Survey
The export queue
As of the winter release, an export queue is available as an option, which helps to ease the workload especially on installations on which large projects have been set up. Using the two new buttons, + New export task and + Export immediate, which you will find in the “Survey menu” under “Export”, you can specify whether an export is to be made available directly for download or whether it is to be put in a queue. While the button for immediate export triggers the usual procedure with a known result, the click on the queue button relieves the system and offers further advantages for you.
Users no longer have to stay on the page until the export is available, but can continue their work with EFS during generation and are informed about the completion by means of the notification icon in the module bar of EFS. The export is also available for download for three days.
You only have to deviate slightly from the usual procedure by assigning a name to the exports to be queued. As soon as the exports are listed, they appear in a table and have the status “In process”. Once the exports have been successfully generated, download them by clicking on the download icon.
The feature must be enabled by support.
New question type: Autocomplete
This type of question allows you to provide potential answer options, from which up to ten choices are presented as suggestions based on the autocompletion of what is being typed into the input line by the user. The suggestions are shown in the list of a drop-down box in alphabetical order. They can also be called up by clicking on the drop down arrow.
To use this type of questions with the advantages described above, upload a CSV file with the answer options to the media library. You can download an example file from the questionnaire editor.
To use this type of questions with the advantages described above, upload a CSV file with the answer options to the media library. You can download an example file from the questionnaire editor.
Like all new question types, this is only available for projects that use Responsive Layout 3.
Single response list and multi response list (mobile optimized)
For better usability on mobile devices, the two question types single and multiple response list have been optimized with regard to the positioning of the controls and the hidden background, which can be found in the Detail configuration of the questions
The positioning of the control elements can be determined independently. Use the drop-down list to select whether you want to place the items to the left, above or below the response options. Hiding these elements is also available.
You use the check box to check whether the background should be deactivated.
The alternating background color, as you know it from the other question types, is not used for these question types.
Personalized invitation mail for a follow-up survey
CLF's e-mail invitation to the follow-up survey is personalized because you now have a direct salutation. Until now, the invitation mail contained only the e-mail address of the potential participant. Using the placeholders (#u_name# and #u_firstname#) you can equip this mail with the first and last name of the future participant. The participant variables are accessed for the information. If the information is not available or has been deleted in the meantime, the wildcard is replaced by an empty string (with no length).
Changing the language during the survey
You can now switch between the survey languages created under Project properties during a survey. To do this, you have a drop-down list on the questionnaire page that can be opened using the globe icon.
The language change applies directly to the page on which it is made. With the reloading, that is done automatically with this change all answers already given will be discarded. Even if a language change has been completed on a previous page using one of the question types that can be used for language selection, the feature can be used successfully.
In order to activate this feature, the option “enabled” must be set from the drop-down list of the menu item “Language selection in the survey”. This can be found under the tab “Internal organization” in the survey settings of the Project properties.
Keyboard control of the questionnaire editor
As of the winter release, the questionnaire editor can be controlled by keyboard as follows: By clicking on + New question, the text box in which the question title can be entered is activated. Using the tab key, you can use the filter to jump to the question type selection. Because scrolling is not possible in the traditional sense, the individual question types must be scrolled through with the up-down arrow keys to change the superordinate question type category. If a question with title has been created before, this title is displayed as a suggestion when you browse through the question types. The control of the questionnaire editor via keyboard works equally well in the standard browsers Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer.
Layout update button
In order to not only be informed about the EFS updates concerning the layout, but also to adopt them for a called project, a hint field is displayed in the Project information of the survey menu, which has the button “Apply layout updates”.
It is also worth knowing that the changes refer exclusively to the layout and there is no risk of data loss. In addition, recent and future bug fixes can only take effect after applying the layout updates. It is recommended that you execute the update if the system recommends it. Layout migration is not possible with this feature.