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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

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Pre-population – Constraints and considerations

…answer for the question. If you do not, any affected respondents will be unable to complete the survey. Pre-populated questions are hidden only from the respondent when they are completing…

Pre-launch messages

online surveys How do I know who has and has not completed my survey? Question x.y may not always be shown but has one or more nested sub-questions that are…

Providing limited access to results data

If you are a member of an Organisation account, online surveys allows you to provide limited access to results data to other users. This may be necessary or desirable where…

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…

Copying charts from the Analysis Summary

…dynamic charts into pasteable images: Ensure your browser’s bookmarks/favourites bar is displayed. Drag the bookmarklet (grey box) labelled online surveys charts to images (found below these instructions), to your bookmarks/favourites…

Using piping in your survey

…section headings. It can also be used to insert the current date and time into your survey and to include a completion receipt number on the final page of a…