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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

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Removing a user from your account

…account. Find the user whose account you want to lock and click on their username. This will open the Edit user page. Deselect the Active tick box. Click Save. The…

Piloting your survey

…of its features, including data capture and reporting. It also means reviewers can test your survey without needing access to a online surveys account. To pilot your survey: Locate your…

Exporting and importing a survey structure

You can download your survey structure by exporting it in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format, which can be shared with other users (for example, as a survey template) and imported…

Anonymising your response data

…are two ways of achieving this. You can use the question numbers in the left-hand box of your Analyse page to hide certain questions, including pre-populated ones, and save this…

Launching your survey

…are likely to use (for example, assistive technologies, mobile internet, less common browsers or IT systems). The best way to check these things is to thoroughly pilot your survey. Simple…

Merging responses from several surveys

…on your Summary page. To merge in responses from another survey, repeat the steps above. If you want to save your merged view for later use, click the Save these…