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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

Help & support

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…

Merging responses from several surveys

You can merge the responses from two or more surveys that have the same structure (the same number, type and order of the questions). For the merge process to work,…

Scale/rank questions

…in order of importance or preference, for example. With this question type you can create: Unipolar rating scales Likert scales Semantic differential scales Ranking questions Unipolar rating scales Unipolar scales…

Creating a grid question

…by clicking the Edit question icon above the relevant column heading. Change the order of row items by clicking the Question actions icon next to each item and selecting Move…

Creating accessible surveys

…note item, so the survey output can be affected by survey authors. Similarly, online surveys produces surveys that have a correct document hierarchy (<h2> following a single <h1> etc.), but…

Sharing a survey with another user

organisations. If you are not a member of an Organisation account, or you wish to share your survey with someone outside of online surveys, please see our FAQ on sharing…