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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

Help & support

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

…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…

What is a page break?

A page break splits an online surveys page into two pages. Page breaks can only be inserted between two existing items on a page (e.g. between two questions or between…

How do I refresh the Analyse page?

…times as you like while the survey is open. If the Refresh data link is not visible or does not work, please contact the online surveys support team for assistance….

Creating a customised URL using piping

…a survey item and adding your own (basic) HTML tags. If you are not confident that you can undertake these tasks, please contact the online surveys support team or your…

How do I validate my pre-population parameters?

…match the text of the related question’s answer options exactly. If Online Surveys cannot match the value you’ve uploaded to an answer option in the question, the participant will see…

Why should I always pilot my survey?

…is a more robust test of aspects such as routing and piping than the survey preview, and a pilot run gathers response data which you can view in, and export…