URL Import

Sample survey

You can pre-populate the survey with the data, that is kept in the survey URL. Thus you can customize the survey per each respondent and track respondents if necessary

To apply the URL Import design your survey and then:

  1. Add a question of the 'Single Line Text with Pre-Format Option', 'Check All That Apply' or 'List Box' type on the first page of your survey.
  2. Insert the following tag into the answer you want to import data to <import param="XXX"/>, where XXX is the parameter name. You may input several answers.
    Note that you must not use the following values as parameter names: onunload, validateTime, ARGS, LQID, i_n_f, Dir, surveyID, CharsetLine, goNextPage.y, goNextPage.x, RID, SID, RespondentID, pwd, pwd2, ALL_QIDS, EMAIL, WebPoll, SFObj, SFObjID, integrationSurveyID, ALL_COLUMNS, ALL_QUESTIONS, dispLinkId, globalFormID, logicPluginMenu, rspEmailAddress, startTime, VMODE.
  3. Save your question.
  4. Hide this question or leave it visible to respondents.
  • Afterwards you can take Master Survey URL from the 'Launch Survey' page, which looks like this: http://keysurvey.com/survey/6341/2979/?LQID=1&
  • You must modify Master Survey URL as follows: add this string in the end "XXX=NNN". Where XXX is the parameter name (as you have specified it in the tag inserted into the survey question) and NNN is the parameter value which will be stored as the answer to the survey question with the tag. This string must be URL encoded.
  • Then your modified Master Survey URL will look like this:
    http://keysurvey.com/survey/6341/2979/?LQID=1&mail=v@v.net
  • You can also modify the link automatically by means of your software. Then you can distribute Master Survey URL with your mail system.
Note

  • You can use tag <import param="XXX"/> several times in your survey however parameter names must be unique. Thus parameters within your survey link must be separated with "&", For example: http://keysurvey.com/survey/6341/2979/?LQID=1&mail=v@v.net&name=John&secondname=Doe
  • To import data from URL into the 'Pick one or ''other'', 'Pick one with 'comment'', 'Dropdown box' and 'Check All' question types you need to insert tag <import param="XXX"/> in question text directly. You must turn off WYSIWYG mode beforehand and paste tag in a simple editing mode or use the HTML option by clicking the button in the WYSIWYG mode.
  • To import data from URL into the 'other' or 'comment' fields of the 'Pick one' question type, insert tag <import param="XXX"/> into the answer text of these fields.