None - all answers are included
Respondent filter - the results are filtered according to the report
reader's respondent filter, and the Answer filtering settings.
Report selection - the results are filtered according to which report
selection has been made before viewing the report. Which report
selections are possible to make is decided under Basic Information
> Selection.
Full - A combination of the two settings above. The results are
filtered according to both the respondent filter and the report
selection.
Editing text items
If you want to add text, such as headings, to the report, you can add a text
items, see Adding tables and text items above. To edit a text item you click
on it and select Edit... The text items are edited in an editor where you can
write and format text as well as insert images and links. Click on Save when
you have finished.
Removing tables and text items
If you wish to remove a table or a text item, click on it and select Remove.
Confirm by clicking OK.
Preview
Use this menu to view the report, and to get a preview of what the report will
look like when the report readers are viewing it. From here, you can also
print the report or export it to Excel.
If you have created any report selections, under Basic Information >
Selection, you have the possibility to make a selection before clicking the
Show report button. It can also be compulsory to make a selection. After
you have clicked Show report, you can go back to the selection view by
clicking the Change selection button.
Click the Print button to print the report. By clicking the Save as Excel
button, you export the report to Excel. Each table in the report will constitute
a separate worksheet in the Excel file.
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Templates
Survey Templates
One way of creating a new survey is to base it on a survey template, see
New survey. After the survey has been created, you can also add more
survey templates, with associated questions, to the survey. The Survey
templates menu lets you create and edit these templates.
A survey template is created in the same way as a survey. You enter the
basic information, create questions and specify a survey design.
Under Survey templates, you can also create so-called predefined reports.
You decide which of the survey template's questions to include in the report,
and how to present them. These predefined reports can then be easily
created on surveys using the survey template.
The function Automation means that the application automatically can
create and publish reports for a survey created from a certain survey
template. Besides choosing how many days after the survey closure the
reports are to be created and published, you can also choose which
messages are to be sent to people concerned.
Creating New Survey Templates
1. Click on New survey template under Survey templates in the main
menu.
2. Enter a template name.
3. Add other information about the survey on the same page. It is also
possible to do this at a later date, see Basic information .
4. Click on Create template.
Copying a Survey Template
You can also create a survey template by copying an existing survey
template.
1. Click on Copy template under Survey templates in the main menu.
2. A pop-up window appears. Click on the survey template you wish
to copy. You can click on the icon on the right side of the row to
preview a survey template.
3. Enter a template name. The program will suggest a name based on
that of the original template.
4. You can choose to enter the other information on the page either
now or at a later date. See Basic Information.
5. Click the Create template button.
Finding Templates
When you click Find template in the menu, a pop-up window opens where
you see all survey templates you have the right to administer. Click on a
template to edit it.
To search for a survey template, enter a whole or partial survey template
name in the search field and click the Search button. You can also sort the
list by clicking the desired heading.
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Basic Information
Here you edit the survey template's Properties , Introductory text,
Header/Footer and Thank you message. The tab Properties is divided into
the sub-tabs Basic Information, Settings, Layout, Access, Publishing and in
some cases Automation. See the corresponding sections under Survey >
Survey construction for more information.
Settings
Under the heading Template settings in the Settings tab, you can select a
Preferred position for the template and its associated questions, in the case
where several templates are connected to the same survey. You can decide
that the template should be placed at the Top or Bottom of the survey, or let
it have a Free position. If several templates with the same position setting
are connected to the survey, you will be able to choose their mutual order.
The setting The questions of the survey template are locked means that the
questions from the survey templates cannot be edited or removed in
surveys using the survey template. However, new questions can be added.
The setting Lock the questions in this template for editing under Survey
Templates > Questions, once it has been used in a survey means that the
questions in the survey template itself cannot be edited or removed. Nor is it
possible to add new questions.
Access
Under the tab Access and the heading Users that will be connected to the
survey, you can add users and groups which are to be automatically added
as authorized users on surveys created based on the survey template.
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
can under the tab Access and the heading Organisation Access also decide
which organisations are to have access to the survey template.
Select the desired organisations by marking the check box next to them.
The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to a survey template, you
must belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any sub-organisations
to selected organisations will automatically be selected. However, any
parent organisations will not be automatically selected. The
check box
next to an organisation indicates that the organisation itself is not selected,
but that it has sub-organisations which are selected. If you want the parent
organisations to have access to the survey template, mark the check box
Make template accessible to parent organisations.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the survey template, while organisations without access have
the symbol.
Finally, click the Save button.
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Automation
The tab Automation is only shown if the function Automation is activated
under Administration > Settings > Surveys > Automation.
The function Automation means that the application automatically could
create and publish reports for a survey created from a specific survey
template. Besides choosing how many days after survey closure the reports
are to be created and published, you can also choose which messages are
to be sent to people concerned.
1. Decide if you want the automation function enabled for surveys
based on this template. In that case, draw the switch button
Automation to the right (the function is enabled).
2. Mark the check box if you want to lock the automation settings on
surveys based on this template. These settings accordingly
become coercive and cannot be adjusted for the separate survey.
3. Choose which system templates are to be used for:
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Survey was closed notification
•
Reports created notification
•
Reports published notification
4. Enter how many days after the survey closure the reports are to be
created and published.
5. The table contains the predefined reports connected to this survey
template. Read more about Predefined Reports.
6. Enter which of the predefined reports the automation should apply
to.
For each report:
•
Enter whether the users' questions should be included in
the report.
•
Define if the survey owner and/or the users should get a
report created notification.
•
Enter if you want the report to be published or not.
•
Enter if the report published notification should be sent to
the respondents of the survey.
Questions
Under this menu you create the questions that are to be contained in the
survey template. See the section on Questions in the Survey menu for more
information.
If the setting Lock the questions in this template once it has been used in a
survey has been activated, and if the template has been used in at least one
survey, the questions of the survey template cannot be edited or removed.
This is indicated by the
icon next to each question. Nor is it then
possible to add new questions.
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Design
Here you select and edit the theme for your survey template. A theme is a
layout template that defines the look of the survey as a whole, as well as the
design of the individual questions and question titles. See the Design
section in the Survey menu for more information.
Preview
This menu lets you see what a survey based on the template will look like
for the respondent. For example you can test any filters you have created to
ensure that the questions are displayed or hidden as you intended.
Reports
Under Survey templates, you can also create so-called Predefined reports,
i.e. reports containing questions from one or several survey templates, and
deciding how they should be presented. On a survey using a template
connected to a predefined report, the report will be available, and can be
easily created.
Example: A university prepares two survey templates to be used for course
evaluations: "Course specific questions" and "General questions". Both the
survey templates contain questions with answer options and text questions.
When the course evaluation survey (using both the survey templates) has
been answered, the intention is to quickly create three reports with different
content, depending on which group of people the report is aimed for. The
reports for the students shall contain all questions, except the text
questions, from both the survey templates. The teachers shall see all
questions from the survey template "Course specific questions", and the
rector's report shall contain all questions from "General questions". The
three predefined reports "Students", "Teachers" and "Rector" are created.
Each report is connected to the survey template(s) whose questions should
be included in the report. Thanks to this, the three predefined reports will be
available every time a course evaluation survey is created.
For those who have the plugin SR-Evaluate, the predefined reports are
listed under the menu Evaluate > Reports. In the example below, the report
"Students" is already created, while the
symbol indicates that the report
"Teachers" has not yet been created. You click on a report's name to create
or show the report.
The reports can also be created from the survey's status page, where a
table shows the available predefined reports, and from which template(s)
their questions are gathered.
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Mark the check box next to the reports you want to create, and click the
Create reports button. The
already been created.
symbol next to a report indicates that it has
Below you can read about how to create and edit predefined reports, and
how to connect them to survey templates.
New predefined report
1. Select the survey template which the predefined report should be
connected to, by clicking Templates > Survey Templates > Find
template. If the predefined report should be connected to several
survey templates, you select one of them. When the predefined
report is created, you can connect it to the other survey templates,
see Connecting Predefined report below.
2. Click New predefined report under Survey templates > Predefined
reports.
3. Enter a name in the field Predefined report.
4. Make the other setting for the predefined report, see the section
Reports > New report for more information.
5. Click the Create report button.
6. The predefined report is now created, and at the same time
connected to the survey template you selected in step 1. You can
now go to the tab Report Content and decide which questions from
the survey template should be included in the predefined report,
and how they should be presented. See Editing Predefined report >
Report content below.
Connecting Predefined report
The predefined report will be automatically connected to the survey template
which is selected when you create the predefined report. If you want to
connect the predefined report to another survey template, you select it by
clicking Templates > Survey Templates > Find template. Under Survey
templates > Predefined reports, all predefined reports that have been
created are listed. The
symbol next to the report indicates that it has not
yet been connected to the selected survey template. Click the predefined
report, make the desired settings under the Properties tab, and click the
Create report button. The predefined report is now connected to the
selected survey template. You can now go to the tab Report Content and
decide which questions from the survey template should be included in the
predefined report, and how they should be presented. See Editing
Predefined report > Report content below.
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Editing Predefined report
When you have created or connected a predefined report to a survey
template, you can edit it under the tabs Properties, Header/Footer, Data Set
and Report Content. See the corresponding section below for more
information.
Properties
Here you can see, and to some extent edit, the information you entered
when you created the report. See the section Reports > Basic information >
Properties for more information.
Header/Footer
On the Properties tab, you can specify whether headers and footers are to
appear at the top and the bottom of each page in the report. If you select
Custom at Type, you can customize the content and design in the
Header/Footer tab. See the section Reports > Basic information >
Header/Footer for more information.
Please note that a predefined report can be connected to more than one
survey template, and that the predefined report can have different settings
concerning header/footer on the different survey templates. If a survey is
using several survey templates, and if these templates have different
settings concerning header/footer, the settings for the survey template
which is placed first in the survey (at the top of the list under Construction >
Templates) will apply.
Data Set
When you create or connect a predefined report to a survey template, a
data set is created where all the questions from the survey template are
converted into so-called variables. Before you start editing your report, you
can process the variables here. See the section Reports > Data Set for
more information.
If you add or remove questions in the survey template, these questions will
not be automatically added/removed in the report. To update the report, you
must rebuild the data set, so it corresponds to the questions of the survey
template. Click the Rebuild data set button and confirm with OK. Note that
any changes made in the Report Content menu will be overwritten. This
means that you must go to the Report Content menu and once again decide
which questions should be included, and how they should be presented.
This affects predefined reports which are created after the change was
made, but not reports already created.
You can add and remove answer options to the questions of the survey
template, without having to rebuild the data set. However, if the questions
are included in so-called computed variables (in SR-Advanced Report), you
must rebuild the data set so that the computed variables are calculated
correctly.
Report Content
Here you decide which questions from the survey template should be
included in the predefined report, and how they should be presented. When
creating or connecting a predefined report to the survey template, you select
a report template to base the report on, in the Properties tab. This means
that tables, charts and text elements are generated under Report Content
for all questions in the survey template, based on the selected report
template's settings. You can then edit the report content if necessary. Below
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See Reports > Report Content for a detailed description on how to edit the
content.
Removing question
Each question is presented in a so-called report item. Click the
button to remove the report item (the question). Confirm by clicking OK.
Removing table/chart
Click the table/chart and select Remove. Confirm by clicking OK. You can
then remove the section which the table/chart was placed in. Click the
empty section where the
Confirm by clicking OK.
icon is displayed, and select Remove.
Question Templates
To facilitate the construction of new surveys, you can create question
templates. For instance, if your surveys often contain the same set of
answer options, you can create a question template that contains these
answer options. This way you do not have to enter them all each time, and
you can make sure that you don't ever forget any of them.
Editing Question Templates
The Edit question templates page lets you both create and edit question
templates. Each individual question type requires a custom question
template or templates. The list on the left displays the different question
types in a tree structure with the main branches Standard questions,
Advanced questions (available only for those who have the Advanced
Survey plug-in), and Informational texts. Expand the headings to display a
list of subheadings under which the question types are grouped, eg. Singlechoice, Multiple-choice, Matrix and so on. Click on a subheading to expand
it and view the different types of questions.
You can expand the entire tree by clicking on
above the list, or click on
to minimize it. If you click on a question type, any question templates
that have been created for that type will appear in the right part of the
window. You are then also able to create new ones.
You create question templates in the same way that you create questions
for a survey. See the sections on Overview and Edit mode under Questions
for more information.
If you use Organisations, you can under the tab Access decide which
organisations are to have access to each question template. See this
section for more information.
Translating Question Templates
By clicking the
icon next to a question type, you can translate that
question type’s templates into the languages that have been activated in the
program.
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The translation interface is divided into two sections. The left half is where
you see the original text: just select which language to translate from (your
source language). The right half is where you select which language to
translate the text into. Every question and every answer option has its own
line with a field where you type in the translation. To the right of the field is a
button which you click on if you want to format the text.
When translating, you can get some help by pressing the
button. It
gives you an automatic translation of the text and can be found between the
two language fields (it then translates the entire text) as well as on each row
(it then translates the text on that row). Since the translation is automated, it
is advisable that you check that the proposed translation is accurate. Also,
for the translation to work, a connection to a translation service must be set
up in the Administration. Please refer to the Administration > Languages
and Translations > Settings > Translation script section for more information
on how to do this.
Previewing Question Templates
On this page you get a preview of all the question templates that have been
created for all question types.
Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, the
tab Access is available when you click the
button to edit a question
template. You can under this tab decide which organisations are to have
access to the question template.
Select the desired organisations by marking the check box next to them.
The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to a question template,
you must belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any sub-organisations
to selected organisations will automatically be selected. However, any
parent organisations will not be automatically selected. The
check box
next to an organisation indicates that the organisation itself is not selected,
but that it has sub-organisations which are selected. If you want the parent
organisations to have access to the question template, mark the check box
Make question template accessible to parent organisations.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the question template, while organisations without access
have the symbol.
Finally, click the Save button.
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Report Templates
Editing Report Templates
When you create a new report, you select a report template to use as a
basis for it. The report template determines how the report's elements
(tables, charts and text) are presented in the report. On this page you create
and edit the report templates that are to be available for use.
You select the report template to edit, in the drop down list at the top of the
page. From the start, there is only one report template called Default, but
you can create more if necessary, see Creating New Report Templates
below.
You create a new report template by defining how each question type (radio
buttons, check boxes, etc.), and other variables, are to be presented. This is
done in so-called item templates. From the start there is only one item
template, called Default, for each question type, but you can create more if
you need to present the question types in various ways, for instance with
different types of charts, in different report templates. When you then save
the report template, you select an item template for each question type.
Saving Changes to Report Templates
1. Choose a report template in the drop down list at the top of the
page.
2. Expand all question types by clicking the
button.
3. Make your desired changes in the item templates, see Editing Item
Templates below.
4. For each question type, mark the radio button next to the item
template you want to use.
5. Click on Save.
Creating New Report Templates
1. Expand all question types by clicking on
.
2. Create new item templates if you need to, or edit existing
templates, see Editing Item Templates below.
3. For each question type, mark the radio button next to the item
template you want to use.
4. Click the Save as... button.
5. Give the report template a name and click OK.
Deleting and Renaming Report Templates
Choose a report template in the drop down list at the top of the page. To the
right of the drop down list there are two buttons. Rename the template by
clicking the
button. Type the new name and click OK. If you want to
remove the template, click the
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Editing Item Templates
All the different question types are displayed in a tree structure in the left
part of the window. There you also find the headings Respondent
Categories, Multilingual, Answer Date and SR-Advanced Report (if you have
this plug-in). The question types are grouped under the headings Standard
questions and Advanced questions (the latter is only available to those who
have the SR-Advanced Survey plug-in) and subheadings such as Singlechoice, Multiple-choice etc. Click the plus sign to expand a heading or a
question type, or click on the
button to expand all question types.
Under every question type there is from the start an item template named
Default. There you also find the option Use general, which you select if you
want the question type to be presented in the way defined under the
heading General. You find this heading in the tree structure, directly under
Standard Questions and (if you have SR-Advanced Survey) Advanced
Questions. Defining a general item template makes it easy to present all (or
most of) the question types in the same way.
For every question type, there are also buttons used to create alternative
ways of presenting the question type:
Create a new, empty item template
Create a copy of an existing item template
See Creating New Item Templates and Copying Item Templates below for
more information.
Click on the item template to edit it. The edit mode view is similar to the
overview found on the Reports > Report content page.
The item template is made up of the following components:
•
•
Sections - areas containing various elements. A container can
occupy the whole or half the width of the report.
Elements - charts, tables and text
Sections
Adding Sections
To insert a new element (chart, table or text), you must first add a new
section. Click on an existing empty section, or on an existing element, and
select Add new above or Add new below in the menu that appears. An
empty section will be inserted, and is symbolized by this image
.
Splitting Sections in Half
If you want to place two elements, for instance a table and a chart, next to
each other in the report, you can split a section into two columns. Click on
an empty section and select Split to two columns, the section now consists
of two halves in which elements can be inserted. If you change your mind
and want to have only one column again, you click on the section and select
Merge columns.
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Removing Sections
Only empty sections can be removed. If there are any elements in the
section you wish to remove, you need to first remove the elements, see
Removing elements below. Then click on the empty section and select
Remove. Confirm with OK.
Elements
Elements is a generic term for tables, charts and text. Charts and tables let
you present your results, while the text elements are used to comment or
clarify them.
Inserting Elements
To insert a new element (table, chart or text), you must first add a section,
see Adding sections above. Click on an empty section, and select Add text
item, Add table item or Add chart item. The element is added and the edit
page for it is opened automatically.
Editing Elements
Click on an element and choose Edit ... to enter the edit mode for it. See the
section on Reports > Report content for detailed information about editing
tables, charts and text elements.
When you edit a text element that is to contain a question title or variable
title, the editor provides you with buttons for inserting the Question title (the
question title as specified in the survey), the Question number and Variable
title (the variable's title in the data set).
In text elements, you can also insert Subquestion title. In SR-Advanced
Report there are a number of matrix question types where you need to
insert both {Subquestion title} and {Variable title} to display correct
headlines in the report. These question types are:
•
•
•
•
•
Matrix - Side by Side
Matrix open - Numeric
Matrix open -String
Matrix open - Date
Matrix open - Time
Removing Items
To remove an item, click on it and select Remove. Confirm your selection
with OK.
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Variable Settings
In the top right corner of each section is the
button. When you click
on it you can alter the settings regarding which variable types the section is
to be displayed for. The selected setting is then symbolized by one of the
following icons which can be found in the top left corner in the section:
•
•
•
Any
- the section is displayed for all variable types
Numeric
- the section is displayed for all question types that can
have a numeric value, ie. questions with set answer options,
numeric questions, and calendar questions.
String
- the section is displayed for those question types that
only contain text, ie. Text boxes and Text areas.
Choose a suitable setting for the different sections. The section with the
question title probably needs to be displayed for all variables whereas
sections with frequency tables, statistical tables or charts are only relevant
for numeric variables, and sections with data tables are used to present text
variables.
On the Settings page you also find two check boxes that affect the
presentation of question types that have multiple variables, for instance
Matrices. These settings also result in certain symbols appearing in the
sections' upper left corners.
•
•
Repeat for all variables
- one section is displayed for each
variable (for question types with multiple variables). When a matrix
question with five subquestions are presented, five sections will
appear: one for each subquestion.
Only active for multiple variables
- The section will only be
displayed if the question has several variables.
The five sections in the Item template named Default, have the following
default settings:
•
•
•
•
•
Text element for the question title
Text element for the variable title
Frequency table and chart (sectionwith two columns)
Statistical Table
Data table
The section with the variable title thus has the
symbol which means that
it will only be displayed for questions with multiple variables. For matrix
questions, all subquestions will therefore receive the subquestion's title as
their heading.
Enabling all Series
When you enter the edit mode for a table or a chart, you will find the check
box Enable all series under the Settings for series. Check this if you want all
the variables (for question types with multiple variables, for example
Matrices) to appear together in the table or chart. If, on the other hand, you
would like to present the variables separately you leave the box unchecked
and instead make sure that the setting Repeat for all variables is selected
for the section. Then, as mentioned above, the section will be repeated for
each variable.
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Creating New Item Templates
1. Expand the question type.
2. Click the
button.
3. Give the new template a name and click OK. It is advisable that the
name is descriptive, for instance, "Only frequency tables and bar
charts".
4. The item template is now displayed under the specific question
type, and you can start editing it immediately, see Editing item
templates above.
Copying Item Templates
1. Click on the item template you want to make a copy of, so that its
content is displayed in the right part of the window.
2. Expand the question type where you want to create the copy.
3. Click the
button.
4. Give the new template a name and click OK. It is advisable that the
name is descriptive, for instance, "Only frequency tables and bar
charts".
5. The item template is now displayed under the specific question
type, and you can edit it if necessary, see Editing item templates
above.
Deleting and Renaming Item Templates
To the right of each item template, there are two buttons. Rename the item
template by clicking the
button. Type the new name and click OK. If
you want to remove the item template, click the
clicking OK.
button and confirm by
Survey Design
Survey Themes
A theme is a design template that defines the appearance of the survey as a
whole, as well as the individidual questions and question titles. The Survey
themes menu lets you create all the survey themes that are to be available
for selection when choosing a theme for a new survey.
If you use Organisations, you can under the tab Access decide which
organisations are to have access to each survey theme. See this section
below for more information.
Editing Themes
Choose the Theme you want to edit in the drop down list at the top of the
page. From the start there is only one theme named Default theme. See
information below on how to create new themes.
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The drop down list Preview lets you select a survey which will then be
displayed on the page as a sample. When editing the theme you then see,
directly in the survey, a preview of the changes as they will appear in a
survey.
To edit the theme, use the toolbox on the right side of the window. The
different settings are grouped under three tabs: Survey, Question and
Question Title. See the Design section in the Survey Construction menu for
further details on the different functions.
Confirm your changes by clicking Save.
Creating New Themes
You create a new theme by saving a copy of an existing theme.
1. Choose the Theme you want to base your new theme on in the
drop down list at the top of the page.
2. Click the Save as... button.
3. Give the new theme a name and click OK.
The new theme has now been selected in the drop down list Theme and can
be edited. For more information on this, please see above.
Removing Themes
Only themes that are not used on any survey can be removed.
1. Choose the theme you wish to remove in the drop down list Theme
at the top of the page.
2. Click the Remove button and confirm your selection by clicking OK.
Renaming Themes
1. Choose the Theme you wish to rename in the drop down list at the
top of the page.
2. Click on the
button to the right of the Theme drop down list.
3. Enter the new name in all languages and click OK.
Access
Owner and Authorized Users
Under the tab Access, you decide who are to have access to the theme,
when administering surveys. If no users or groups have been added under
Authorized Users, the theme will be available for everyone. Follow these
steps to add authorized users:
1. Click the Add... button
2. Mark the check box next to the desired users or groups
3. Click OK
If you want to remove a user or group from the list of authorized users, you
mark its check box and click Remove.
In the Owner drop down list, the user who created the theme is preselected. Super administrators have the right to select another user (who
has the right to administer survey themes) as owner. The owner has always
the right to use the theme, even without being added as an authorized user.
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Organisation Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
can under the heading Organisation Access decide which organisations are
to have access to the theme you are editing.
Select the desired organisations by marking the check box next to them.
The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to a theme, you must
belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any sub-organisations
to selected organisations will automatically be selected. However, any
parent organisations will not be automatically selected. The
check box
next to an organisation indicates that the organisation itself is not selected,
but that it has sub-organisations which are selected. If you want the parent
organisations to have access to the theme, mark the check box Make
theme accessible to parent organisations.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the theme, while organisations without access have the
symbol.
Finally, click the Save button.
Note that if you want to give users access to the theme through their
organisations, you shall not add any users or groups under Authorized
Users (as described above). If you add authorized users, only these users
will have access to the theme, and it is also required that their organisations
are selected under Organisation Access.
Header
Edit
When you administer a survey, you can choose that a header should be
displayed on each page in the survey. Under this menu, you create the
headers which are to be available for selection under Survey > Survey
Construction > Basic Information > Properties > Layout.
If you use Organisations, you can under the tab Access decide which
organisations are to have access to each header. See this section for more
information.
Creating new header
1. Click the Create new button.
2. Design the header in the editor. You can write and format text, and
insert images and links. See the section Survey > Survey
Construction > Basic Information > Introductory text for information
on how to insert and align images, and how to link to files and to
web and e-mail addresses.
3. Click Save.
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The header is automatically created in all active survey languages in the
system. If you want a different header in one of the languages, you select
this language in the drop down list above the editor, make your changes,
and click Save. By clicking the
button next to the drop down list, you
decide that the header for the selected language shall be used for all
languages.
Creating a copy of a header
1. Select the header you want to copy, in the drop down list at the top
of the page.
2. Click the Clone button.
3. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
4. Make the desired changes.
5. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 3-5 above for the other languages.
Editing header
1. Select the header you want to edit, in the drop down list at the top
of the page.
2. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
3. Make the desired changes.
4. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 2-4 above for the other languages.
Deleting header
1. Select the header you want to delete, in the drop down list at the
top of the page.
2. Click the Remove button.
3. Confirm by clicking OK.
If you delete a header, the header will at the same time be removed from
any surveys where it is used. On these surveys, the Header setting will be
None.
Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
can under the tab Access decide which organisations are to have access to
the header which is selected in the drop down list at the top of the page.
Select the desired organisations by marking the check box next to them.
The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to a header, you must
belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any sub-organisations
to selected organisations will automatically be selected. However, any
parent organisations will not be automatically selected. The
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next to an organisation indicates that the organisation itself is not selected,
but that it has sub-organisations which are selected. If you want the parent
organisations to have access to the header, mark the check box Make this
accessible to parent organisations.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the header, while organisations without access have the
symbol.
Finally, click the Save button.
Footer
Edit
When you administer a survey, you can choose that a footer should be
displayed on each page in the survey. Under this menu, you create the
footers which are to be available for selection under Survey > Survey
Construction > Basic Information > Properties > Layout.
If you use Organisations, you can under the tab Access decide which
organisations are to have access to each footer. See this section for more
information.
Creating new footer
1. Click the Create new button.
2. Design the footer in the editor. You can write and format text, and
insert images and links. See the section Survey > Survey
Construction > Basic Information > Introductory text for information
on how to insert and align images, and how to link to files and to
web and e-mail addresses.
3. Click Save.
The footer is automatically created in all active survey languages in the
system. If you want a different footer in one of the languages, you select this
language in the drop down list above the editor, make your changes, and
click Save. By clicking the
button next to the drop down list, you
decide that the footer for the selected language shall be used for all
languages.
Creating a copy of a footer
1. Select the footer you want to copy, in the drop down list at the top
of the page.
2. Click the Clone button.
3. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
4. Make the desired changes.
5. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 3-5 above for the other languages.
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Editing footer
1. Select the footer you want to edit, in the drop down list at the top of
the page.
2. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
3. Make the desired changes.
4. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 2-4 above for the other languages.
Deleting footer
1. Select the footer you want to delete, in the drop down list at the top
of the page.
2. Click the Remove button.
3. Confirm by clicking OK.
If you delete a footer, the footer will at the same time be removed from any
surveys where it is used. On these surveys, the Footer setting will be None.
Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
can under the tab Access decide which organisations are to have access to
the footer which is selected in the drop down list at the top of the page.
Select the desired organisations by marking the check box next to them.
The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to a footer, you must
belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any sub-organisations
to selected organisations will automatically be selected. However, any
parent organisations will not be automatically selected. The
check box
next to an organisation indicates that the organisation itself is not selected,
but that it has sub-organisations which are selected. If you want the parent
organisations to have access to the footer, mark the check box Make this
accessible to parent organisations.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the footer, while organisations without access have the
symbol.
Finally, click the Save button.
Thank you message
Edit
When you administer a survey, you can choose that a thank you message
should be displayed after the respondent has submitted the survey. Under
this menu, you create the thank you messages which are to be available for
selection under Survey > Survey Construction > Basic Information >
Properties > Layout.
If you use Organisations, you can under the tab Access decide which
organisations are to have access to each thank you message. See this
section for more information.
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Creating new thank you message
1. Click the Create new button.
2. Design the thank you message in the editor. You can write and
format text, and insert images and links. See the section Survey >
Survey Construction > Basic Information > Introductory text for
information on how to insert and align images, and how to link to
files and to web and e-mail addresses.
3. Click Save.
The thank you message is automatically created in all active survey
languages in the system. If you want a different thank you message in one
of the languages, you select this language in the drop down list above the
editor, make your changes, and click Save. By clicking the
button next
to the drop down list, you decide that the thank you message for the
selected language shall be used for all languages.
Creating a copy of a thank you message
1. Select the thank you message you want to copy, in the drop down
list at the top of the page.
2. Click the Clone button.
3. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
4. Make the desired changes.
5. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 3-5 above for the other languages.
Editing thank you message
1. Select the thank you message you want to edit, in the drop down
list at the top of the page.
2. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
3. Make the desired changes.
4. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 2-4 above for the other languages.
Deleting thank you message
1. Select the thank you message you want to delete, in the drop down
list at the top of the page.
2. Click the Remove button.
3. Confirm by clicking OK.
If you delete a thank you message, the thank you message will at the same
time be removed from any surveys where it is used. On these surveys, the
Thank you message setting will be Simple.
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Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
can under the tab Access decide which organisations are to have access to
the thank you message which is selected in the drop down list at the top of
the page.
Select the desired organisations by marking the check box next to them.
The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to a thank you message,
you must belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any sub-organisations
to selected organisations will automatically be selected. However, any
parent organisations will not be automatically selected. The
check box
next to an organisation indicates that the organisation itself is not selected,
but that it has sub-organisations which are selected. If you want the parent
organisations to have access to the thank you message, mark the check
box Make this accessible to parent organisations.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the thank you message, while organisations without access
have the symbol.
Finally, click the Save button.
Report Design
Report Themes
The report themes determine the look of the report in terms of the formatting
of the text in question titles and tables, and the colors in the charts. On this
page, you can create and edit different report themes. Later, you select
which theme you want to use every time you create a report.
Editing Themes
The Theme drop down list at the top lets you choose which theme you want
to edit. From the start only one theme is available, the Default theme. See
below for information on how to create new themes.
To make changes to the chosen theme, use the toolbar in the right part of
the window. The settings under the tab Design are grouped under various
headings, see below. Click on the
button to the right of the heading to
display the settings. The Preview page then lets you see the effects of your
changes. When you have finished editing, click on Save.
Settings for the Entire Report
Under the Report heading, you select the overall settings for the report.
However, the settings for the chart texts are made separately.
Fonts - choose from Arial, Comic Sans MS, Courier new, Georgia,
Helvetica, Impact, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, Times new roman and Verdana
Text size - enter the size (as a percentage) for the contents of tables, and
for the question titles
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Text color - select a general text color by clicking on the colored rectangle,
or by entering a color code directly in the field provided. You can later
choose to use other text colors for specific parts of the tables, see below.
Settings for Tables
Some settings can be made for specific parts of the tables. You find them
under these headings:
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•
•
•
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Table: Header row - the row in the table that shows headings such
as the Number of responses and the Mean value
Table: Rows - the rows in the table that contain actual data. To
improve readability, you can for instance let every other row be of a
different color by specifying certain settings under Alternating
colors
Table: Summation row - the row at the bottom of the table that
shows the table summations
Contingency table: Header - the question heading for the
background variable in a contingency table
Contingency table: Answer options - the answer options for the
background variable in a contingency table
You can choose the following settings:
Background color - select a color by clicking on the colored rectangle, or
by specifying a color code.
Text color - select a text color by clicking on the colored rectangle, or by
entering a color code.
Style - choose Bold, Italic and/or Underline
Chart
Under the heading Chart, you can specify which colors are to be used, both
for the actual chart and for the background. You can also decide which font
to use for the charts.
Font - choose which font is to be used for the chart texts, i.e.the text in the
legend and next to the axis.
Palette - choose the palette you want to use for the chart, for instance for
the bars in a bar chart or for the sectors in a pie chart. Choose from a
number of standard palettes, or create your own, see the section on Create
Custom Palette.
Background - the look of the chart's background: Color (Background color)
or Transition (From color, To color), see below
Background color - select a color by clicking on the colored rectangle, or
by specifying a color code.
From color, To color - available if you chose Transition for your
Background. Choose which two colors you want to use as per the
description above.
Create Custom Palette
1. Select [Create new custom palette] in the drop down list Palette
2. Type a Name for the palette. Click the
name in all active languages.
3. Click the
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4. Select the first color by clicking the colored rectangle, or by
specifying a color code
5. Repeat steps 3-4 to select the other colors. To delete a color, click
the
button.
6. Click the
button to save the palette
Delete Custom palette
1. Select the palette to delete in the drop down list Palette. Only
customized palettes can be deleted.
2. Click the
button, and confirm with OK
Chart Legend
Here you can make settings for font size and font color in the legend of the
charts.
Chart Axis
Here you can make settings for font size and font color of the text displayed
next to the axis.
Creating New Themes
You create a new theme by saving a copy of an existing theme.
1. Choose the Theme you want to use as your basis in the drop down
list at the top.
2. Click on Save as...
3. Give the new theme a name and click OK.
The new theme is then automatically chosen in the Theme drop down list
and can be edited, see above.
Removing Themes
1. Choose the Theme you want to remove in the drop down list at the
top.
2. Click on the Remove button and confirm your selection by pressing
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Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
can under the tab Access decide which organisations are to have access to
the theme you are editing.
Select the desired organisations by marking the check box next to them.
The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to a theme, you must
belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any sub-organisations
to selected organisations will automatically be selected. However, any
parent organisations will not be automatically selected. The
check box
next to an organisation indicates that the organisation itself is not selected,
but that it has sub-organisations which are selected. If you want the parent
organisations to have access to the theme, mark the check box Make
theme accessible to parent organisations.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the theme, while organisations without access have the
symbol.
Finally, click the Save button.
Header
Edit
When you administer a report, you can choose that a header should be
displayed on each page in the report when it is exported. Under this menu,
you create the headers which are to be available for selection under
Reports > Basic Information.
If you use Organisations, you can under the tab Access decide which
organisations are to have access to each header. See this section for more
information.
Creating new header
1. Click the Create new button.
2. Design the header in the editor. You can write and format text, and
insert images and links. See the section Survey > Survey
Construction > Basic Information > Introductory text for information
on how to insert and align images, and how to link to files and to
web and e-mail addresses.
3. Click Save.
The header is automatically created in all active survey languages in the
system. If you want a different header in one of the languages, you select
this language in the drop down list above the editor, make your changes,
and click Save. By clicking the
button next to the drop down list, you
decide that the header for the selected language shall be used for all
languages.
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Creating a copy of a header
1. Select the header you want to copy, in the drop down list at the top
of the page.
2. Click the Clone button.
3. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
4. Make the desired changes.
5. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 3-5 above for the other languages.
Editing header
1. Select the header you want to edit, in the drop down list at the top
of the page.
2. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
3. Make the desired changes.
4. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 2-4 above for the other languages.
Deleting header
1. Select the header you want to delete, in the drop down list at the
top of the page.
2. Click the Remove button.
3. Confirm by clicking OK.
If you delete a header, the header will at the same time be removed from
any reports where it is used. On these reports, the Header setting will be
None.
Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
can under the tab Access decide which organisations are to have access to
the header which is selected in the drop down list at the top of the page.
Select the desired organisations by marking the check box next to them.
The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to a header, you must
belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any sub-organisations
to selected organisations will automatically be selected. However, any
parent organisations will not be automatically selected. The
check box
next to an organisation indicates that the organisation itself is not selected,
but that it has sub-organisations which are selected. If you want the parent
organisations to have access to the header, mark the check box Make this
accessible to parent organisations.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the header, while organisations without access have the
symbol.
Finally, click the Save button.
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Footer
Edit
When you administer a report, you can choose that a footer should be
displayed on each page in the report when it is exported. Under this menu,
you create the footers which are to be available for selection under Reports
> Basic Information.
If you use Organisations, you can under the tab Access decide which
organisations are to have access to each footer. See this section for more
information.
Creating new footer
1. Click the Create new button.
2. Design the footer in the editor. You can write and format text, and
insert images and links. See the section Survey > Survey
Construction > Basic Information > Introductory text for information
on how to insert and align images, and how to link to files and to
web and e-mail addresses.
3. Click Save.
The footer is automatically created in all active survey languages in the
system. If you want a different footer in one of the languages, you select this
language in the drop down list above the editor, make your changes, and
click Save. By clicking the
button next to the drop down list, you
decide that the footer for the selected language shall be used for all
languages.
Creating a copy of a footer
1. Select the footer you want to copy, in the drop down list at the top
of the page.
2. Click the Clone button.
3. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
4. Make the desired changes.
5. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 3-5 above for the other languages.
Editing footer
1. Select the footer you want to edit, in the drop down list at the top of
the page.
2. Select a language in the drop down list above the editor.
3. Make the desired changes.
4. Click Save.
If you want the changes you made to be applied to all languages, click
the
button. If not, repeat steps 2-4 above for the other languages.
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Deleting footer
1. Select the footer you want to delete, in the drop down list at the top
of the page.
2. Click the Remove button.
3. Confirm by clicking OK.
If you delete a footer, the footer will at the same time be removed from any
reports where it is used. On these reports, the Footer setting will be None.
Access
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
can under the tab Access decide which organisations are to have access to
the footer which is selected in the drop down list at the top of the page.
Select the desired organisations by marking the check box next to them.
The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to a footer, you must
belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any sub-organisations
to selected organisations will automatically be selected. However, any
parent organisations will not be automatically selected. The
check box
next to an organisation indicates that the organisation itself is not selected,
but that it has sub-organisations which are selected. If you want the parent
organisations to have access to the footer, mark the check box Make this
accessible to parent organisations.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the footer, while organisations without access have the
symbol.
Finally, click the Save button.
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Header
Edit
In those cases where the respondent does not access the survey via a
direct link, he or she will instead arrive at a log-in page where a username
and password needs to be used. From this page, the respondent may also
go to a portal page that has links to all the surveys that he or she has been
linked to, if this possibility has been activated under Administration >
Settings > Surveys > General Settings.
You can create a custom design for this header for all the languages that
are active in the program. First select the language version you want to edit
the header for, in the drop down list above the editor.
The editor that appears then lets you enter and format text and insert links
and images. See the section Survey > Survey Construction > Basic
Information > Introductory text for information on how to insert and align
images, and how to link to files and to web and e-mail addresses.
Finally, click the Save button.
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Users
Users
Here you manage the accounts for all the people who are to log in and work
in the program, either with surveys or with reports. The Users interface is
divided into the tabs List, Edit and From a File. If you have the plug-in SRLDAP, you have also access to the tab Via LDAP.
List
The List tab displays a list of all existing users. You can search for a user by
typing in a search term in the field at the top of the page, and then clicking
the Search button. You can use a full or a partial first name, last name,
display name or user name. All users matching your search query will then
be listed.
Sort the list according to different criteria by clicking the column heading of
your choice. You can also filter the list by clicking the icon in the heading
of the desired column, and enter the text you want to filter by in the text field.
The
icon indicates that the column is already filtered. If you want to
remove the filtering, you click the icon, hover the cursor over the text field,
and click in the upper right corner of the field.
Adding Users
Click the Add user button. You are then transferred to the Edit tab where
you can enter the new user's personal details, and assign group and
organisation membership. See the Edit section for more information.
Editing Users
Click on one of the users in the list to to enter edit mode for that user. See
the Edit section for more information.
Removing Users
Mark the check box next to the user(s) you wish to remove. If you
mark/unmark the check box in the header row you mark/unmark all users.
Click on Remove and confirm with OK.
Editing Users
User details
When you click on a user in the List you will be transferred to the Edit tab
which will then be given the selected user's name as its temporary heading.
In the User Information section you edit the respondent's personal details
regarding:
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Display name
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First name
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Last name
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Street address
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Zip code
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City
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Country
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Telephone number
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Cell phone number
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Under Active surveys, you can choose to limit the number of active surveys
that a user is connected to by typing a number in the field Limit to [a
specified number of] surveys. This means that once the user is connected to
the number of (active) surveys you specified, he or she can no longer create
new surveys. If you do not wish to restrict the numbers, select No limit.
Organisation Membership
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, you
decide at Organisation which organisation(s) the user is to belong to.
Through his/her organisation, the user will get access to:
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Using the templates which are connected to the organisation
•
Viewing the respondents which are connected to the organisation,
and connecting them to surveys
•
Administering the surveys which are connected to the organisation
(requires that the user through his/her group has the right Survey
Access > All Surveys)
•
Administering the reports which are connected to the organisation
(requires that the user through his/her group has the right Report
Access > All Reports)
Mark the check box next to the organisation(s) the user shall be member of.
At least one organisation must be selected. If you have a hierarchical
structure of organisations, any sub-organisations to selected organisations
will automatically be selected.
By marking the
symbol to the right, you can state which of the
organisations should be used at the log-in in those cases when the user is a
member of several organisations.
A drop down list with the symbol
is displayed in upper right corner of
the application window for users connected to two or more organisations.
After logging in, the organisation according to the setting above will be
selected. The user can select another organisation to work with from the
selection list, and will then see only surveys, reports, templates and
respondents connected to the current organisation.
Organisation membership can also be specified directly in the import file, if
you choose to import the users from a file. Please refer to the section From
a file for more information.
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Settings
Under Settings you can see the person's Username, but this can not be
changed. If you click the Change password button you can enter a new
password, and you then also need to confirm it. Click Save to carry out your
selected changes.
You cannot change your own password here. Instead, click on your name in
the top right corner, above the program workspace. Select Change
password in the menu that then opens and enter the new information in the
pop-up window that appears. If you click on My profile, a pop-up window
appears where you can change your first and last name, display name and
e-mail address. In this menu, you can also change the program language
and log out of the program.
Group Membership
At Groups, you mark the check box next to the group(s) the user is to
belong to. Using groups is a way to assign rights to users. For each group,
you can state which rights the group's members are to have, for example
which menus in the program, and which functions, they shall have access
to.
When you start using the program, there are as default the groups
Administrators, Users, Interviewers (if you have the plug-in SR-Advanced
Survey) and Report Readers (if you have the plug-in SR-Advanced Report).
In the section Administration > Users > Groups, you can read about how to
create new groups, and which rights you can assign to a group.
Group membership can also be specified directly in the import file, if you
choose to import the users from a file. Please refer to the section From a file
for more information.
By marking the check box Super Administrator, you make sure that the
user's group membership only decides which menus the user will have
access to. When it comes to functions, a super administrator will have
unlimited rights.
There must always be at least one super administrator in the system.
SR-Evaluate
If you use the plug-in SR-Evaluate, you can decide on user level if the tab
Evaluate should be visible in the left side menu or not.
Respondent Filter
If you have the plug-in SR-Advanced Report, you have when you edit users
with one of the roles User, Report Reader or Interviewer access to the
button Edit respondent filter. When you click this button, you can connect
the user to the respondent categories/subcategories that have been created
in the program. Depending on which group the user belongs to, this
connection gives different rights concerning the respondents belonging to
these categories:
•
User - when administering a survey, the user will only be able to
see and connect the respondents belonging to the categories
he/she is connected to.
•
Report Reader - In subreports, respondent categories can be used
as selection to decide which respondent's answers each report
reader is allowed to see. When the report reader is connected to a
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subcategories the report reader is connected to will be pre-selected
(but possible to change) in the selection.
•
Interviewer - when the interviewer is connected to a survey, he/she
will only be able to answer the survey on behalf of the respondents
belonging to the categories he/she is connected to.
Editing a respondent filter
1. Click the Edit respondent filter button.
2. Click on a respondent category in the list to the left.
3. In the list to the right, mark the check box next to the sub
categories you want to connect the report reader to.
4. Repeat step 2-3 for the other respondent categories. In the list to
the left you can for each respondent category see the number of
selected sub categories, e.g. (1/4) if one of a total of four sub
categories has been selected. Respondent categories with at least
one selected sub category are displayed in bold. Note that for
respondent categories where no subcategories have been
selected, all subcategories will be regarded as selected.
5. Confirm by clicking OK
6. Click the Save button
Respondent filters can also be specified directly in the import file, if you
choose to import the users from a file. Please refer to the section From a file
for more information.
Removing a user
Click the button Remove if you do not want to keep this user in the system.
Log in as...
If you have the role Super Administrator, you can use the button Log in as...
in order to test how the role for the current user works. When you want to
return to your own user role, you have to log out and log in as yourself.
From a File
You can add several users at the same time, by importing them from a file.
For the import to work, the import file must be based on the template
available in the program.
Click the link UserImport.xlsx next to Template and open the template file.
The order of the column headings may not be changed.
Type or paste the user's details into the file. The only required field is
Username (column A).
In column D, with the heading Groups, you specify which group(s) the user
is to belong to. Using groups is a way to assign rights to users. For each
group, you can state which rights the group's members are to have, for
example which menus in the program they shall have access to.
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After clicking in the cell, you can use the arrow button to choose among the
valid values:
If the field Groups (column D) is left blank, or if an invalid value has been
specified, the user will be imported to the Group Users. In cells with an
invalid value, a symbol will be displayed:
A user in Survey&Report can at the same time belong to several groups. In
the example below, the details of the user Mary is entered in row 2,
including the group Interviewers. By leaving the field Username blank in row
3, or by entering the same user name as in the row above, you tell that this
row is also reserved for the same user, and you can there enter the group
Report readers. Please note that all the other user details (column A-M) for
Mary is specified in row 2.
In column N, with the heading Organisation, you specify which
organisation(s) the user is to belong to. This is applicable only if you have
created organisations under Administration > Organisations. Through
his/her organisation, the user will get access to the templates, surveys,
reports and respondents which are connected to the organisation.
After clicking in the cell, you can use the arrow button to choose among the
valid values:
If the field Organisation (column N) is left blank, or if an invalid value has
been specified, the user will be imported to the Main Organisation.
To specify an organisation on a lower level in the organisation structure, you
use the > character to separate the levels. In the example below, the
organisation IT is located directly under Main Organisation, and the
organisation Support is a child organisation to IT. The image shows the
correct way of specifying Main Organisation, IT and Support, respectively.
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You can connect a user to several organisations. In the image below, you
see the same user as in the example above, but with the columns B-M
hidden. Since the field Username was left blank on row 3, this row is
reserved for the user Mary. In the example, she is connected to the two
organisations Support and Development, which are both sub-organisations
to the organisation IT. The organisation Support will be the user's primary
organisation, since it is specified in the user's first row.
In each column heading, you can click on an arrow button to open a
shortcut menu with sorting and filtering options. You can filter the list, for
example to find a user or to hide any blank rows. The sorting function may
not be used if there are users whose details are placed in two rows, since
the lines will then be sorted incorrectly.
If you have the plug-in SR-Advanced Report, you can in the import file also
connect the user to the respondent categories/subcategories that have been
created in the program. Depending on which group the user belongs to, this
connection gives different rights concerning the respondents belonging to
these categories. Read more about this function, Respondent filter, in the
Edit section.
The respondent categories can be found in the column O and onwards. Just
as in the columns Groups and Organisation, you can click in a cell and then
use the arrow button to choose among the valid values:
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You can connect a user to several subcategories. In the image below, you
see the same user as in the example above, but with the columns B-N
hidden. Since the field Username was left blank on row 3, this row is
reserved for the user Mary. In the example, she is connected to the two
subcategories Finance and Sales in the respondent category Department.
When you have prepared the import file and saved it, you click the
button and browse for the file. Click the Upload file button and then OK.
Under Users to import, the users in the file are listed with First name, Last
name, E-mail address, Username and Groups. New users are listed with
the
symbol. If the user name already exists in the system, the
symbol is displayed next to the user. If you choose to import an existing
user, the user's details, including group and organisation membership, will
be overwritten by the details in the file.
By clicking the
button next to a user, you open the Edit respondent
filter window where you can check any connections to respondent
categories/subcategories that have been prepared in the import file, and
make changes if necessary. See the section Respondent filter for more
information on how to edit respondent filters.
Make sure the check box is marked next to the users you want to import. By
marking/unmarking the check box in the header row you select/deselect all
the respondents' check boxes at once. Click on Import selected users. The
users will then be imported to the program.
From LDAP
This option is only available for those who have the SR-LDAP plug-in. The
function makes possible the import of users from a directory service. In
order for the import to work, the necessary settings must have been
selected under Administration > LDAP. Please refer to this section for more
information on how the setup is done.
When an LDAP source has been configured, you can follow these steps to
import new users:
1. Select an LDAP source in the drop down list at the top.
2. Under Search, one or more search fields are displayed, depending
on the settings that were chosen for the LDAP. Enter the search
terms of your choice in the search fields. The * character can be
used as a wildcard to represent zero, one or more characters.
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3. Depending on how the settings were configured, the drop down
lists named Use grouping and Group by may be displayed. Select a
grouping type in the Use grouping drop down list, then mark the
check boxes for the options you wish to use in the Group by drop
down list.
4. Click the Search button.
5. Those users that match your search are then listed on the page
togehter with one of the following icons:
6.
7.
8.
9.
(The user is not yet in
the program database) or
(The user is already in the program
database).
Mark the check boxes next to the users you want to import. By
marking/unmarking the check box in the header row you
mark/unmark all users' check boxes at once.
Click on Import selected users.
A pop-up window opens where you mark, under Groups, which
group(s) the imported users shall belong to. Using groups is a way
to assign rights to users. For each group, you can state which
rights the group's members are to have, for example which menus
in the program they shall have access to. If you import users who
are already in the database, you have the possibility to decide that
their current group membership shall be replaced with the settings
you specify here, by marking the check box Apply on update.
Under the heading Organisation Access, you mark the check box
next to the organisation(s) the imported users shall belong to. This
is applicable only if you have created organisations under
Administration > Organisations. Through his/her organisation, the
user will get access to the templates, surveys, reports and
respondents which are connected to the organisation.
If you import users who are already in the database, you have the
possibility to decide that their current organisation membership
shall be replaced with the settings you specify here, by marking the
check box Apply on update.
If the LDAP import has a defined organisation mapping depending
on LDAP attribute values, you have access to the check box Keep
LDAP-defined organisation if available. Mark this check box if you
want the organisation membership of the users you import to be
decided by their LDAP attribute value. However, a user who does
not have a value on the organisation attribute, will be connected to
the organisation(s) specified in the pop-up window.
10. Click OK.
Groups
In Survey&Report, you assign rights to users by connecting them to one or
more groups. For each group, you can specify which rights the group's
members are to have, for example which menus in the program they shall
have access to.
Under the tab Groups, you administer these user groups, and decide which
rights each group shall have.
Groups can also be connected to surveys, and thereby the group's
members get the right to administer the survey.
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List
On the List page you find information about all the existing groups. The
groups at the top are so-called system groups, i.e. they are there from the
start when the program is installed. The system groups are:
•
•
•
•
Administrators
Users
Interviewers – (only available for those who have the SR-Advanced
Survey plug-in)
Report Readers (only available for those who have the SRAdvanced Report plug-in)
The system groups have the
yourself have the
symbol, while any groups you have created
symbol.
Adding Groups
Click on Add group. You are then automatically transferred to the Edit tab
where you enter a name and description for the new group, and specify the
user rights that are to apply to all members of the group. Here you can also
connect users to the group. See the Edit section for more information.
Editing Groups
Click on a group in the list to enter the edit mode for the group. See the Edit
section for more information.
Removing Groups
Mark the check box at the group(s) you want to remove. If you mark/unmark
the check box in the header row you mark/unmark all groups at once. Click
on Delete group(s) and confirm with OK.
NB. System groups cannot be removed.
Editing Groups
When you click on a group in the List, you are transferred to the Edit tab
which then receives the group's name as its temporary heading.
Properties
In the Properties, you can edit the group name and any descriptive text that
may have been entered there.
Click the
button if multiple languages are active in the program, and
you want to translate the name or description. By clicking the button you
open a translation window. In the left part of the window, select the
language you want to translate from (your source language), and in the right
part, the language you want to translate into.
Click the
button which you can find between the language fields to
make an automatic translation. It is advisable that you check that the
proposed translation is correct. Also, for the automatic translation to work,
access to a translation service must be set up in the Administration. See the
section on Languages and translations for more information about this. Last,
save your translation by clicking OK.
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Maximum number of respondents per survey - If the function Limit amount
of respondents per survey is enabled in the system, you can deviate from
the general setting on system level concerning the users in this group. If a
user should be a part of more than one user group, the highest limit is
applied.
Message to display when user tries to exceed the limit - Design the
message that the respondent will receive in the same moment as he/she
tries to add more respondents to the survey than allowed. Using the editor
you can, for example, add images and links. The message can be
translated into other languages.
Users
Under the heading Users, the users who are already connected to the group
are listed with first name, last name and user name. Sort the list according
to different criteria by clicking the column heading of your choice. You can
also filter the list by clicking the icon in the heading of the desired column,
and enter the text you want to filter by in the text field. The
icon indicates
that the column is already filtered. If you want to remove the filtering, you
click the icon, hover the cursor over the text field, and click in the upper
right corner of the field.
Here you can also add users to the group by clicking the Add... button, or
remove users from the group by clicking the Remove button.
User Rights
Under User rights, you can assign user rights on a group level. All users
who belong to the group will be given these rights automatically. Under
different headings (see below), you can give the group's members access to
the various menus in the program, and to a number of specific functions.
Click Save when you are done.
For each menu/function you specify which of the following settings that will
apply to the group:
•
None: the group has not access to the menu/function
•
View: the group has access to viewing the menu/function
•
Modify: the group has access to modifying the menu/function
•
Deny: the group's members has not access to the menu/function,
even if they belong to other groups which have access to it
If a user belongs to several groups with different settings for a
menu/function, the setting with the highest priority will apply, according to
this priority order:
1. Deny
2. Modify
3. View
4. None
Example 1: A user belongs to two groups. One of the groups has the setting
None for a menu/function, and the other one has the setting Modify. Since
the setting Modify has the highest priority, the user will have access to
modifying the menu/function.
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Example 2: A user belongs to two groups. One of the groups has the setting
Deny for a menu/function, and the other one has the setting Modify. Since
the setting Deny has the highest priority, the user will not have access to the
menu/function.
A user's total rights is the sum of the rights assigned to all the groups
he/she belongs to. You can give the system group Users the rights you want
all users to have as their basic rights, and let all users belong to this group.
In addition, you can create your own groups to give selected users access
to specific menus/functions. In these groups' user right settings, you select
the setting Modify for the menus/functions you want to give the group
members access to. For the other menus/functions, you can select the
setting None, since the users already have the basic rights as members of
the system group Users. In that way, you can use the groups you create
yourself to assign extra rights to certain users, in addition to the rights they
have as members of the group Users.
Related rights
Between certain user rights there is a relationship which means that a user,
to get access to a certain menu/function, must have one or more other
rights. Example: For a user to have access to creating questions on a
survey, he/she must belong to a group that have the setting Modify on the
Questions menu. In addition, the user must also, through his/her groups,
have the setting View on the Survey menu and on the Construction menu,
since the Questions menu is located under these menus.
Since users can get their rights from several groups, the settings for an
individual group are made independently from one another. This means that
the fact that you choose a setting for a certain menu/function, does not
automatically affect the setting for any other menu/function. For that reason,
remember to give the group you are editing all necessary rights, for example
rights to any parent menus.
Under the headings below you can, among other things, read more about
the rights which are related to other rights.
Survey Menu
Here you give the group access to the Survey menu, and its various submenus. You give fundamental right to the menu by selecting the setting
View on Survey Menu, and on the sub-menus Survey Construction and/or
Data Collection.
Furthermore, you can decide if the group is to have access to saving the
settings which can be made under each of the two tabs Theme settings and
Question settings, in the window Customise theme under the menu Survey
Construction > Design. For a user to have access to these tabs, he/she
must belong to a group that have the setting Modify on the Design menu.
N.B. For users to have access to creating surveys, they must, through their
groups, have the setting Modify on both Create new surveys and on Basic
Information.
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Other Survey Rights
Survey Access:
•
You decide if the group is to have access to Assigned surveys (the
surveys the users have been connected to as authorized users) or
All surveys. If you have created organisations under Administration
> Organisations, users who through their group have the right All
surveys, will only see the surveys connected to their
organisation(s).
Respondent Management (For users to have access to these functions,
they must, through their groups, have access to the Respondents menu.):
•
Select columns in respondent list - The user gets access to
the
button where he/she can select which columns to show
in the respondent list.
•
The right Quick edit respondents gives access to the button Start
quick edit which lets you edit the respondent information directly in
the respondent list. and LDAP import (the right to import
respondents via LDAP, in the plug-in SR-LDAP). For users to have
access to these functions, they must, through their groups, have
access to the Respondents menu.
Survey Administration:
•
Add authorised users regardless of organisation
•
Increase the respondent limit up to the individual maximum - If the
function Limit amount of respondents per survey is enabled in the
system, a user can circumvent the limitation by making another
user, with a higher respondent limit, an authorised user of the
survey. The new user then has two possibilities to help out:
•
•
Alternative 1: The new user adds the missing respondents
in the survey since this user is granted a higher amount of
respondents.
•
Alternative 2: With the right Increase the respondent limit
up to the individual maximum the new user can go to the
page Survey > Properties > Access instead, and increase
the respondent limitation for this specific survey. The
difference from alternative 1 is that the new user with a
higher respondent limit leaves the adding of the last
respondents to the survey owner.
Ignore respondent limits - A user with this rights is excluded from
the settings to limit the amount of respondents per survey, both on
system level and user group level. Since such a user does not
have limit to consider, he or she can add an unlimited amount of
respondents to the surveys which he/she is made an authorised
user of. (Compare with alternative 1 above.) Similarly, he/she does
not have a ceiling and is, in this way, able to write a new
respondent limit as high as he/she like. (Compare to alternative 2
above.)
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Reports Menu
Here you give the group access to the Reports menu, and its various submenus. You give fundamental right to the menu by selecting the setting
View on Reports Menu.
N.B. For users to have access to creating reports, they must, through their
groups, have the setting Modify on both Create new reports and on Basic
Information.
Report Access
Under this heading, you decide if the group is to have access to Assigned
reports (the reports based on surveys the users have been connected to as
authorized users) or All reports. If you have created organisations under
Administration > Organisations, users who through their group have the
right All reports, will only see the reports connected to their organisation(s).
Templates Menu
Here you give the group access to the Templates menu, and its various submenus. You give fundamental right to the menu by selecting the setting
View on Templates Menu, and on the sub-menus Survey Templates,
Survey Design, Report Design and/or Public Design.
Administration Menu
Here you give the group access to the Administration menu, and its various
sub-menus. You give fundamental right to the menu by selecting the setting
View on Administration Menu.
Furthermore, you can decide if the group is to have access to each of the
three tabs Mailing templates, Mailing schedule and E-mail accounts, under
the menu E-mails and Mailings. For a user to have access to these tabs,
he/she must belong to a group that have the setting View on the E-mails
and Mailings menu.
Administration Access
Under this heading, you decide the group's rights concerning the file
manager. At File manager, you select the setting View if the group is to have
access to the menu Administration > File Manager.
By clicking the
and
buttons you can reach the file manager from
various interfaces in the program. If you want to give the group access to
the file manager through these buttons, it is sufficient to give access to My
files and/or Public files. My files gives each user access to a personal folder,
which only the user himself/herself (and super administrators) have access
to. If the user shall be able to upload new files in this folder, he/she needs
the setting Modify. The Public files folder is common to all users. If the user
shall be able to insert files from this folder, he/she needs the setting View.
At LDAP import (only in the plug-in SR-LDAP), you decide if the group is to
have access to importing users and respondents from the Administration
menu.
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Report Reader Menu
The rights under this heading are intended primarily for the system group
Report Readers (only in the plug-in SR-Advanced Report). As default, this
group has the setting View at Report Reader Menu, which gives the users
the right to see the reports they have been connected to as report readers.
On each report, they can also be given the right to see the respondents
connected to the survey which the report is based on, and also the right to
answer the survey on these respondents' behalf.
At Respondent Answers, you specify the group's right to see and edit
already submitted answers. This right only applies to reports where the
report readers have been given the right to answer the survey on the
respondents' behalf.
Interviewer Menu
The rights under this heading are intended primarily for the system group
Interviewers (only in the plug-in SR-Advanced Survey). As default, this
group has the setting View at Interviewer Menu, which gives the users the
right to answer the survey on the respondents' behalf, on the surveys they
have been connected to as authorized users.
At Respondent Answers, you specify the group's right to see and edit
already submitted answers.
Evaluate Menu
Here you give the group access to the Evaluate menu (only in the plug-in
SR-Evaluate), and its various sub-menus. Using the Evaluate menu is an
alternative to work under the ordinary menus Survey and Reports.
Since the Evaluate menu contains the same menu options as the menus
Survey and Reports, any changes of the rights under Survey Menu and
Reports Menu will automatically be made also under Evaluate Menu, and
vice versa. This applies to the menu options under Evaluate Menu which are
indicated by the
symbol.
Deleting Groups
If you want to remove the group you are editing, click on Delete Group and
confirm by clicking OK.
Respondents
Here you manage the respondents that have been imported to the
respondent database, either via this menu, Administration, or directly into a
survey.
You have the possibility to search for respondents and show them in a list,
see Searching for Respondents below. If you click the Search button without
entering any search argument, all respondents in the respondent database
will be listed. However, it is possible to limit the maximum number of
respondents in the search result, under Administration > Respondents >
Settings > Other settings.
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The respondents are listed with the headings the administrator has selected
to be shown as default. This is defined per user group under Administration
> Respondents > Settings > Group specific settings. If you click the
button, you can decide for yourself which columns to display, by marking the
check box next to the desired columns.
Sort the list according to different criteria by clicking the column heading of
your choice. You can also filter the list by clicking the icon in the heading
of the desired column, and enter the text you want to filter by in the text field.
If you, for example, filter the E-mail address column by the text
@artologik.com, only the respondents with e-mail addresses matching this
text will be displayed. The
icon indicates that the column is already
filtered. If you want to remove the filtering, you click the icon, hover the
cursor over the text field, and click in the upper right corner of the field.
Click the
icon to the far right on the respondent's row to edit the
respondent. See the Editing Respondents section for more information.
The list of respondents is divided into several pages. Toggle between the
pages by clicking the buttons at the bottom of the page.
There are different ways to toggle between the pages:
•
Click the desired page number
•
Go one page backwards or forwards by clicking the
icon respectively
•
Go to the first or last page by clicking the
respectively
and
and
icon
Searching for Respondents
It is possible to search for respondents in two different search modes:
•
Simple search - a single search field is displayed at the top of the
page. You can enter and search for:
- First name
- Last name
- Organisation
- E-mail address
- Street address
- Zip code
- City
- Country
- Phone number
- Cell phone number
•
Extended search mode - a complete search form is provided and
you can use all the fields in the respondent details in your search:
- ID
- First name
- Last name
- Organisation
- E-mail address
- Street address
- Zip code
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- City
- Country
- Phone number
- Cell phone number
- Language
- LDAP source (only with the SR-LDAP plug-in)
- Respondent owner (only available if the function has been
activated under Administration > Settings > Surveys > General
settings)
- Respondents who have edited their personal data
- Respondent categories
- Respondent properties
Go to the advanced search by clicking the
button.
button next to the Search
In the text fields you can enter both partial and complete search terms or
words. A search for, for instance, John provides you with hits for both John
and Johnson.
Editing Respondents
To edit a respondent, click the
button on the far right on the
respondent's row. See the Edit respondent section for information on editing
respondents. See also Quick Editing below.
Quick Editing
The Quick edit feature allows you to edit the respondent by clicking on
various fields directly in the list. To view more columns in the list, and thus
be able to edit them, click the
the columns you want to view.
button and mark the check box next to
1. Click on the Start quick edit button. The icon will be displayed in
any field in the list that can be edited.
2. Click on the field you want to edit and make your desired changes.
3. Use the Tab key (forward) and Shift + Tab (backward) to move
quickly between the fields. Use the Enter key (down) and Shift +
Enter (up) to edit the fields on a column-by-column basis. The
changes are saved automatically when you leave the field.
4. Click on the Exit quick edit mode to return to the normal page
mode.
Removing Respondents
1. Mark the check box next to the respondent(s) you wish to
remove from the database. By marking/unmarking the
check box in the header row you mark/unmark all the
respondents at once.
2. Click on the Remove button.
3. Confirm your choice by pressing OK.
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Exporting the List
To export the list of respondents in the search result, click the on
the Export button. The list is then exported to an Excel file.
Adding Respondents
When you work with a survey under Data Collection, you can import
respondents directly to your survey. Here in the administration you can
import respondents to the built-in respondent database, without linking them
to a specific survey. The respondents you have imported, you can then
connect to surveys via Add respondents... > From the respondent database
in the Data Collection > Respondents menu.
Click the Add Respondents... button. In the pop-up window that opens, you
can add respondents via three different ways:
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The button New respondent
The tab From a file - import respondents via an import file
The tab Via LDAP - import respondents via a directory service. This
requires the SR-LDAP plug-in.
See the corresponding section for more information.
New respondent
Use this method to add individual respondents to the respondent database.
If you need to add a large number of new respondents, you use one of the
other methods instead.
1. Click the New respondent button.
2. Enter the respondent's personal data. At least one of the fields
First Name, Last Name or E-mail Address must be entered.
3. Enter the appropriate values for the respondent categories and
respondent properties of your choice.
4. Select what type of respondent the log-in applies to:
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Respondent - Every respondent submits one answered
survey each
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Multi Respondent - this alternative fits following
situations:
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One respondent is supposed to answer the same
survey on different occasions
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The Log-in is used by several people who send in
an answer each
5. If the Multi Respondent alternative is chosen, you also enter the
maximum number of survey answers that can be submitted per
survey. (If you import respondents from a file, you only enter the
maximum number. Those who are not of the type multi respondent
should have 1 as maximum.)
The connections of the multi-respondent to respondent categories
and properties follow all submitted answers. This makes it possible
to filter the respondent data later on.
A multi-respondent cannot save the survey in order to continue
later. The entire survey must be answered on the same occasion.
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6. Under the heading Log-in Details, click the Manage log-in button to
specify a username and password for the respondent. See the
section on Managing Login Details under Editing Respondents for
more information. It is possible to skip this step, the respondent will
then be assigned an automatic username and password generated
by the program.
7. Click Save. The respondent is now saved in the respondent
database.
8. If you have created organisations under Administration >
Organisations, you can under the heading Organisation Access
decide which organisations are to have access to the respondent,
by marking the check box next to the desired organisations. The
organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several
organisations, the one which is selected in the organisation drop
down list) is already marked. To be able to give an organisation
access to respondents, you must belong to this organisation
yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any parent
organisations to selected organisations will automatically be
selected. The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates
that the organisation has access to the respondent, while
organisations without access have the symbol.
From a File
This is a convenient way to quickly import new respondents to the
respondent database. The import is done via a file in one of the following
formats:
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Text (.txt)
Text (.tab)
Text (.csv)
Excel (.xls)
Excel (.xlsx)
Under Sample files, you will find the following sample files:
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import.txt
import.tab
import.csv
import.xls
import.xls (include categories and language codes) - contains
information about valid values for respondent categories and
languages
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import.xlsx (with multi category support) - note that this file has
specific characteristics, described in the section Multiple-choice of
subcategories below
The files contain a header with the available fields in the respondent details,
as well as the respondent categories that are active in the program.
If you wish, you can use one of the sample files when creating your own
import file. Just delete the names that are already in the file and add your
own respondents' details instead. Remember to leave the first row as is, as
it will be considered a header row by the program. Also, leave the headings'
names unchanged, as the program will then be able to automatically match
the columns with the corresponding fields in the program.
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Naturally, it is also possible to create your own import file without using one
of the sample files. For instance, you may have a record (such as a member
list) of all your respondents which you can then export to an Excel file. In
that case, the file will still need to be structured so that the first row is left for
all the headings. You decide yourself which columns you want to have in the
import file. However, you must make sure that the import file contains
columns corresponding to the fields which the administrator has defined as
key fields. The key fields make a respondent unique, i.e. two respondents
cannot have identical values in these fields. For that reason, the import file
must contain columns which can be matched with the key fields. It does not
matter in which order the columns are arranged.
During the import, you will be able to manually match the columns in the
import file with the corresponding fields in the program. If you want the
matching to be made automatically, you make sure that the column
headings in the import file have exactly the same name as the
corresponding fields in the program. For example, a column with the
heading E-mail address will be matched with the field E-mail address, while
a column with the heading Email will not be automatically matched.
Respondent Categories
Information about which respondent categories a respondent should belong
to, can also be specified in the import file. For a respondent category,
multiple-choice can be allowed, i.e. a respondent can be connected to more
than one of its subcategories. It is also possible to create respondent
categories with subcategories in several levels in a hierarchical structure.
If you only have respondent categories with single-choice, and with
subcategories in only one level, you can create your own import file, or base
it on one of the first five sample files, as described above.
If you, on the other hand, want to import respondents and connect them to
more than one of a respondent category's subcategories (respondent
categories with multiple-choice, and/or respondent categories with
subcategories in several levels), you must use the last sample file,
import.xlsx (with multi category support). See the section Multiple-choice of
subcategories below.
Multiple-choice of subcategories
Click the link Import.xlsx (with multi category support) under Sample files
and open the file. Note that the order of the column headings may not be
changed when you use this file for the import.
Type or paste the respondents' details into the file. For each respondent, it
is required to fill in at least one of the fields First name, Last name or E-mail
address.
The respondent categories can be found in column O and onwards. After
clicking in a cell, you can use the arrow button to choose among the valid
values:
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In cells with an invalid value, a symbol will be displayed:
If a respondent category has subcategories in several levels, each level has
its own column. In the example below, the respondent category Department
has subcategories in two levels. On the first level, the subcategory Sales
has been selected, and on the second level the subcategory Brittish market.
If multiple-choice is allowed for the respondent category, you can in the file
connect a respondent to more than one of its subcategories. In the example
below, the details of the respondent Mary is entered in row 2 (the columns
F-N are hidden). By leaving the five key fields First name, Last name,
Organization, E-mail address and Language blank in row 3, or by entering
identical details in the key fields as in the row above, you reserve also this
row for Mary. In that way, she can be connected to two of the subcategories,
Sales (row 2) and Finance (row 3), in the respondent category Department.
Please note that all the other details (column A-N) for Mary is specified in
row 2.
In each column heading, you can click on an arrow button to open a
shortcut menu with sorting and filtering options. You can filter the list, for
example to find a respondent or to hide any blank rows. The sorting function
may not be used if there are users whose details are placed in more than
one row, since the rows will then be sorted incorrectly.
Save the import file when you have prepared it. Read more below about
uploading the file and importing the respondents. This is made using a
wizard with the three steps Upload file, Preview and Import respondents.
Uploading Files
1. Set up the import file as specified above and save it on your
computer.
2. Click on
and select the file you wish to use.
3. Click the Upload file and continue button. Then you are transferred
to the next step: Preview.
Preview
If you have uploaded an Excel file that contains several worksheets, specify
which of them contains your respondent information in the select box Active
sheet. On the page a preview of the respondents in the file is displayed. If
the number of respondents in the list exceeds the number that fits on the
page, they will be divided into several pages. Toggle between the pages by
clicking the buttons at the bottom of the page.
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Above the list, there might be warnings and error messages about the
following:
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Error: One or more key fields are unmatched - must be corrected
Warning: One or more columns in the file are unmatched - if not
corrected, the content in these columns will not be imported
Warning: The file contains one or more invalid e-mail addresses - if
not corrected, these respondents will not get any e-mails
Warning: The file contains one or more invalid language codes - if
not corrected, these respondents will not have a specified
language, so the survey's default language will be used for them
Warning: One or more columns in the file contains more characters
than the matching field allows - if not corrected, the content will be
truncated to the number of characters allowed (see below)
Warning: The file contains one or more duplicates, i.e. respondents
with identical values in the key fields - only one of these
respondents will be imported
The error message about unmatched key fields must be corrected by
clicking the Match fields for import button, before you can click the Next
button and proceed. The key fields make a respondent unique, i.e. two
respondents cannot have identical values in these fields. See the section
Matching Fields for Import below, for information on how to match the fields.
The warnings inform you about things that should be corrected before
proceeding. However, it is possible to ignore the warnings and proceed by
clicking the Next button.
Regarding the number of characters allowed, the fields have the following
limitations on the number of characters they may contain:
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16 characters - Zip code
64 characters - User name, Password, Phone number and Cell
phone number
128 characters - E-mail address, City, Country and Domain
255 characters - First name, Last name, Organisation and Street
address
If the content of a field in the import file is too long, the value will be
truncated to the number of characters allowed.
In the column to the far left, the
icon is displayed next to the
respondents who have invalid values. The icon is also displayed next to the
invalid value. Next to respondents who are duplicates, and for that reason
will not be imported, the
icon is displayed. By clicking the
icon in the
heading of the far left column, you can filter the list and display only the
respondents who need to be corrected. Select among these options:
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Show valid
Show invalid
Show duplicates
To edit an invalid value, you click on the respondent's row. The icon is
then displayed in all fields. Click the icon in the field you want to edit, and
enter the new value. To exclude a respondent who you do not want to
import, click the respondent's row and then the
icon in the column to the
far left. The respondent is then displayed in grey strikethrough text. You can
include the respondent again by clicking the
icon.
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Click the Next button to proceed to the last step: Import respondents. If you
use organisations, there will be an extra step in the wizard where you decide
which organisations are to have access to the respondents, see the section
Organisation Access below.
Matching Fields for Import
If necessary, you can click on the Match fields for import button to make
sure that the columns in the file are matched with the corresponding fields in
the program. If the columns in the import file have exactly the same name
as the corresponding fields in the program, a correct matching will be made
automatically. For example, a column with the heading E-mail address will
be matched with the field E-mail address, while a column with the heading
Email will not be automatically matched.
Under Column names (from file) the column headers from the import file are
displayed, together with the field in the program which the column currently
is matched with. The letter C in the left part of the field indicates that the
field is a respondent category, while respondent properties is symbolized by
the letter P. Certain fields have a key symbol. These are the key fields,
which means that two respondents cannot have identical values in all these
fields. The key fields must always be matched with a column in the file,
before the import can be completed.
If a field is matched with the wrong column heading, you do like this to
achieve a correct matching:
1. Hover the mouse over the field you wish to move, the cursor then
turns into a move cursor.
2. Drag the field to the correct column heading, and drop it there. The
field that was previously matched with the column, is replaced and
moved to the column Available fields for matching. This column
displays all fields which are currently not matched with a column in
the import file.
To easily discover any not matched columns, you can mark the check box
Hide matched columns.
Confirm the matching by clicking OK.
Organisation Access
This step is available only if you have created organisations under
Administration > Organisations. Then you can here decide which
organisations are to have access to the respondents, by marking the check
box next to the desired organisations. The organisation you belong to (or, if
you belong to several organisations, the one which is selected in the
organisation drop down list) is already marked. To be able to give an
organisation access to respondents, you must belong to this organisation
yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any parent
organisations to selected organisations will automatically be selected.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the respondents, while organisations without access have
the symbol.
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Import
In the final step in the wizard it is time to import the respondents.
In the list of respondents, make sure the check boxes are marked next to
the respondents you wish to import. By marking/unmarking the check box in
the title row you mark/unmark all the respondents' check boxes at once.
The
icon next to a respondent indicates that there is a respondent in the
database whose details in the key fields are identical. If you continue the
import of this respondent, the existing respondent's details will be updated,
using the data from the import file. Only fields which are matched to a
column in the import file will be updated. A respondent's log-in details
(username and password) will not be updated if the person is connected to
an active survey, or if he or she was imported via LDAP (using the SR-LDAP
plug-in).
Click the Add button. The respondents are now imported to the respondent
database.
If you want to you can let the program make a random selection from the
respondents in the import file. Click the
button next to the Add
button, and select one of the options that results in a random selection. See
the section Random selection of respondents under Data Collection >
Respondents > Add respondents > From the respondent database for more
information.
Via LDAP
This option requires the SR-LDAP plug-in. The plug-in makes it possible to
import respondents via a directory service. For the import to work, the
necessary settings must have been chosen under Administration > LDAP.
Please refer to this section for information on how this is done.
After you have set up an LDAP source, do the following to import
respondents via LDAP:
1. Select an LDAP source in the drop down list at the top of the page.
2. Under the heading Search, you find one or more search fields.
Which search fields are available, and which attributes in the
directory service you can search for, is decided under
Administration > LDAP. Enter a search argument. Use the *
character as a wildcard. Click the Search button.
3. The users matching your search are listed. The users have one of
the following symbols:
(is not yet in the respondent
database),
(is already in the respondent database).
4. Mark the check box next to the respondent or respondents you
wish to import. By marking/unmarking the check box in the title row,
you mark/unmark all the respondents' check boxes at once.
5. Click on Import selected respondents. The respondents are now
imported to the respondent database.
If you have created organisations under Administration > Organisations, the
pop-up window Organisation Access opens when you click Import selected
respondents. There you can decide which organisations are to have access
to the respondents, by marking the check box next to the desired
organisations.
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The organisation you belong to (or, if you belong to several organisations,
the one which is selected in the organisation drop down list) is already
marked. To be able to give an organisation access to respondents, you
must belong to this organisation yourself.
If you have a hierarchical structure of organisations, any parent
organisations to selected organisations will automatically be selected.
The
symbol to the right of an organisation indicates that the organisation
has access to the respondents, while organisations without access have
the symbol.
Editing Respondents
When you click the
icon to the right of the respondent's row in the
respondent list, a pop-up window opens where you can edit the
respondent's personal data. In the pop-up window, you also find the tab
Surveys where you can see which surveys the respondent is connected to,
and the tab Message History where you find a list of all the e-mails that have
been sent to the respondent.
Under the the tab Respondent details you can edit the respondent's
personal data.
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ID - is assigned automatically by the program
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Display name - will automatically be Last name, First name
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First name
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Last name
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Organisation
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E-mail address
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Street address
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Zip code
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City
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Country
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Phone number
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Cell phone number
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LDAP address - if the respondent was imported via LDAP. Only
available with the SR-LDAP plug-in.
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Language - choose between all active respondent languages
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Repondent type - choose between respondent and multi
respondent. Read more about multi-respondent in the section
Respondents > Add Respondents.
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Respondent owner (if the setting has been activated on the
General settings page under Administration > Settings > Surveys) which program user is responsible for the respondent. If the The
respondent is hidden check box is marked, he or she will only be
visible to the Respondent owner and the system administrators.
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The respondent categories that were created by the administrator are
displayed and can be edited under Categories. Respondent categories are
used to enter known background facts about respondents and can then be
used in the Reports section for doing cross tabulations and for filtering and
sorting data.
For each respondent category, you can select the desired subcategory in a
selection list. If the respondent category has subcategories in several levels,
a plus sign is displayed under the selection list, with a dotted line starting
from the bottom of the selection list.
Click on the plus sign to display a selection list where you select the
subcategory on the next level:
Displayed below is a respondent category without subcategories in several
levels, but where it is possible to select several subcategories on the same
level. The plus sign has then a dotted line starting from the short side of the
selection list:
Click on the plus sign to display a selection list where you make an
additional selection on the same level:
Click on the
button to remove a selected option.
The Respondent properties can be found under the Properties heading, and
they have also been created by the administrator. Respondent properties
are text fields that provide an opportunity to add extra information above and
beyond the personal data contained in the Respondent Details.
The log-in details, ie. the username and password that the respondent uses
to log in to the survey, can be changed. See Managing log-ins below.
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Managing Log-ins
When editing an existing respondent, or adding a new one, you can click the
Manage log-in button under the Log-in details heading to specify a
username and password for him or her. If you skip this step, the respondent
will be assigned a standardized username and password that is autogenerated by the program.
Next to the Username field are two buttons. Click on
if you want the
program to auto-generate a username. If you have entered a username
manually, click on
in order to validate it, ie. to check that it is not used
by another user/respondent. The Password field also provides two buttons.
Click on
to auto-generate a password. You can also enter your own
password. The
button displays the password using normal
characters, which is useful if you do not want to distribute the log-in details
via an automated e-mail from the program.
The Domain field is available for those who have the SR-LDAP plug-in. The
field is then automatically filled out when a respondent is imported via
LDAP.
Respondent Attributes
Here you manage all the general Respondent properties and Respondent
categories that are to be available for use in the program. The surveyspecific respondent categories are managed on a separate tab.
Respondent Properties
When you add a respondent, you can enter information in a number of set
fields such as City and Phone number. When you then want to search for a
respondent, you can use these fields for your search terms. You can also
choose which fields to display in the results, and to sort the list by them.
If you wish to record additional information about the respondents you can
create new fields in the respondent details by adding respondent properties.
These respondent properties are text fields that can be used in the same
way as the other fields, ie. to search for or to sort the respondents.
NB: The respondent properties cannot be used as background variables in
the reports section. For this purpose you need to use Respondent
categories. Please see this section for more information.
Creating Respondent Properties
1. Click on Add property...
2. Enter a name for the property in all the languages that are active in
the program.
3. Save.
Renaming Respondent Properties
1. Click on the name of the respondent property you want to change.
2. Change the name in the (active) languages of your choice.
3. Save.
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Changing the Order of The Presentation
The respondent details display the respondent properties as text fields
under Properties. They are presented in the same order that they appear
here in the administration. To change the order of presentation place the
cursor over the
symbol at one of the respondent properties, drag it to its
new location and drop it there. Confirm the new location by clicking on Save
sort order.
Removing Respondent Properties
1. Click on the
button.
2. Confirm you selection by pressing OK.
Respondent Categories
It might be the case that you have background information about your
respondents that you want to use as background variables in the reports
section. To avoid having to ask for such, already known, information in the
surveys, you can create respondent categories, with suitable subcategories.
You can for instance create a respondent category such as Gender with the
two subcategories Male and Female. You then need to enter the correct
value for each respondent category in each respondent's personal details.
When creating a new survey, you need to specify which respondent
categories you want to include. This is done in the the Basic information. In
the reports section, respondent categories can then be presented and used
in the same way as if they were questions in the survey, eg. to cross
tabulate questions or create reports.
You can build a hierarchical structure of respondent categories, with
unlimited number of levels. You can also allow multiple-choice for a
respondent category, i.e. make it possible to connect a respondent to
several subcategories.
Creating Respondent Categories
When you go to the Categories tab, you have a column to the left with any
respondent categories already created. At the top you find a number of
buttons.
1. Click the
button.
2. Enter a name for the category in all the languages that are active in
the program. Click Save and close.
3. Click on the new category. A second column is displayed to the
right of the first one.
4. Click the
button above the second column to create the first
subcategory.
5. Enter a name (in all languages) and click Save.
6. Repeat step 5 to create the other subcategories.Click Save and
close. The subcategories are displayed in the second column.
7. If you want to create an additional level of subcategories, you click
a category in the second column, and then the
button above the
third column. In that way you can build a hierarchical structure with
the desired number of levels. Each level is symbolized by a new
column.
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Renaming Categories and Subcategories
1. Click on the respondent category or subcategory you want to
rename.
2. Click the
button above the column.
3. Change the name (in any active language).
4. Save and close.
Single-choice or multiple-choice
You can allow multiple-choice for a respondent category, i.e. make it
possible to connect a respondent to several subcategories. If the
respondent category has subcategories in several levels, multiple-choice
will be possible in all levels.
In the column to the far left, a symbol next to the category name indicates if
single-choice or multiple-choice is allowed for the respondent category:
Single-choice (default when a new category is created)
Multiple-choice
When you click on a respondent category, you can change this setting by
clicking one of these buttons above the column:
Allow multiple-choice
Only single-choice
Changing the Presentation Order
You control the order in which the respondent categories/subcategories are
displayed in the program, for example in the window where you choose to
link them to a survey. To change the presentation order, place the cursor
over a respondent category, drag it to its new location and drop it there.
Confirm the new order by clicking Save.
Removing/Deactivating Respondent Categories
Only respondent categories/subcategories that are not used on any survey
can be removed. A respondent category that is connected to a survey
appears in bold text in the list. Such a category cannot be removed, but it
can be deactivated. This means that in the future it will not be possible to
link the category to surveys or respondents.
Click on the category and then on the
button above the column, to
remove/deactivate the category. Confirm with OK.
Activate Respondent Categories
It is possible to reactivate respondent categories or subcategories that have
been deactivated. Click on the Display inactive button to see all the
categories that have been deactivated, (they are displayed in grey, italic
text). To reactivate a respondent category, click on the category and then on
the
button above the column.
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Survey-Specific Categories
In the section Administration > Respondents > Respondent attributes >
Categories, you can read about how repondent categories are created and
used. In addition to the general respondent categories that you create on
that page, you can also create so-called survey-specific categories. These
categories are created and used for a specific survey, but the user that
created the survey-specific category is then able to use it on other surveys
he or she may create or be connected to. It is, however, not visible to other
users.
The tab, Survey-specific categories, lets you edit and remove/inactivate
these categories. This is done in the same way as for the general
respondent categories. Please refer to the section Administration >
Respondents > Respondent attributes > Categories for more information.
Respondent category links
You use links between respondent categories if the report is based on two
or more surveys where the respondent categories and possible subcategories are not the same. Hence you need to indicate which respondent
categories and sub-categories correspond to each other, concerning
respective survey.
This match is then used by the selection lists in hierarchy reports. Example:
You made an employee satisfaction survey two years ago and you have
done the same survey now. The difference is that the organisation is
changed. In this case the application needs instructions regarding how the
different parts in the existing organisation correspond to the different parts in
the former organisation.
The defined respondent category links are presented in a list.
On the row of each definition you can find three icons:
A small window shows the respondent categories that the links
apply to when you sweep cursor over the icon.
Click this icon if you want to change matches or delete them.
Click this icon if you want to delete this definition of links.
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Creating or editing a respondent category link
1. Click Create category link ... in the lower, right corner of the page if
you want to create a new category link.
2. Using the selection lists in the newly opened window, you choose
which two categories you want to match. Click OK.
3. Title your defined links and go to step 6.
4.
in order to edit an existing category link.
5. You can see the structure of the two respondent categories in a
window each.
6.
in front of respective sub-category,
you can expand, or minimize the different levels in the three of subcategories.
7. If there are many sub-categories it might pay off to use the search
box above respective tree. As you write the name of the subcategory, the matches gets fewer and fewer and it is a lot easier to
find the right sub-level.
8. If a sub-category in the hierarchy tree (to the left or right) has a
stated match, the sub-category is marked by a green tic.
9. If the window contains wrong respondent categories, you can
change one or both respondent categories by clicking the button
Change categories... in the lower, left corner of the window. You
will then return to step 2.
10. Click OK to save when you are finished editing the category links
and want to quit the window.
Add a link
When you choose which sub-categories from respective respondent
category that are matching, it does not matter in which order you work; if
you start from the left tree and mark matches in the right one or the other
way around.
1. Click to the left of, or on the sub-category itself, in either tree. The
sub-category will be marked by a green field.
2.
to the right of the green field, if you want to
make a search in the other tree.
to the right of the search field (above the other
tree) in order to end the search.
3.
as you approach the
cursor) for the corresponding sub-category in the other tree to enter
the match. Both of the matched sub-categories are now marked
with a green tic.
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Please notice that two or more sub-categories in one of the
respondent categories can be matched to the same sub-category
in the other respondent category. For example, if the respondent
category is a company, one of the company departments could
have been divided in two separate departments by next survey.
Another scenario could be that two departments have been
merged.
Checking or deleting a link
1. Click a sub-category with a green tic. It is then marked with a green
field.
2.
to the right of the green field to see the
corresponding sub-categories in the other tree, according to
existing match.
3. The corresponding sub-categories in the other tree are also
marked with green fields.
Click the icon
next to the link or links you want to delete.
Settings
Group-specific Settings
On this page you specify, per user group, the default settings for which
fields are to be displayed in the respondent list, and whether the quick edit
option is to be allowed. First select which user group you want to make the
settings for, in the drop down list.
Below, the different fields in the respondent details are listed under the
headings Basic information, Properties and Categories. Mark the fields you
want to display in the respondent list. The setting you choose thus
determines the default settings. However, the users will be able to decide for
themselves which fields to display in the respondent list, by clicking
the
button.
The right column, Allow quick edit, lets you determine which of the fields are
to be editable via the Quick edit function in the respondent list. If you have
activated the Respondent owner function it is only the user who is owner of
a respondent who can edit that respondent, but by marking the check box
The users in the selected group can modify the information of all
respondents, according to the selections made in the column 'Allow quick
edit', you can allow anyone in the selected user group to edit the selected
fields via the quick edit function, even respondents they are not owner of.
Other Settings
Respondent Key Fields
Here you decide which fields in the respondent profile are to be considered
as key fields. The key fields make a respondent unique, i.e. two
respondents cannot have identical values in these fields.
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The following fields can be used as key fields:
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First name
Last name
Organisation
E-mail address
Language
Make sure the check box is marked next to the desired fields, and click
Save.
If you have used the program for a while, and then change the key fields
setting, you may find that some existing respondents (after the change) will
have identical values in the fields which are defined as key fields. You will
then get a warning, telling you to merge the respondents under the tab
Manage respondents.
Other Settings
If there are a large number of respondents in the respondent database, it
can take a long time for the respondent list to be displayed, when a search
is made. For that reason, you have the possibility to enter a maximum
number of respondents to show in the search result. As default the limitation
is set to 10000 respondents. If you want the whole search result to be
displayed, you enter the value 0.
A user who is connecting respondents to a survey, can decide if the
respondents are to be added to the general database (the check box Add
as survey-specific respondents is left unmarked), or added as surveyspecific respondents (the check box is marked). At Import respondents, you
decide which setting is to be pre-selected when respondents are added:
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As survey-specific: The check box will be marked as default
To the respondent database: The check box will be unmarked as
default
At Default 'Add respondents' tab, you decide which of the tabs to be preselected when the window Add respondents is opened.
Manage respondents
Delete respondents
Under this tab you can delete respondents who are not connected to any
survey.
Click the button List respondents not connected to any survey. If you want
to delete all respondents in the list, click the Delete all button.
You can also delete selected respondents. Make sure that the check box is
marked next to the respondents you want to delete, and click the Delete
selected button. By marking/unmarking the check box in the title row you
mark/unmark all the respondents' check boxes at once.
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Manage Duplicates
Under Administration > Respondents > Settings > Other settings, you can
decide which fields in the respondent profile are to be considered as key
fields. The key fields make a respondent unique, i.e. two respondents
cannot have identical values in these fields.
If you have used the program for a while, and then change the key fields
setting, you may find that some existing respondents (after the change) will
have identical values in the fields which is defined as key fields.
Example: Earlier you used the fields First name, Last name, Organisation
and E-mail address as key fields. It could then happen that a person was
added several times with identical first name, last name and e-mail address,
but with different values in the Organisation field, and for that reason was
saved as several different respondents in the respondent database. To
avoid this from happening in the future, you change the setting so only First
name, Last name and E-mail address are used as key fields. However, after
the change you should also go to the Manage duplicates tab and merge the
duplicates, i.e. the respondents you have added earlier with identical first
name, last name and e-mail address.
To merge duplicates, you click the List duplicates button. Each row in the list
contains two or more duplicates which can be merged into one respondent.
In the Respondent ID column, you see each duplicates ID. You can merge
the duplicates for one respondent at a time by clicking the
button to
the far right. If you want to merge the duplicates for several respondents at
the same time, you mark the check box to the left of the desired rows, and
click the Auto-merge selected button.
When you click the
button on a row, an interface is displayed where
you merge the duplicates of that row into one respondent. In the columns to
the left, you see each duplicate's details. In the second column from the
right, you find the Auto-merged column which displays the details the
program suggests for the merged respondent. If you want to use one of the
duplicate's details, mark the radio button next to the ID in the desired
column heading. You can also combine details from the different duplicates
by clicking the fields containing the desired details. The fields you have
selected are highlighted in blue. In the column Resulting respondent to the
far right, you see the details the merged respondent will get. In this column,
you can also edit certain fields by clicking the icon, and enter the new
value. Finally, click the Merge respondents button, to finalize the merging.
The merging cannot be made in the following cases:
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The duplicates are connected to the same survey
A duplicate has received an e-mail on an active survey, but has not
submitted the survey
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E-mails and Mailings
Templates
Here you create templates for all the mailings that are created under Data
collection > Mailings and sent out either via E-mail or via Paper Mail .
E-mails
It is possible to create a number of different kinds of mailings to be sent out
from each survey. Here you create templates to be used for the different
types. A template can contain a subject line, a message body and relevant
attachments. Everyone who later creates a mailing for a survey can then
use the template as a starting point, but can edit the content according to
their particular needs.
Creating Templates
First choose which Type of mailing the template is to apply to:
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The first mailing - will be sent to all respondents. If you add more
respondents after this mailing has been sent out, it will be sent to
them automatically upon being connected to the survey.
Reminder - the mailing will be sent to all the respondents that, at
the time of the mailing, have not yet submitted the survey. Only
available for respondent surveys.
All respondents - the mailing is sent to all respondents that, at the
time of the distribution of the mailing, are connected to the survey.
Respondents who have submitted the survey - the mailing is sent
to all respondents at the time of mailing have responded to the
survey. Only available for respondent surveys. Can for instance be
used thanking respondents for their participation.
Choose which Language the template is to apply to. If you want to translate
an existing template you can use the translation interface which can be
accessed by clicking the
button next to the Topic and/or Message
headlines. Please refer to the section on Translating Templates below.
Enter the text you want to appear in the message subject line at Topic.
If you want to attach a file to the template, click on the
icon next
to Attachments and retrieve the file from the Image and document library.
See the section on the Image and document library for more information on
how to upload and insert files. To remove an attachment, click on the
icon.
Under Body you find an editor where you type in the template message text.
You can combine text you type in yourself with data that is retrieved from the
current survey or individual respondent.
The following survey data can be inserted:
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The survey URL - a link to a public survey or to the log-in page for
a respondent survey
Survey Name
Start Date and End Date - the survey publishing period
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The following respondent details can be inserted:
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The survey URL with a log-in - a link to a respondent survey
containing an automatic log-in for each respondent.
First name and surname - to make the message more personal.
Username and Password - to allow the respondent to sign in via
the survey's log-in page.
E-mail - the respondent's e-mail address.
Inline data is symbolized by the image of the editor icons. Both the inline
data as text you have written yourself can be selected, formatted and editor
with formatting buttons. In the editor are also buttons for inserting images
and links.
When you are finished with the message, click the Save button.
Translating Templates
To facilitate the distribution of multilingual surveys, you can prepare
templates for all languages that are marked as active in Languages and
translations > Settings > Survey language. For each language and mailing
type you can create a template with locale-specific subject line, message
text and attachments.
First create a template for one of the languages, see Creating templates
above. When you want to create a template for additional languages, you
can use the
button which can be found next to both Subject and
Message. You'll get a window with an interface to translate the subject line
and message body. In the left half of the window, select the language you
want to translate from (source language), and in the right the language you
want to translate.
As a help when you are translating key
languages between the fields.
If you use this when you translate the message body will survey and
respondentdata inserted in the source language message that also included
in the translated message. In the case of text you have written yourself, you
should of course check that the proposed translation is correct. For the
translation to work, access to a translation service added up. See section
Languages and translations for more details.
Save the translation by clicking OK.
Paper Mail
On the Mailings page under Data Collection you can print messages that
are to be sent via paper mail to the respondents. Here you create the
template that will be used as the basis for all these letters. When printing
messages from the survey you then use the template as a basis but it is still
possible to edit the content.
Creating Templates
Start by selecting which Language version you wish to make a template for.
The content of the letter is added in an editor where you can combine text
that you type in yourself with data that is retrieved from both the survey and
the respondent it is sent out to.
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The follwoing survey data can be inserted:
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The survey address - a link to a public survey or to the respondent
survey's log-in page
The survey name
The start date and end Date - the survey's publishing period
The following respondent data can be inserted:
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The survey address with a log-in - a unique link to a respondent
survey containing an automatic log-in for the respondent
First name and last name - to personalize the message
Username and Password - to make it possible for the respondent
to log in via the survey log-in page
E-mail address - the respondent's e-mail address
In the editor, all inserted data is symbolized by image icons. Both the
inserted data and the text you have written yourself can be selected and
formatted by using the editor's formatting buttons. In the editor there are
also buttons for inserting images and links.
When you are finished, click on Save.
System templates
When you use the automated function of the application, you can also add
messages to be sent at different occasions during the process. Such
messages can be sent to the following:
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the owner (possibly also the user) of the survey with information
about the survey closure
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the respondent, confirming the reception of his/her answers
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the owner and/or the user of the survey with information about the
report being created
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the owner and/or the user of the survey with information about the
report being published
The tab System Templates work as an archive for these different messages.
You create and manage them on this page in order to decide which
templates to use at the creation of respective survey template or survey.
Creating a new Survey Template
1. Under the heading Template Types you choose at what occasion
the message is to be used.
2.
3.
to add a new template.
you can
add the name of the certain survey, the recipient's first and last
name as well as survey category to the subject line.
4. Design the message in the major editor. Use the tags from the tool
menu in order to enter the adress, name, start and end date of the
certain survey.
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organisations should have access to the template.
6. Click Save. If you do not wish to make any changes, click Back.
Editing a Survey Template
1. The templates are sorted under tabs depending on the occasion
they are used. Click the intended tab.
2. To the right you find a list of the templates sorted under this tab.
Click the template you want to edit.
3. Read more about templates in the section Creating a new Survey
Template step 3 – 6.
Deleting a Survey Template
1. The templates are sorted under tabs depending on the occasion
they are used. Click the intended tab.
2. To the right you find a list of the templates sorted under this tab.
Click the template you want to delete.
3. Click the button Delete in the lower right corner of the page.
Mailing Schedule
If a mailing schedule is prepared under this menu, the mailings of the
schedule will be automatically created when a survey is created. The
mailings will be displayed under Data Collection > Mailings > E-mail > List,
but they will not be sent until they are confirmed.
Creating New Mailings
Click the New e-mail button at the bottom of the List page.
Choose from the following e-mail types:
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First mailing: Will be sent to all respondents. If you add more
respondents after sending this, they will receive the message
automatically.
Reminder: Will be sent to all respondents who have not yet
submitted the survey. Only available for respondent surveys.
All respondents: Will be sent to all respondents.
Respondents who have submitted the survey: Will be sent to all
respondents that have submitted the survey. Can for instance be
used for a "Thank you" message. Only available for respondent
surveys.
Select the appropriate settings for the new mailing and click Save. See the
section on Editing mailings below for more information.
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List
Under the tab List, you see any mailings already created. They are listed
with the following headings:
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Status: The
symbol indicates that a Send date is specified.
The
symbol indicates that the Send date is missing.
E-mail type
Date: The number of days after a survey is published, and at which
time, the mailing will be sent.
Subject
In the far right column, you can click the
mailing.
button to create a copy of the
Editing Mailings
When you create a new mailing, or click an existing one under the List tab,
you are transferred to the next tab where you can edit the mailing.
The settings you make for a mailing when you administer a mailing
schedule, are (with one exception) the same that you make for a mailing on
a survey. See Data Collection > Mailings > E-mail > Edit mailing for more
information. The only thing that differs is the setting for Send date, which is
here based on the survey's publishing date. In the field at Send date, you
enter how many days after the survey is published the mailing will be sent. If
you want the mailing to be sent the same day the survey is published,
enter 0.
E-mail Accounts
This is where you set up the e-mail function that sends out the messages
from Survey&Report, and receives all incoming mail. You can create
multiple accounts and decide which account you want to use every time you
create a new mailing.
In the drop down list at the top of the page you can select an existing
account or choose to create a new one.
1. Under Settings for sending e-mails you give the e-mail account a
name (Account name).
2. Enter a Sender Name. This will be displayed as the sender name in
all of the messages, however the sender name can be edited for
each mailing.
3. Then enter the Sender Address that will be displayed as the sender
address for all outgoing messages. This can also be edited for
each mailing.
4. In the Reply address field, enter which address any answers to the
message are to be sent to. If you do not enter a new address in this
field, all replies will be sent to the Sender address (see step 2). The
reply address can also be edited for each mailing.
5. Server lets you specify which SMTP server outbound mail will go
through, which Port to use, as well as a Username and Password if
these are required by the SMTP server. You also have the
possibility to encrypt the communication between the program and
the mail server with SSL/TLS when e-mails are sent.
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6. Enter, under Settings for receiving e-mails, the settings for the email account you have specified as sender address. This is
necessary for the program to be able to receive messages about
undeliverable e-mails. Start by entering the type of Protocol: IMAP
or POP3, used by the incoming mail server.
7. You also need to specify which POP server or IMAP server will be
used for incoming e-mails, which Port should be used, as well as a
Username and Password for this server. SSL/TLS lets you specify
how the mail server has been configured to handle the encryption
used when receiving incoming e-mails. If you are not sure, you can
always use Auto. You can also check the box at Strict verification
under Certificate, if that should be required by the server.
8. By marking the check box Delete received e-mails you ascertain
that messages are removed from the mail server once they have
been imported to Survey&Report.
9. Click on Save.
Incoming E-mails
On the Incoming e-mails tab you can see all the e-mails that have been sent
to the e-mail accounts that have been set up in the program. Select the email account you wish to check in the drop down list above the list.
If a respondent replies to an e-mail that has been distributed by the
program, the reply will appear under Incoming e-mails, unless a different
reply-to address was specified in the e-mail account settings. Regarding
"bounces", ie. messages that have failed to be delivered, the default
settings specify that only the messages that the program could not connect
to a specific survey will be visible. By marking the check box Display
undeliverable e-mails that are already displayed on a survey level, you can
also view the "bounces" that the program has linked to a specific survey
(this is displayed in a lighter color). These are also displayed as errors in the
surveys in question on the List page under Data collection > Mailings > Email. Go to this page to correct any incorrect recipient addresses etc.
Click on the Update button to see the changes that have occurred since you
opened the page.
Removing Mailings
Mark the check box next to the mailing or mailings you wish to remove. By
marking/unmarking the check box in the header row you mark/unmark all
mailings at once. Click on Remove.
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Settings
This is where you choose settings regarding surveys, reports and the
application as a whole.
Survey
This interface is divided into three tabs: General settings, Categories and
Header/Footer.
General Settings
Sample Survey
Select which survey that is to be used as a sample survey in the program.
The sample survey is, for instance, the default selection to Preview when
you are editing a theme under Templates > Survey themes.
Settings
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Automatically close the survey when the publish period has expired
- This setting is made for each survey under Survey > Survey
Construction > Basic Information > Properties. On this page you
decide if the check box should be marked from the start or not,
when a new survey is created.
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Make respondent surveys anonymous as default. By marking this
check box, every newly created survey will initially be of the type
anonymous respondent survey. Under Survey > Construction >
Basic Information > Properties you can adjust if it should be
something else; a non-anonymous respondent survey or a public
survey.
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Enable survey level exceptions from the restrictions which apply to
anonymous surveys. Read more about strict anonymity under
Properties > Basic Information.
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Minimum response count to view results - This setting lets you
decide how many respondents who must have submitted their
answers before it is possible to create a report based on the
survey, and to export the answers from Survey > Data Collection >
Export. You enter a default value for each survey type: anonymous
respondent survey, respondent survey and public survey. On the
Survey > Survey Construction > Finish Construction page, the
default value for the type will be suggested as default, but can be
changed. After finishing the construction, the setting for the survey
can be changed only by administrators, in the Survey > Data
Collection > Settings page.
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Limit amount of respondents per survey - If you want to avoid spam
from your system, you can activate the function that limits the
amount of respondents per survey. The actual limitation will be a
result of the system setting on this page, Maximum number of
respondents per survey, but also of the limit defined for the survey
users on user group level. Users with specific rights can increase
the limit concerning a specific survey. Read more about these
rights under Administration > Users > Groups > Edit.
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Maximum number of respondents per survey - The setting is used if
you practise respondent limitation (see above) and the users of a
survey do not have any limit stated at user group level.
Mobile
The application automatically creates a survey version adapted to mobile
devices. Respondents using a mobile device when answering the survey will
get this version as default. If you want to change which version they will get
as default, you make that change under the heading Mobile. Using the
checkbox Allow switching between desktop and mobile view you decide if
the respondent may alter between the two versions when answering. The
settings on this page applies to surveys in general but can be adjusted for
each specific survey.
Export Settings
Enter the value that will be used for exporting data if the answer is missing.
You can use different values concerning missing answers to questions
respective sub-questions.
Respondent’s Log-in Page
In those cases where the respondent does not access the survey via a
direct link, he or she will instead use a log-in page where a username and
password must be entered to log in to the survey. From that page, the
respondent can also log in to a portal where links to other active surveys
can be found. Under Respondent’s Log-in Page, you decide which surveys
to be displayed in the portal, Public surveys and/or Respondent surveys. As
for respondent surveys, the respondent can of course view only the surveys
that he or she has been connected to.
Other Settings
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Activate the respondent owners setting – If this function is
activated, you can on each respondent select a Respondent owner
and also make the respondent hidden for others than this owner.
This can be useful if you handle respondents with confidential
personal data that should be visible only for a responsible person.
Administrators have always the right to see all respondents.
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The users connected to a survey are authorized to edit
respondents’ answers for that survey - The setting gives the right to
add or edit answers in already submitted surveys.
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Interviewers may manage responses – The setting concerns the
right for users with the Interviewer role to view and edit the
respondents’ answers in already submitted surveys. Select one of
these three options:
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Categories
When creating a new survey you specify which category it belongs to. The
division into categories can be useful for instance when you want to search
for a survey, as the list in the Find survey window can be sorted by
category. If you want to, you can build a hierarchical structure of survey
categories, with unlimited number of levels. Survey categories are created
here on the Categories page.
Creating Categories
When you go to the Categories tab, you have a column to the left with any
survey categories already created. At the top you find a number of buttons.
1. Click the
button.
2. Enter a name for the category in all the languages that are active in
the program. Click Save and close.
3. If you want to create subcategories to the survey category, you
click on the new category. A second column is displayed to the
right of the first one.
4. Click the
button above the second column to create the first
subcategory.
5. Enter a name (in all languages) and click Save.
6. Repeat step 5 to create the other subcategories.Click Save and
close. The subcategories are displayed in the second column.
7. If you want to create an additional level of subcategories, you click
a category in the second column, and then the
button above the
third column. In that way you can build a hierarchical structure with
the desired number of levels. Each level is symbolized by a new
column.
Renaming Categories
1. Click on the survey category or subcategory you want to rename.
2. Click the
button above the column.
3. Change the name (in any active language).
4. Save and close.
Removing/deactivating Categories
Only categories that are not used on any survey can be removed. A
category that is connected to a survey appears in bold text and cannot be
removed, but it can be deactivated. This means that in the future it will not
be possible to select as category on surveys.
Click on the category and then the
button above the column to
remove/deactivate the category. Confirm with OK.
Activate Categories
It is possible to reactivate categories that have been deactivated. Click on
Display inactive to see all the categories that have been deactivated. To
reactivate a category, click on the category and then the
button above
the column.
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Automation
The function Automation means that the application automatically could
create and publish reports for a survey created from a specific survey
template. Besides choosing how many days after survey closure the reports
are to be created and published, you can also choose which messages are
to be sent to people concerned.
If you want to use the automation in the application, the function is activated
on this page.
1. Decide if you want the automation to be disposable in the
application by drawing the switch button Automation task to the
right (enabled) or to the left (disabled).
2. Enter the hour for the task to be run.
3. Enter what E-mail account the messages should be sent from.
4. If you have made any changes in the automation settings and do
not want to wait for the execution until the next occasion according
to entered hour, you can use the button Run Task in the lower left
corner.
Application
Using this menu you make settings regarding how the main menu and the
working area are presented in the application.
Under Layout, the placement of the main menu and the format of the
working area are defined.
Under Menu links you can:
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add your own links under Administration and Help in the main
menu
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add links under new tabs in the main menu
Layout
This page you lets you choose settings relating to how the main menu and
workspace is presented in the program. You can let the settings be applied
for only your account or for all users' accounts. The same settings can thus
be selected under these two headers:
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My settings - only applied for you
•
Settings for the entire system - applied for all users
The settings you choose are the following:
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Menu - specify whether the main menu is to be displayed on
the Left or Right
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Page - specify whether the workspace is to be adjusted to the
screen (Fill) or have a Fixed width
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Menu links
A smooth way to give the users of the system access to important
information is to add links to pages of your choice in the main menu.
Either you add the links under the existing sub-menus Administration or
Help, or you name your own sub-menus where you sort the links.
Creating a new menu
If you want to place your links under a new menu you create it accordingly
to the following:
1. Go to the page Administration > Settings > Application > Menu
links.
2. Click the button Add new menu in the lowest part of the page.
3. Under the heading New menu you name the menu.
4. Via the icon
you can name the menu in different languages.
5. Click the save-icon
in order to save the menu.
6. You will now see the new menu among the other menus in the list
under the heading Menu. You can also see it as a new tab in the
main menu to the left.
Editing a menu
Via the page Administration > Settings > Application > Menu links you can
edit links to your own information pages. In the list under the heading Menu
you click on the menu which links you would like to edit. To the right you can
now see a list of existing menu links added to the selected menu.
Creating a menu link
1.
in the list or by
clicking Add new menu link in the lowest right corner of the page. A
window for editing the menu link is shown in the right part of the
page.
2. Enter the following information:
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Using the icon
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Type - enter how the linked page should be opened
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Normal - open inside the present window
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Open in new window
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Popup
Link - enter the address of the page
3. Click Save in the lower right corner of the page. If you do not want
to save, you click Back in order to return to the list of existing menu
links in the specific menu.
Editing a menu link
1. Click the menu link you would like to change. A window for editing
the menu link is shown in the right part of the page.
2. Make the wanted changes regarding:
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Title - formulate the text in the link
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Type - Enter how the linked page should be opened
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Normal - open inside the present window
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Open in new window
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Popup
Link - enter the address of the page
3. Click Save in the lower right corner of the page. If you do not want
to save, you click Back in order to return to the list of existing menu
links in the specific menu.
Deleting a menu link
1. Click the menu link you would like to delete. A window for
editing/deleting the menu link is shown in the right part of the page.
2. Click the button Delete in the lower right corner of the page.
Deleting a menu
Via the page Administration > Settings > Application > Menu links you are
able to delete your own menus from the main menu. However,
Administration and Help are not possible to delete. That is why they are
marked with a padlock.
1. In the list under the heading Menu you click on the menu that you
would like to delete. In the right part of the page the menu links are
listed under the name of the menu.
2. Click the icon
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SSL
This tab only appears if you have the SR-SSL plug-in, a plug-in intended for
those who have a rental license for Survey&Report. Here you can specify
that those who access the program are required to do so via a so-called
https connection. When an https connection is used, the transmission
between your web server and the browser is encrypted using SSL (Security
Sockets Layer) technology. This may be appropriate if, for instance, your
surveys contain confidential information or if you handle sensitive personal
details. The setting can be selected both for the administration interface and
for the public website where respondents answer surveys.
If you have the program installed on your own web server, you do not need
the plug-in SR-SSL to enable an https connection.
Mark which connection methods are to be possible under Administration
interface and Public interface:
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Allow both http and https - it is possible to connect to the
application via both http and https
Only allow https - it is only possible to connect to the application via
https
Only allow http - it is only possible to connect to the application via
HTTP
Please note that an https connection requires that the web server where the
software is installed has issued a certificate for the current domain address.
If the program is installed on your own web server and you want to allow
https connections, you must obtain a certificate from an authorized issuer.
You do not need to obtain a certificate if you have a rental license for
Survey&Report, as the program is then running off Artisan's servers, and
Artisan then provides the certificate.
Organisation
Under this menu, you can create organisations and build an organisation
structure with the desired number of levels. Each user is then connected to
one or more organisations. When you administer surveys, reports,
templates and respondents, you can give access to the desired
organisations, and in this way decide what the users in each organisation
should have access to.
From the beginning there is one single organisation in the program, called
Main organisation. If you do not want to use organisations as a way to limit
the access, you simply do not create any further organisations. As soon as
you create your first own organisation, the organisation functions will be
activated.
Adding organisations
1. Select an organisation to which you want to create a suborganisation, by clicking it in the organisation list. To create a new
organisation on the highest level, select Main organisation.
2. Click the Add... button.
3. Enter the name of the new organisation.
4. Click OK.
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Moving organisations
In the organisation list, you can move organisations drag and drop.
In the image below, the organisation Marketing is moved, and placed below
the organisation Economy, on the same level:
In the image below, the organisation Marketing is moved, and placed as a
sub-organisation to the organisation Economy:
Note: When an organisation is moved and placed as a sub-organisation to
another organisation, it affects the involved organisations' access to
surveys, reports, templates and respondents. The organisation which is
placed as a sub-organisation will get access to the templates which its new
parent organisation has access to. The parent organisation will get access
to the surveys, reports and respondents which its new sub-organisation has
access to.
Deleting organisations
1. Select the organisation you want to delete, by clicking it in the
organisation list.
2. Click the Remove button.
3. A dialog box opens, where you select to which organisation the
removed organisation's connections shall be moved. This concerns
users, templates, surveys, reports and respondents connected to
the organisation which is being removed. If no organisation is
selected, the connections will be moved to Main organisation.
4. Confirm by clicking Yes.
Organisation information
Under the heading Organisation information, the name of the organisation
which is selected in the organisation list to the left, is displayed. By clicking
the
button, you can translate the name in all active program
languages. Enter the desired name next to each language, and click Save.
If you have the plug-in SR-LDAP you can, in the field External ID, enter the
name the organisation has in the directory service from which the import is
made, i.e. the value the organisation has in the attribute in the directory
service which is matched with the field Organisation in the program. You do
not need to fill this field if the attribute value is identical with the name you
want for the organisation in the program.
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Surveys, users and respondents
At the bottom of the page, the tabs Surveys, Users and Respondents are
displayed. Select an organisation in the organisation list, and then use the
tabs to see which users who belongs to the organisation, and which surveys
and respondents the organisation has access to. Under each tab, there is a
search field and a Search button. Enter the desired search argument, or
leave the field blank to list all, and click the Search button.
Sort the list according to different criteria by clicking the column heading of
your choice. You can also filter the list by clicking the icon in the heading
of the desired column, and enter the text you want to filter by in the text field.
The
icon indicates that the column is already filtered. If you want to
remove the filtering, you click the icon, hover the cursor over the text field,
and click in the upper right corner of the field.
About organisations in general
Connecting users to organisations
When you edit an existing user, or add a new one, under Administration >
Users, you select which organisation(s) the user shall belong to. See
Administration > Users > Editing Users for more information.
Users belonging to several organisations
If you choose that a user shall belong to several organisations, you must
also select which of them is to be the primary organisation.
Users connected to two or more organisations have, in the top right corner,
access to a drop down list with the
symbol. After logging in, the user's
primary organisation will be selected in the drop down list. The user can in
the drop down list select another organisation to work with, and will then see
only surveys, reports, templates and respondents connected to the selected
organisation.
In interfaces where header, footer and thank you message are selected, the
user will first see the templates which the selected organisation has access
to. By clicking Show all, the user can see and select among all templates
which his/her organisations have access to.
If the user has access to administering a survey using a template for
header/footer/thank you message which the user does not have access to,
this template will be displayed in grey in the drop down list. If the user
selects another template, and save, the previous template will disappear
from the drop down list.
Set organisation access
Organisation access can be set in the following parts of the program. See
the corresponding section for more information.
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Surveys: Survey > Survey Construction > Basic Information >
Properties > Access
Reports: Reports > Basic Information > Properties
Survey templates: Templates > Survey Templates > Survey
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Question templates: Templates > Question Templates > Find the
question template by clicking its question type > Click on
to
edit the question template > Click the tab Access
Survey themes: Templates > Survey Design > Theme > the tab
Access
Headers for surveys: Templates > Survey Design > Header >
Access
Footers for surveys: Templates > Survey Design > Footer > Access
Thank you messages: Templates > Survey Design > Thank you
message > Access
Report themes: Templates > Report Design > Theme > the tab
Access
Headers for reports: Templates > Report Design > Header >
Access
Footers for reports: Templates > Report Design > Footer > Access
Respondents:
- Survey > Data Collection > Respondents > Add Respondents >
New Respondent
- Survey > Data Collection > Respondents > Add Respondents >
From a File
- Survey > Data Collection > Respondents > Add Respondents >
Via LDAP
- Administration > Respondents > Add Respondents > New
Respondent
- Administration > Respondents > Add Respondents > From a file
- Administration > Respondents > Add Respondents > Via LDAP
Languages and Translations
Here you specify which program and survey languages will be active in the
application. You also specify which translation service you wish to use, and
translate the survey texts and help texts for the survey languages you
activated.
Settings
Application Languages
The Survey&Report application texts are available in five languages:
English, French, Spanish, Swedish and German. On the Application
languages tab, you mark the check box next to the languages you wish to
be active in the program, and thus available for selection at log-in.
Survey Languages
When a survey is created it can be made multilingual. You then select which
languages the survey will be available in and can thus translate the
questions, answer options, e-mail messages etc. On this page you specify
what languages should be available for selection as survey languages.
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Enabling Languages
In the list, mark the check box next to the languages you wish to enable.
The selected languages will now be available for selection when a new
multilingual survey is created.
Click the Add language button to add additional languages. Select your
preferred language in the drop down list and click on OK. The selected
language will then be added to the list and marked as active.
For the languages that you intend to use in your multilangual surveys, you
also need to translate the Survey texts and Help texts, see these sections
for more information.
Disabling and Removing Languages
You can disable a language by unmarking its check box. The language will
no longer be available for use when a new multilingual survey is created.
The language will however continue to be active in any on-going surveys
where the language has been selected.
Click the
button to remove the language from the list. It is only possible
to remove the language if it is not being used in any survey.
Translation Scripts
When you create a multilingual survey, you get access to a number of
interfaces where you translate questions, answer options, e-mails and so
on. These interfaces also contain the
button, which you click to get an
automatic translation. In order for this translation service to work you need
to add a script that the service then uses.
You select which translation service you wish to use, from those that are
available on the market.
Translation
Survey Texts
On the Survey languages page you select which languages are to be
available for use in multilingual surveys. By using multilingual surveys, you
enable each respondent to receive the survey in their preferred language.
Questions, answer options, e-mail messages and so on are translated into
different languages on each survey page, but other text that appears in the
survey, eg headlines and information, is translated here on the Survey texts
page. The survey texts are already available in English, French, Spanish,
Swedish and German, but for any other languages you enable, you will
need to translate these texts.
The translation interface is divided into two sections. The left section lets
you select a language and then displays the available text in that language,
while the right section lets you specify which language you are translating
the text into as well as type in the actual translation. Each word/phrase has
its own line with a field where you type in the translation.
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Quick help when translating is provided by the
button. This button
gives you an automatic translation of the text and can be found between the
two language fields (it then translates the entire text) as well as on each row
(it then translates the text on that row). Since the translation is automated, it
is advisable that you check that the proposed translation is accurate. For the
translation to work, a connection to a translation service must be set up.
Please refer to the Translation script section for more information
If the details of a respondent calls for a language that is not used in the
survey, or if the survey has not been translated into that language, he or she
will receive the survey in its default language (which is specified in its Basic
information).
Survey Helptexts
When the respondent fills out survey, he or she can click on the
button to display a helptext that provides general information about how to
answer it. This help text is available in English, French, Spanish, Swedish
and German, but if you activate any other languages for your survey, you
need to translate the text into that language.
Editing Helptexts
To edit the existing helptext, for instance to add any further information, first
select a language in the drop down list at the top of the page. Make any
changes you wish in the editor that appears, then save.
Translating Helptexts
If you want translate the help text into a new language, click the Translate
button. A window with a translation interface will then appear. The left half of
the window lets you select the language you want to translate from (the
source language), and in the right half you select the language you want to
translate the text into. Translate the text in the editor, and click OK.
The automatic translation button,
, can be used to provide quick help
when translating texts and can be found between the two language fields. If
you use this button when translating the helptext, any images that have
been incorporated into the original helptext will be inserted into the
translated help text. It is of course advisable that you check that the
proposed translation is correct. For the automatic translation to function, a
connection to a translation service must be set up in the administration. See
Translation scripts for more information.
Report Texts
On the Survey languages page under Administration > Languages and
translations > Settings you select which languages are to be available for
use in multilingual surveys. If you make your surveys multilingual, each
respondent will receive the survey in their preferred language. When you
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the languages used on the survey will be used in each report. The survey
questions and answer options will then be presented in this language, as
will other texts in the report, ie. headings such as Number of responses,
Mean and Total, here referred to as Report texts.
In the program, the report texts are already available in English, French,
German, Spanish and Swedish, but if you want to use other languages you
may have activated, you will need to translate the report texts if you want to
display them in those languages. If the report texts are missing for the
selected language, they will instead be displayed in the language that was
selected as default.
The translation interface is divided into two halves. The one on the left lets
you select which language to translate from (your source language), and the
one on the right lets you specify which language you are translating into.
Each word/phrase has its own row with a field where you type in the
translation.
Quick help with the translation is provided by the
buttons. You find
them between the two language fields in each row (they then translate the
current word/phrase), and between the language drop down lists at the top
(they then translate all the text in all rows with a single click). It is advisable
that you check that the proposed translation is correct. Also, for the
translation to work, access to a translation service must be set up in the
administration. See the Translation scripts section under Administration >
Languages and translations > Settings for more information on how this is
done.
Report Helptexts
Reports can be published via links which can also be distributed via e-mail
from the program. If a person clicks the link and thus views the report, he or
she can click the
button to view a helptext with information regarding
printing and exporting options for the report, as well as various types of
options regarding the selections for so-called subreports.
Help texts of this type are already available in the program in English,
French, Spanish, Swedish and German. If you activate any other languages,
you will need to translate the helptext into that language.
Editing the Helptexts
To edit the existing helptext, for instance to add extra information, first
choose a language in the drop down list at the top. Then use the editor and
change the text as much as you find necessary. Finish by clicking Save.
Translating the Helptexts
If you want to translate the helptext into a new language, click on the
Translate button. A window will then appear, displaying a translation
interface which is divided into two sections. In the left half of the window,
select the language you want to translate from (your source language), and
in the right part you select the language you want to translate into. Type in
the translation in the editor, and click OK.
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Quick help with the translation is provided by the
buttons. You find
them between the two language fields in each row (they then translate the
current word/phrase), and between the language drop down lists at the top
(they then translate all the text in all rows with a single click). It is advisable
that you check that the proposed translation is correct. Also, for the
translation to work, access to a translation service must be set up in the
administration. See the Translation script section under Administration >
Languages and translations > Settings for more information on how this is
done.
Image and Document Libraries
Many parts of the program lets you insert images when working in it. You
can, for instance, add an image to a question, or insert your organization's
logo in the introductory text or page header. You also have the option of
using other types of files such as movies, audio files, or documents in both
your surveys and reports. Images are stored in the Image library , while
other file types are saved in the Document library. The files are then
available for use by anyone working in the program.
You can access the libraries via the respective buttons in those interfaces
where images and other files can be used. You press this button, , to
access the Image library
library.
, opens the Document
The Administration menu lets you administrate both libraries via the Image
and document library page. There you see all files in both libraries at once.
My Files and Public Files
When you open either the image library or document library, you find in the
left column the folders you have access to: My Files and/or Public Files. My
Files is a folder which only you yourself (and super administrators) have
access to, while the Public Files folder is common to all users. Your access
to these folders, and your rights for each folder, is decided by which
group(s) you belong to. For example, you may have the right to upload new
files to the My Files folder, while you in the Public Files folder only have the
right to use already existing files.
As a super administrator, you have access to all users' My Files folder. You
find them as subfolders to the Users folder.
Searching for and Listing Files
Click on a folder to view its contents. The files are listed with their names,
sizes in pixels (if they are images) and file sizes. Click the
view the files as icons or
button to
to return to the list mode.
You can also search for a file by clicking the
button. Enter a complete
or partial file name in the search field and click on the
button to the
right of the field. All the items matching your search term then appear in a
list.
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Inserting Files
1. Go to the desired library from the interface where you want to insert
a file. Click
for the Document
library.
2. Click on the folder containing the file you want to insert, or search
for it as per the above description.
3. Select the file by clicking on its name in the list, so that its row is
highlighted in a contrasting color.
4. Click on the Insert button.
You will not find the button Insert if you go to the library from Administration
> File manager. This interface is used only to administer the library.
Properties
When you insert a file, you can also choose to activate some additional
features for it. You can for instance define:
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A Title text for your image (which is displayed when the cursor is
hovering above it)
An Alt text (displayed instead of the image, in case graphics are
turned off in the browser)
How a link to a PDF is to be opened (In the same window or in a
new window)
The size of the window for your multimedia player
When you have selected a file, you can find its properties under
the HTML tab in the right part of the window. Enter the properties of your
choice and click on Insert.
Creating Folders
To make it easy to find files you can organize them in folders. If you prefer,
you can build a structure with folders and subfolders on multiple levels
1. Decide on where you want to create a new folder, by clicking the
folder in which the new folder is to be placed.
2. Click on the
button.
3. Give the folder a name and click OK.
Uploading Files
1. Click on the folder you want to to place your new file in.
2. Click on the
3. Click on
Upload.
button.
to browse your files. Select a file and click on
4. Click the
button.
5. Enter a name under which to store the file (the original file name is
the default suggestion), and click OK.
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Moving and Copying Files
Files can be moved or copied between all the folders you create. Before you
move a file, make sure that it is not in use on any published survey. If the
file is moved, it will no longer be displayed on the survey.
1. Mark the check box next to the file(s) you want to move or copy.
2. Click on
if you want to move the file or on
if you want to
copy it.
3. Click on the folder you want to move or copy the file to.
4. Click the
button to paste the file.
Renaming Files
Before you rename a file, make sure that it is not in use on any published
survey. If the file is renamed, it will no longer be displayed on the survey.
1. Select a file by clicking on its name in the list. The row will then be
highlighted using a contrasting color. Don’t mark the checkbox of
any other file.
2. Click on the
button.
3. Enter a new name and click on OK.
Replacing Files
It is possible to replace one file with another in both the document and
image libraries. This means that when a file is replaced in the library, the
new "version" also replaces the file in all the different places where it has
been inserted. For instance, you may have inserted a logo in the page
header on a number of surveys, and you now want to use another version of
the logo. You then just need to replace the old logo with your new version in
the library.
1. Select the file you want to replace by clicking on its name in the list,
so that its row is highlighted in a contrasting color. Don’t mark the
checkbox of any other file.
2. Click the
button.
3. The file is displayed as a thumbnail and with its file path under File
to replace. If you have copied the file, the path to all copies of it will
be displayed with a check box for each copy. Make sure the box is
checked for all the copies you wish to replace.
4. Click on the file you wish to use as your replacement so that its row
is highlighted using a contrasting color. The file is then displayed
as a thumbnail under Replacement file.
5. Click the
button to replace the file.
Removing Files and Folders
Before you remove a file, make sure it is not in use on any published survey.
1. Mark the check box next to the file(s)/folder(s) you want to remove.
2. Click on
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3. Confirm the deletion by pressing OK.
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Image Editing
When you select an image in the library, a preview of it is displayed in the
right part of the window. There is also a menu with several options for
editing the image.
Rotating and Flipping Images
Use the following buttons to rotate or flip the image:
Rotate Right 90 °
Rotate Left 90
Flip Horizontal
Flip Vertical
The changes you make will appear directly in the preview. Click on the
button to save the changes.
Resizing and Cropping Images
Click on the Manager button to open an interface where you can select an
image size and crop the image.
While working with the image, you can zoom in or out by selecting one of
the following fixed percentages: 200%, 100%, 75%, 50%, 25% or 12%, in
the drop down list above the preview.
You can change the size by entering a width in pixels in the field next to W,
or a height in the field next to H. If the Fixed proportions button,
, has
been activated, the width and height will change proportionately. This does
not happen if the button is disabled
. After clicking either of the fields W
or H, you can also change the size using the arrow keys. Click on the
button to save the changes.
To crop an image, click on
. In the drop down list that appears on the
right, [Free] is the default selection. This means that you can crop the image
without any constraints regarding the proportions. You can also choose from
a number of fixed proportions, for example 1/1 to keep the original
proportions, or choose [Custom proportions] to be able to specify the
proportions in the fields W and H respectively. Finally, you can choose
[Fixed size], and specify the exact size (in pixels) that you want to crop the
image to using the W and H fields.
Use the rectangle in the image to select the part of the image you want to
keep. You can move the rectangle by dragging it, and resize it by dragging
its marker. Click on the
to crop the image according to the marking.
Save your changes by clicking on
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Exit the editing mode by clicking Exit edit mode.
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Metadata
Above the preview in the right part of the window is the Meta tab. Click on it
to view information about the image:
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Modified date
Image format (size in pixels)
Size (file size)
Created date
For jpg files, there are fields where you can enter the following information:
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Photo date
Topic
Title
Comment
Camera, make
Camera, model
Keywords
Save the information you have entered by clicking on Save metadata.
Text Analysis
Those who have the plug-in SR-Advanced Report have the possibility to
create text analysis variables. In the report, a text analysis variable shows
the frequency of words, or categories of words, in the answers given to text
variables, i.e. text questions, blank options and comments.
The text analysis variables are created under Reports > Data Set. Please
refer to this section for detailed information. When you create and edit text
analysis variables, you will come across these terms:
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Categories - Instead of presenting the frequency of individual
words, you can choose to present the frequency of categories of
words.
Conversions - Converting words means to merge several words
into a new word. For example, you may want to present the
frequency of all words containing a certain root word, including
different endings and compound words.
Exclusions - If you choose to present the frequency of words
(instead of categories), you are probably not interested in seeing
the frequency of common words like "the", "of" and "to". By creating
exclusions, you can make sure that such words are hidden.
Categories, conversions and exclusions can be defined for each individual
text analysis variable. If you often make the same categorizations,
conversions and exclusions in your text analyses, you can create lists that
can be imported and applied each time you edit a text analysis variable. You
can create category lists, conversion lists and exclusion lists, and let each
list contain one or more definitions of the categorization, conversion or
exclusion to be done.
These lists are created and edited here under Administration > Text
Analysis where you find tabs for Category Lists, Conversion Lists and
Exclusion Lists. Please refer to these sections for more information.
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Category Lists
Create New List
1.
2.
3.
4.
Click the New List button
Enter a Name for the list
Enter a name for the first category in the Category field
In the field below, define which words to be included in the category
by entering a Regular expression. Please refer to the section
Administration > Text Analysis > Regular Expressions for more
information.
5. Click the Create button
6. Repeat steps 3-5 to define more categories
7. Click OK
Editing and Deleting List
The lists that have been created are listed with its name and the number of
rules (definitions) it contains. Click the
icon next to a list to edit it, or
the
icon to delete it. If you choose to edit it, a window opens where you
can change the name of the list, and edit the categories that have been
defined. Click a category in the left-hand list to change its name in the
Category field, and its definition in the Regular Expression field. See the
section Administration > Text Analysis > Regular Expressions for more
information. Click the Update button to confirm the changes, or the Delete
button to delete the category. Click OK.
Conversion Lists
Create New List
1.
2.
3.
4.
Click the New List button
Enter a Name for the list
Enter a name for the first conversion in the New Word field
In the field below, define which words shall be converted into the
new word, by entering a Regular expression. Please refer to the
section Administration > Text Analysis > Regular Expressions for
more information.
5. Click the Create button
6. Repeat steps 3-5 to define more conversions
7. Click OK
Editing and Deleting List
The lists that have been created are listed with its name and the number of
rules (definitions) it contains. Click the
icon next to a list to edit it, or
the
icon to delete it. If you choose to edit it, a window opens where you
can change the name of the list, and edit the conversions that have been
defined. Click a conversion in the left-hand list to change its name in the
New Word field, and its definition in the Regular Expression field. See the
section Administration > Text Analysis > Regular Expressions for more
information. Click the Update button to confirm the changes, or the Delete
button to delete the conversion. Click OK.
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Exclusions Lists
Create New Exclusion
1. Click the New List button
2. Enter a Name for the list
3. In the field to the right, define which words shall be excluded by
entering a Regular expression. Please refer to the section
Administration > Text Analysis > Regular Expressions for more
information.
4. Click the Create button
5. Click OK
Editing and Deleting List
The lists that have been created are listed with its name and the number of
rules (definitions) it contains. Click the
icon next to a list to edit it, or
the
icon to delete it. If you choose to edit it, a window opens where you
can change the name of the list, and edit the exclusions that have been
defined. Click an exclusion in the left-hand list to change its definition in the
Regular Expression field. See the section Administration > Text Analysis >
Regular Expressions for more information. Click the Update button to
confirm the changes, or the Delete button to delete the exclusion. Click OK.
Regular Expressions
In a regular expression, different characters are used to search for words
and phrases in a text. Below you find (in bold) some examples of how to
write regular expressions.
red - matches all words containing "red", e.g. "red", "redirect", "offered" and
"credentials"
The ^ character marks the beginning of the word:
^red - matches all words beginning with "red", e.g. "red" and "redirect"
The $ character marks the ending of the word:
red$ - matches all words ending with "red", e.g. "red" and "offered"
The ^ and $ characters can be combined to match whole words:
^red$ - matches the exact word "red"
The | character is used to separate to options:
red|green- matches all words containing "red" or "green", e.g. "red",
"credentials", "green" and "evergreens"
Parentheses ( ) are used to group options to be combined with other
characters:
^(red|green) - matches all words beginning with "red" or "green", e.g. "red",
"redirect", "green" and" "greenest"
(red|green)$ - matches all words ending with "red" or "green", e.g. "offered"
and "evergreen"
^(red|green)$ - matches the exact words "red" and "green"
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Parentheses can also be used inside a word to allow two alternative
spellings:
^cent(er|re)$ - matches the exact words "center" and "centre"
Search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with the ^ and $ characters:
^good quality$ - matches the exact phrase "good quality"
Paper Surveys
The SR-Advanced Survey plug-in contains a function for printing paper
surveys that can then be scanned and analyzed by the program. The
Administration > Paper survey page lets you edit the template for the
instructional text that is to help the respondents completing the survey on
paper to mark their answers correctly.
The program provides you with a suggestion for an instructional text that
contains pictures of answers that have been marked correctly and
incorrectly, respectively. If you want to edit the text or add some information
you can do that in the editor on the page. It lets you, among other things,
write and format text and insert images and links in the text.
When you later prepare the printing of the paper survey on the Paper
survey page under Survey > Data collection, the content in the template will
be prefilled on the Prepare page. However, you can edit the information if
you want a custom instructional text for a particular survey.
LDAP
LDAP, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is a service that simplifies
user administration as it quickly retrieves the necessary information from a
directory server. The SR-LDAP plug-in allows for the import of both
respondents and users via LDAP.
For the import to function, it is necessary that the LDAP source is set up
correctly. The set-up is done on this page and the task does require
knowledge of the organization's directory service in terms of its directory
structure, server and LDAP syntax.
It is possible to create multiple LDAP connections.
Creating and Editing LDAP Connections
In the drop down list at the top, select Create new if you wish to create a
new LDAP connection, or click on the name of an existing LDAP connection
if you want to edit it. If you are using Microsoft Active Directory as your
directory service, select this in the Template drop down list, then click on
Load Template. Some fields will then be filled out with information according
to Microsoft Active Directory standards. If you are using a different type of
directory service, you select the Blank template. The fields then need to be
filled out manually.
Fill out the appropriate fields, see the description below. At the bottom of the
page you will then find two buttons: one lets you Save the settings, and the
other lets you Remove the LDAP-connection.
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Connection
LDAP name - the name of the current data source
Domain
Server - the server's IP address or its DNS name: LDAP://[IP number] or
LDAP://[server name]
Path - to the LDAP directory
User - the username that is to be used to access the LDAP directory
Page size
Password
Flags - describe the properties of the LDAP connection
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Read-only - indicates that the LDAP protocol is only used for readonly access to the LDAP directory
Anonymous - indicates that the connection is created through
anonymous authentication which ,for instance, is not supported by
Active Directory
Secure - indicates whether or not you are using a secure
connection via TLS (Transport Layer Security)
Encrypted (SSL) - indicates whether or not the connection is
encrypted using SSL (Secure Socket Layers) and port 636 which is
an alternative to a secure connection via TLS
Signed - indicates that signed "packages" are used to verify that
the content has not been changed
Settings
The settings are mainly for the program logic and its ability to interpret and
manage the data contained in the LDAP source
Member field - the member field can be found in a group and identifies the
members that are part of this group
Member of field - indicates what groups the user belongs to
Domain key - indicates the abbreviation used to define the domain. In the
case of Microsoft Active Directory the abbreviation is usually: DC
Groups
These are settings related to the identification and filtering of groups within
the directory service. Usually, an individual belongs to several groups
(Member of). The use of groups can be facilitated by restricting the number
of groups available to a manageable number of units, for instance the
company departments and so on.
Path - to the group library
Name - indicates the abbreviation used to store the group name, which in
the case of Microsoft Active Directory is usually: CN
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Group filter - a code used to filter out unnecessary groups written in a valid
LDAP syntax. Remember that the code must not contain line breaks. The
template for Microsoft Active Directory contains code designed to present
visible group objects. The default code can be expanded for instance only to
present groups with certain names.
Users
Parameters used to locate, identify, select and translate user-related
information from the LDAP source.
Path - to the group library
User filters - code that is used to filter out any invalid users
Username - specifies the term used for storing usernames
Display name - specifies the term used for storing display names (first
names and last names)
First name - specifies the term used for storing first names
Last name - specifies the term used for storing last names
E-mail - specifies the term used for storing e-mail addresses
Plug-ins
For Survey&Report there are five available plug-ins: SR-Advanced Survey,
SR-Advanced Report, SR-LDAP, SR-SSL and SR-Evaluate. If you decide to
either rent or purchase a plug-in, you will receive a license key for it. Click
on the
button to access the input field where you enter the license
key. Confirm with OK.
Statistics
Under this menu you can see statistics for which users have logged in to the
program, how many surveys which have been active and how many
answers were given on these surveys. The interface is divided into the two
tabs User activity and Survey activity. Under both tabs, you start by
selecting the Period to display statistics for.
User activity
Under the tab User activity, a combined column and line chart is displayed
showing statistics per day for the selected period. The columns display the
number of log-ins while the lines show the number of active surveys. The
chart has two y-axes. The number of log-ins is read on the left axis and the
number of active surveys is read on the right.
At Users: Display, you leave the check box marked to let the chart show
statistics for log-ins. Then you select one of these options:
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columns, without a grouping per user
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Top 5 users: The chart is displayed with stacked columns with
different colours for the five users who have the highest number of
log-ins during the period, and one colour for Other
All users: The chart is displayed with stacked columns with different
colours for all users who have logged into the program during the
period
At Surveys: Display, you leave the check box marked to let the chart show
statistics for active surveys. Then you select one of these options:
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Overview: The total number of active surveys per day is displayed
as one single line
Top 5 users: One line for the five owners (owner = the user who
created the survey) who have had the highest number of active
surveys during the period, and one line for Other
All users: One line for the each owner who have had an active
survey during the period
Survey activity
Under the tab Survey activity, a combined column and line chart is
displayed showing statistics per day for the selected period. The columns
display the number of survey answers while the lines show the number of
active surveys. The chart has two y-axes. The number of survey answers is
read on the left axis and the number of active surveys is read on the right.
At Answers: Display, you leave the check box marked to let the chart show
statistics for survey answers. Then you select one of these options:
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Overview: The total number of survey answers per day is displayed
as columns, without a grouping per survey
Top 5 users: The chart is displayed with stacked columns with
different colours for the five surveys which have the highest number
of answers given during the period, and one colour for Other
All users: The chart is displayed with stacked columns with different
colours for all surveys which have answers given during the period
At Surveys: Display, you leave the check box marked to let the chart show
statistics for active surveys. This is the same statistics as the one you find
under the User activity tab. Then you select one of these options:
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Overview: The total number of active surveys per day is displayed
as one single line
Top 5 users: One line for the five owners (owner = the user who
created the survey) who have had the highest number of active
surveys during the period, and one line for Other
All users: One line for each owner who has had an active survey
during the period
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Manual
Here is a link to the program manual. You can also receive help and
information regarding the page you are currently working on by clicking the
icon which can be found in the top-right corner.
About
On this page you can find information about your license and which version
of the software is installed. Under Active surveys you can see how many ongoing surveys there are, and how many your license allows for.
If you need to enter the license key you can do this by clicking on the
button.
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