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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

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Editing a launched survey

…click on Distribute, then Distribution settings. Change the survey shortname (e.g. by adding “-error” to the name). This will free up the original URL for re-use. On the new (copy)…

Pre-populating questions

…one or more username/password combinations from your respondent list into the survey preview to test how the survey looks and behaves for different respondents. Pre-populating the answer(s) without survey access…

Question types

…questions are used to ask respondents to pick one answer from a drop-down list. They are a useful alternative to Multiple choice (single answer) questions where the list of choices…

Comparing responses from several surveys

…you wish to compare. Locate the survey you wish to use as the base for your comparison and click Analyse. On the Analyse page, click on the Advanced tab and…

Setting up a survey password

…To find out how to restrict survey access with individual user credentials, see our tutorial on controlling who can complete your survey. To set up your survey password: On your…

Accessing survey responses

As soon as respondents start completing your survey, you can view their responses as they come in. This page explains how to: Access your survey responses. Customise how the data…

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…

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