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How do I receive a survey responses digest?

This feature is only available for Organisation account users What is a survey responses digest? A responses digest is an email that will update you on how many new responses…

Selection list questions

…allowing respondents to enter an “Other” answer: this adds an additional box that allows respondents to add their own response if none of the suggested answers apply. More info: Use…

Free text questions

…postcode, web address. If an answer doesn’t meet the criteria you have set, a validation message will be displayed asking respondents to re-enter their answer. If you restrict answers to…

Multiple choice (multiple answers) questions

…on the Question actions icon. Optional settings and advanced options There are a number of settings that you can apply to multiple choice (multiple answer) questions, including: Non-applicable answer options:…

Setting your survey’s completion options

…Any survey that allows respondents to go in both directions will allow them to return to a previous page and change their answers. If you don’t want respondents to be…

Distributing your survey URL

…your survey to your respondents, both within online surveys and outside of online surveys. The survey distribution and sharing options within online surveys become available in the Survey launchpad once…

The components of a respondent list

…100 characters. can use any character (including spaces and non-Latin characters). are used to access the survey, in combination with the respective username. Passwords that are auto-generated by online surveys…

Piping

…is applied to a question. This tells online surveys that the answer to this question will be used later in the survey. An anchor. The anchor identifies the place where…

Creating a new survey

There are three ways to create a new survey: Create a new survey from scratch. Create a new survey by copying an existing survey. Create a new survey by importing…

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