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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

Help & support

What is a "Token"?

…needing to enter a username/password combination. A personalised URL looks like this: https://accountname.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/surveyname?token=xxxxxxxx If you leave the token field blank when providing respondent data, online surveys will generate random, non-guessable…

Using piping in your survey

…meanings: The source question is the question that will have its answer used later on in the survey The anchor is the token which tells online surveys where to insert…

Who do I contact for help?

…of every Help page. The online surveys support team is not always the appropriate first point of contact. Listed below are some common queries where the online surveys team may…

Piloting your survey

The best way to check a survey before its official launch is to pilot a full version of it. This ‘dry run’ of your survey allows you to test all…

Sharing a survey with another user

…grant another online surveys user the ability to do so. We recommend that all online surveys users in an Organisation account add at least one other user to their survey…

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…