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Using variables for the web page on submitting

Sharon Borg — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:08:29 +0000

When respondents answer an online survey, you can specify the web page that they are taken to when they submit their response.

Survey variables can be included in the web page address making this specific to answers a respondent has given in the questionnaire.

You can:

insert the response to a question as part of a website address
use derived variables which identify a website address, dependent on given answers
pass the content of variables to a web page, for example, to insert a respondent’s name into a “Thank you” message
use derived variables to show web pages in different languages

Using a question answer

The data that is inserted in place of the question name depends on the type of question:

Response type	Information used
Quantity, Date, Time or Literal response	The literal answer entered
Single-response	The selected code label
Multiple responses	The response code labels are joined into a comma separated list

The entry for the web page address shows the variable name enclosed in curly brackets, for example, a derived variable named “SubscribePage”, which shows a subscription web page.

Examples

Showing multi-lingual web pages on submit

Dynamically changing the website shown on submit

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Setting the web page after saving

Sharon Borg — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:21:30 +0000

When a survey includes a save button, the respondent can save their responses to the interview and come back later to complete the survey.

Include a save button

In the Questionnaire window, click Questionnaire Properties on the toolbar.
In Section, select Buttons. This section is only available for questionnaires containing online editions.

Select Save in the Button list and select the Use in survey option.
Click OK to save the changes.

Setting the on save web page

In Section, select Submit. This section is only available for questionnaires containing online editions.

In On Save, select
- Default to show the default page after the respondent completes the survey. This page provides a link to allow the respondent to resume the saved questionnaire.
- Web page to go to a specified web page.
If you select Web page, then enter the URL of the web page. The URL must start with “https://” or “http://”.
Click OK to save the changes.

The web page URL may also contain variables to specify the web page.

You can also choose the on submit web page shown after the respondent clicks the submit button.

Resuming a saved response

Resuming a saved response depends on how the respondent accessed the questionnaire. If they used a login, the data response is saved with their login details so that it is reloaded when they resume the questionnaire.

Otherwise, when the respondent clicks the save button, they are shown a web page that gives them information allowing them to resume the questionnaire at a later time. You can use the default Snap Surveys save page URL, or enter your organisation’s save page URL instead.

The default save page is supplied by Snap Surveys and includes a link that the respondent can click to complete the questionnaire. They also have an option to enter an email address that Snap Surveys will use to email the link to them.

When the respondent clicks on the link to continue the questionnaire, they go to the last page they were viewing. They are able to continue the questionnaire, and either save again or submit the response. If they have already completed the questionnaire, they receive a message informing them.

If you want to collect saved data that was never completed you will also need to select partial responses.

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Adding headers and footers to a paper questionnaire

Sharon Borg — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:33:06 +0000

You can add additional text and graphics to the header and footer of the first page and, optionally, all subsequent pages.

Click to display the Questionnaire Properties dialog.
Select the Page section.
Click the Header/Footer button to display a Headers/Footers dialog.

Check the relevant boxes to specify whether the headers and footers are to appear on the first page and/or subsequent pages.
The header and footer each consist of the three areas (left, centre and right). The header/footer may contain:
- free format text
- images
- variable fields
- survey fields
- date and time of printing or publication
To insert a field click Insert and choose from Image, Variable Field, Survey Field or Date/Time Field from the menu. You can also select a Survey Field from the drop-down list in the top left corner in the dialog toolbar.
The contents can be formatted using the format buttons and fields at the top of the dialog to set the font name, size, style and color. The justification is fixed for each area.

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Navigation button design

Sharon Borg — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:22:42 +0000

The type and style of the buttons of your pages are defined in the Questionnaire Properties dialog. You can set the default button style, to show with or without text, or add a custom button image.

In the Questionnaire window, click Questionnaire properties to display the Questionnaire Properties dialog box.
Select Buttons in the Section panel to display the buttons properties.

Click Design to choose a style for your buttons. This opens the Navigation Design dialog.

Design	Select a design and color for all your buttons (and progress bar if used). Click Select Design to open an image chooser and select the design to use for all buttons.
Progress Bar	Specify if a progress bar is used and whether it is labelled Progress. Click Select Bar to open an image chooser and select the progress bar
Toolbar	Specify if the navigation area should be colored and which color to use.

Select the button design.
Click OK to save the changes to all buttons.

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Select button or progress bar images

Sharon Borg — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:21:04 +0000

In the Select Image dialog you can

choose the image used for the navigation buttons
choose the style of the navigation progress bar

Open the Select Image dialog from the Navigation Design dialog.

Button design

Browse	Browse for the button design images.
Type	Choose to show CSS, Images or All button designs.
Colourise	Choose the colour used for the images.
OK	Click OK to save your selection.

Progress Bar design

Browse	Browse for the progress bar design images.
Colourise	Choose the colour used for the images.
OK	Click OK to save your selection.

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Texts settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:30:45 +0000

The Text section specifies the text for common strings in Snap XMP Desktop.

Select	Choose a previously saved file of text strings to use.
Save As	Save all the current text strings to a new file that can be used in a different survey.
List of text strings	The list of text strings show text that is used in your current survey. You can change the strings to ones in a different language or using a different vocabulary by clicking Select then selecting the new library.
Current string	An editable field showing how the original string will be represented for this survey
>	Click to display appropriate fields to embed in the text message. For example {question} will insert the question name.
English original	Displays the default message text in English.

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Alerts settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:30:24 +0000

The Alerts section allows you to set up email alerts when a participant meets a condition while completing the response, such as entering contact details to receive further information.

Click New to create a new email alert or click Clone to create a copy of an existing alert.

Select an alert then click Edit to edit an existing alert or Delete to remove the alert.

Paradata settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:29:57 +0000

The Paradata settings contain system variables that store data about the current survey, the respondent and the data response. This information is available for analysis along with the data response that the respondent submits.

To include a paradata variable, select the system variable, then select Display in questionnaire.

Paradata settings

Case	Provides a unique identifier for a case or data response.
Completed	Set to Completed when the respondent submits the survey.
Duration	Records the time that the respondent takes to complete an interview. The calculation is the difference between the start time and the end time. The unit is minutes to 2 decimal places, for example, 3.25 which gives 3 minutes and 15 seconds.
End Date	Records the date that the respondent completes the interview. This is the local date for the respondent
End Time	Records the time that the respondent submits the interview. This is the local time for the respondent.
Geolocation	Allows an online survey to store the geographic location where a mobile interview takes place.
Interviewer	Selecting the Display in questionnaire box creates a new question in the questionnaire, which lets you select the interviewer for mobile interviewing. This is set when the interviewer opens the survey to collect responses. This is the login name on the Interviewer app.
Language	Available in an online multi-language survey. Selecting Display in questionnaire creates a language question. The respondent is able to select the language that they prefer.
Page	The Page paradata variable is a single choice question which you can use to define the number of pages.
Panel	This is an optional pre-defined variable that can be used for the survey panel index. This must be set up or pre-seeded from a database.
Participant	This stores the unique participant id, which is the login name for the survey. You must pre-seed this from a participant in a participant database.
Password	This stores the password for password regulated surveys. You must pre-seed this from a password in a participant database.
Recording	In a mobile survey, this lets you record the whole interviewer in the Interviewer app.
Server end date	Records the server date that the respondent submits an online interview. Responses collected on Snap XMP Desktop or Snap Interviewer will be NR. (This requires Snap XMP Desktop 12.26)
Server end time	Records the server time that the respondent submits an online interview. Responses collected on Snap XMP Desktop or Snap Interviewer will be NR. (This requires Snap XMP Desktop 12.26)
Site	Selecting the Display in questionnaire box creates a new question, which lets you to set the Site. This is set once each time the survey opens to collect responses.
Start Date	Records the date that the respondent starts the interview. This is the local date for the respondent.
Start Time	Records the time that the respondent starts the interview and the first question displays. This is the local time for the respondent.
Survey Index	Records the subject for Group questionnaires.
URL	This is an optional pre-defined variable that stores the URL of the calling site. You must set the URL or pre-seed from a database.

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SOI settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:29:31 +0000

The SOI section contains the settings for the Interviewer app, including timeouts and image size shown for questions with attached files.

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Accessibility settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:29:03 +0000

The Accessibility settings are used to force your questionnaire to conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) accessibility guidelines. These are designed to ensure that those who are visually impaired and those who use electronic readers to read web content are able to read the questionnaires.

For more information on the options, go to the Accessibility section.

Surveys to Produce	Select how the surveys will be published
Standard Version Only	Publish as designed including images and other HTML features
Plain Version Only	Publish a plain text version that complies with the priority 1 section of the W3C guidelines.
Standard and Plain Versions	Publish both.
Web links	Only available if Standard and Plain Versions selected
Link to plain text	Places the specified text as a link to the plain text version at the top of the normal version. Text defaults to “text only”.
Link from plain text	Places the specified text as a link to the normal version at the top of the plain text version. (No default text.)
W3C Accessibility options
Plain version uses no colours	Check this to change coloring to black on a white background.
Plain version has no images	Check this to remove all images from the output. Only needed if using a background image or animated graphics.
Plain version has no dynamic routing	Check this to disable dynamic routing and masking. Other dynamic content such as variable substitution, code rotation etc. is always disabled
Use strict rules	Use rules specified in the dialog which appears when you click on Details. These are further described in the Strict Rules section of the Snap website.

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Layout settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:28:41 +0000

Layout

The Layout section allows you to specify which standard components, such as a logo or title, appear on every page of your survey and how they look.

Use the first title as the main title on all pages:	Check to make the title on the first page appear on all subsequent pages.
Add progress text to browser tab	Add progress text to the header of the browser tab
Other components	Specify which components appear on every survey page, and how they look.
Divider	Text or a graphic (normally a line) that separates the questions from the button area (left right or centred). Selecting this unselects Tool Bar.
Tool Bar	A background color or image used to define the area where the buttons are. Selecting this unselects Divider.
Progress Bar	A graphic or text showing respondents how far through the survey they are (appears where specified).
Logo	Company logo that appears on the tool bar (left right or centred).
End of Page	Text, a line or a graphic that appears below the tool bar (left, right or centred).
Use in survey	Check to use the selected component in the survey.
Use Image	If checked, use the image specified in Image to represent the component. If clear, use the text specified in Text.
Image	Specify the image used to represent the selected component.
Text	Text that is used to represent the selected component. You can insert HTML codes between angle brackets. E.g., to insert an HTML horizontal line, type < >. If the Image box has been checked, this text is used as the ALT text for the image (displayed if the image is not available).
Alignment	Specify the position of the selected component (image or text) on the toolbar. You can specify the position of the Progress Bar on the page using the secondary drop-down list.

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Buttons settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:28:17 +0000

The Buttons section specifies the buttons that are used in the interview and the appearance of the buttons.

Button	Specify which buttons appear on the survey page, and how they look. They always appear in the following order.
Back	Go to previous page.
Reset Page	Clear all respondent’s entries on this page.
Restart	Close the current interview and restart the survey.
Print	Print the current page.
Save	Save the current state of the survey.
Next	Go to the next page. This is always used.
Submit	Submit the survey. This is always used.
Use in survey	Check to use the selected button in the survey.
Text	Plain text that appears on a basic button.
Alternative text	If an image is used, this text is used as the ALT text for the image which is displayed if the image is not available.
Pages	Select which pages of the interview the selected button is displayed.
Appearance	Specify an individual image used to represent the selected component. You can also select a plain text representation of the button. You do not need to specify individual images if you are using a design.
Alignment	Position of the buttons on the toolbar (the same setting applies to all the buttons).
Design	Open the Navigation Design dialog to specify the scheme used for the tool bar area (button and toolbar colours, and whether the progress bar is present).

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Interview settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:27:49 +0000

The Interview section allows you to control aspects of validation, routing and mandatory questions during the interview.

A new interviewer that runs the live survey interviews has been introduced in build 12.10. This was previously set in the Interview section by selecting the option Use new interviewer (beta). The new interviewer is used by default on all new surveys. The legacy interviewer settings are accessed using the Advanced button. The legacy options are set on for any previously created survey where Use new interviewer (beta) was not selected.

New features will only be implemented in the new interviewer. These include question carousels and displaying calculations on the same page without enforced page breaks. If a new feature, such as a question carousel, is added to a survey, the new interviewer will be used automatically.

To use the new interviewer, click the Advanced button and clear the options Use legacy interviewer engine and Generate legacy HTML layout.

Interview settings

Enforce “must answer” setting	Select to enforce that all questions that have Must Answer set in the variable properties are answered.
Follow routing	Select to enable the routing.
Validate responses	Select this option to validate responses against the information given in the Variable properties (Pattern, Valid range and Max/Min for multiple responses).
Allow ordering of codes and grids	Uncheck to keep the position of codes and grids constant (disable the Ordering property of the variables).
Drop a cookie	Select this to saves a cookie on the participant’s device that records their position in the survey. This should prevent them completing multiple copies of the questionnaire until the cookie expires.
Display usage warning.	Select this to display a warning that the survey uses cookies.
Advanced	This displays the interview options: Use legacy interviewer engine runs interviews using the interviewer engine used in Snap 11 and the default engine used in Snap XMP Desktop prior to build 12.10. Generate legacy HTML layout generates the HTML layout for interviews as used in Snap 11 and the default used in Snap XMP Desktop prior to build 12.10. This will result is a less accessible layout. These settings are not recommended for new surveys as you will not be able to take advantage of some new features but may be used for older upgraded surveys where the survey should behave in the same way as previous interviews.

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Submit settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:26:58 +0000

The Submit section allows you to set the action performed when the respondent clicks the submit or save button.

On Submit

The submit settings allow you to set the submit web page that shows when the respondent clicks the submit button. This includes choosing to show the Snap Surveys thank you page, another web page, to close the browser tab, or to do nothing.

On Save

The submit settings allow you to set the save web page that shows when the respondent clicks the save button. This includes choosing to show the Snap Surveys save page or choose another web page that shows the save information.

Examples

Showing multi-lingual web pages on submit

Dynamically changing the website shown on submit

Margins settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:26:33 +0000

The Margins section contains settings that specify page margins and the number of page columns to use. Different settings are available for online editions and paper editions.

Left Top Right Bottom	Define the distance between the text and the specified margin. The distance is given in pixels (px) for screen output and in centimeters (cm) for printed output.
Swap on even page	Check to swap the left and right margins between odd and even pages. Set margins used for odd pages, reversed margins for even pages. Paper output only
Columns	Set the number of columns on screen and paper
Column Gap	Set the space between the columns. This is set as a fixed width in cm for paper outputs, and a percentage of the window in screen outputs.
Column Separator	Open the Separating Line dialog to set the style of vertical line separating the columns. Paper output only
Justify Vertically	Check to align the top and bottom of the columns. Paper output only

In paper editions, click the Column Separator button to set the appearance of the column separator.

Style selects the type of vertical line with set as the default.
Width selects the width of the printed line
Colour selects the color of the printed line.

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Page settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:26:05 +0000

The Page section contains the page settings, with different options available for online and paper editions.

In paper editions, you can

set the page size
set the background colour and picture
choose the page orientation as portrait or landscape
choose to print the questionnaire as a booklet
set the headers and footers on each page

In online editions, you can

set the screen size
set the background colour and picture
choose whether to allow scrolling

Changing the page or screen size

This changes the questionnaire page layout for online editions or page size for paper editions. In online editions, the page size determines which edition is displayed on a device, letting you produce adaptive questionnaires.

In the Questionnaire window, change to the edition for the required output, for example, Paper, Phone or PC/Laptop.
Click Questionnaire Properties to open the Questionnaire Properties dialog.
In Section, select the Page section.
In online editions, in Width, enter the screen width of the device you want this edition to display. The screen width will be different if the device in held in landscape and portrait mode, so choose the appropriate value. Alternatively, select a standard screen size in the drop-down.
In paper editions, in Width and Height, enter the page width and height you want to print this edition on. Alternatively, select a standard paper size in the drop-down.
Click OK to save your changes.

If the questionnaire will be used on a specific devices then you can test the questionnaire works as expected on that device. Often, participants will use a variety of devices and you will need to test on a number of different sized devices to ensure the layout of each edition is correct.

Note that if you change the page size for one edition, it may affect which of the other questionnaires is delivered to a device.

Adding a picture to the background

Snap Surveys provides a range of background images for surveys that you can download and use in your surveys.

Select Background in the topic drop-down.
In the next drop-down, select the area to apply the background. To apply the background to the entire question, select (All). To apply the background to the all pages, select (Page).
Click the Picture button. This displays the Picture dialog.
Select a picture from the file name drop-down or click Browse to browse for the picture file. The picture path name is shown in the drop-down. Click Remove to clear the picture.

You can align the picture horizontally using the Horizontal drop-down, with Left, Centre and Right options. You can align the picture vertically using the Vertical drop-down, with Top, Centre, Bottom options.
The area assigned for the selected part of the question determines the size of the picture. For an online edition you can select Tile or Fixed to repeat or fix the image. For a paper edition you can select Stretch or Fit to resize the image or Tile and Zoom to repeat or scale the image. This can be done both horizontally and vertically.
If available, you can colourize the GIF file by selecting a color from the drop-down.
Click Zoom and enter a percentage value to resize the image in the background.
Click OK to save the changes.

Using a picture with a background

If the background uses a color and a picture, the color shows in areas where the picture does not fill the space. The background preview area on the toolbar shows a split view with the color in the top half and the picture in the bottom half.

Changes to the background are the same in all language editions for a single output edition, but will not change other output editions as this affects the style.

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Edition settings

Sharon Borg — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:23:26 +0000

This section provides details about the edition, publication medium and language for the selected edition in the Questionnaire window. These details are read only.

The editions can be edited in the Editions and Style Templates window, available from the Questionnaire toolbar.

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Questionnaire properties

Sharon Borg — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:09:13 +0000

The questionnaire properties affect the appearance and operation of the questionnaire in design and when running as a live interview. They are set in the Questionnaire Properties dialog which can be opened in the Questionnaire window by clicking on Questionnaire Properties .

The options available depend on the selected edition in the Questionnaire window. All options are available for Snap Online editions. In Paper and Scanning editions, the available options are Edition, Page, Margins, Paradata and Texts.

Edition
Page
Margins
Submit
Interview
Buttons
Layout
Accessibility
SOI
Paradata
Alerts
Texts

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Setting the web page on submitting

Sharon Borg — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 17:11:26 +0000

After a respondent has submitted their response, you are able to show them a web page. This can be the default thank you page available on the Snap Surveys website, or you can choose a web page from your organisation or one customised for the survey. This gives the opportunity to thank the respondent and offer them further information. You can also choose to close the survey on submit.

Setting the web page on submit

After a participant submits their response they can be shown a default thank you web page, a specific web page or the survey page can be closed as is often the case for surveys in a pop-up window.

In the Questionnaire window, click Questionnaire Properties on the toolbar.
In Section, select Submit. This section is only available for online editions.

In On Submit, select
- Default to show the default thank you page, supplied by Snap Surveys when the respondent clicks the Submit button.
- Web page to go to a specified web page when the respondent clicks the Submit button.
- Close to close the web browser tab for pop ups when the respondent clicks the Submit button.
If you select Web page, then enter the URL of the web page. The URL must start with “https://” or “http://”.
Click OK to save the changes.

The web page URL may also contain variables to specify the web page.

You can also choose how to save the questionnaire when the respondent click the save button.

Examples

Showing multi-lingual web pages on submit

Dynamically changing the website shown on submit

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Questionnaire Properties Archives | SnapSurveys

Using variables for the web page on submitting

Using a question answer

Examples

Setting the web page after saving

Include a save button

Setting the on save web page

Resuming a saved response

Adding headers and footers to a paper questionnaire

Navigation button design

Select button or progress bar images

Button design

Progress Bar design

Texts settings

Alerts settings

Paradata settings

Paradata settings

SOI settings

Accessibility settings

Layout settings

Layout

Buttons settings

Interview settings

Interview settings

Submit settings

On Submit

On Save

Examples

More questionnaire properties

Margins settings

Page settings

Changing the page or screen size

Adding a picture to the background

Using a picture with a background

Edition settings

Questionnaire properties

Setting the web page on submitting

Setting the web page on submit

Examples