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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

Help & support

Using piping in your survey

…placing an anchor in a URL can be found in our FAQ on Creating a customised URL using piping. Inserting the current date and time and a receipt number There…

Including a consent statement

…message box. Screen to URL – Respondents are directed straight to the URL you provide rather than a online surveys page with a message. To choose this option, enter a…

Adding a link

You can insert links into notes, question text and the ‘More info’ section of a question. You can add the full URL for the relevant website, or you can make…

What are survey messages?

URL before the survey has opened (unless you have set up a survey redirect). The Survey closed message is displayed if a respondent clicks on the survey URL after the…

What is a ‘slug’?

…which is the final, customisable part of a survey’s public URL. The survey short name can be edited in the survey’s Distribution settings (on the Distribute page). If you attempt…

Adding a video or other media content

…the URL of your hosted video, audio or other media into the URL box. If applicable, choose the Resize Type from the drop-down menu. Please be aware that resizing an…

Piloting your survey

…survey, for example, “PILOT: (Survey name)”. Click Save. Set up survey access control, if required. Go to the Survey launchpad and click Launch survey. Share the URL with your reviewers….

Setting up a survey password

A launched and open survey can be completed by anyone who knows the survey web address (public URL). You can restrict access to your survey with a password that your…

Importing your respondent list

…generated by online surveys (or your own passwords and tokens, if you provided them yourself), as well as a new “url” column with the individual survey links for each respondent….