URL Suffix

This advanced feature allows you to add a suffix to your survey links, altering Master URL into unique links.

This feature can be used if you distribute the survey via your mail system and need to use unique links with your own unique identifiers.

There should be software on your local server that will convert your unique identifier into a URL encoded line and add it to the survey link.

  • The URL suffix must include a suffix denotatum and a unique identifier.
    Your modified link will look like this:
    http://www.keysurvey.com/survey/103008/162f/?Pwd2=1cb7&insurance_note=1092, where "insurance_note" is a suffix denotatum and "1092" is a unique identifier.
  • The suffix denotatum is specified by your account representative on User Account Administration page.
    Once the suffix denotatum is specified, you should relogin to your account for the changes take place.
  • The suffix denotatum will be added to all your survey links within an account.
  • Then the unique identifiers should be added to the links with the help of software on your local server.
  • The survey takers are identified by the suffixes within your network.
  • URL suffix works instead of cookies.
  • Suffixes are shown in survey reports by respondent.
  • This feature works only with Master URL (you can find this on the 'Launch Survey' page).
  • The respondents cannot take the survey via Master URL if they do not have a valid suffix.
  • When you take a survey via Master URL removing the suffix from it you will see the alert: 'Page not found'.
Note

  • You can use only latin alphabet and numbers (a-z, A-Z, 0-9).
  • Do not use spaces or any other symbols (like @, &, $ etc..) in your suffixes.
  • Do not use the following words as suffixes: 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.

If there is no special software for converting your unique identifier into a URL encoded line, you can generate unique links using Excel.
For this you should:

  1. Copy your modified Master URL (including suffix denotatum) on Launch page;
  2. Launch Excel and paste the Master URL under the 1-st column;
  3. Fill as many rows with the same Master URL within a 1-st column as needed;Tip:
  4. Under the 2-nd column insert the unique identifiers. The number of rows under both columns should be the same;
  5. Point the cell under the 3-rd column and enter the formula: =CONCATENATE(A1,B1). Click Enter;
  6. Select this cell and drag the fill handle across the needed number of cells within a column, then release the mouse button.