A respondent list contains 14 fields. These are:
- Username (This is the only information that must be supplied to create a respondent list).
- Password.
- Email.
- Token.
- 10 fields, named x1-x10, which can contain pre-populated data as required by the survey author.
These fields are explained in more detail below.
Usernames:
- must be supplied by the survey author to create a respondent list.
- must be unique.
- are limited to 100 characters.
- can use any character (including spaces and non-Latin characters).
- are used to access the survey, in combination with the respective password.
Passwords:
- can either be supplied by the survey author, or will be generated automatically by online surveys if left blank.
- do not have to be unique.
- are limited to 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 contain letters and numbers (no spaces or other characters) and are between 7 and 13 characters long.
Email addresses:
- can be left blank.
- must be in a valid format (eg name@domain.ac.uk).
- do not have to be unique.
- are limited to 100 characters.
- are used by the online surveys email facility to send survey invitations and reminders.
Tokens:
- can either be supplied by the survey author, or will be generated automatically by online surveys if left blank.
- must be unique.
- are limited to 100 characters.
- should only contain alpha-numeric characters, underscores or hyphens (no spaces).
- are used to generate personalised URLs for survey respondents to access the survey.
x1-x10:
- can be left blank.
- can only contain information if the parameter has been assigned to a question in the survey.
- are limited to 255 characters.
- can use any character (including spaces and non-Latin characters).
- are used to provide responses to pre-populated questions.