{"id":4161,"date":"2021-03-08T15:34:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T15:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=4161"},"modified":"2023-10-04T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T09:42:13","slug":"sending-an-email-that-includes-a-unique-participant-identifier-snap-desktop","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/snapxmp\/sending-an-email-that-includes-a-unique-participant-identifier-snap-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Anonymisation in Surveys \u2013 Sending an email that includes a unique participant identifier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>  When distributing surveys, you can set up a unique participant identifier that can track whether a given participant has responded and if not, send them reminder emails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   You may need participants to log in to ensure that they only complete a questionnaire once, or to enable\u00a0Snap XMP Online\u00a0to keep track of their responses. To set up a login page, you must have a known list of participants and they must each have a unique ID that they use to log in. In Snap XMP Desktop this must be set up using database link. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  To make life simple for participants and help to increase your response rate, the email invitations can contain a link to the survey that, when clicked, automatically logs the participant into the survey.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Identifying the participant using a unique identifier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">  What you need <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n    A unique email address for each participant. You can also add additional fields to personalise your email invite and login details.\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image001-png-2.png\" alt=\"image001.png\" class=\"wp-image-4162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image001-png-2.png 354w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image001-png-2-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating a new database link<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the Survey Overview window, open the survey.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Database Links<\/strong>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"27\" height=\"26\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinksicon-png.png\" alt=\"DBLinksIcon.png\">\u00a0on the Snap XMP Desktop toolbar or select\u00a0<strong>File | Database Link<\/strong>\u00a0to open the\u00a0Database Links window.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the&nbsp;<strong>New<\/strong>&nbsp;button. This opens the Database Linkage Wizard where you create a new database link.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selecting the participant file<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>   In the Database Linkage Wizard, select&nbsp;<strong>Online Invites\/Logins\/Seeding<\/strong>&nbsp;option. Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to select the database file. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinkwiza-png-1.png\" alt=\"DBLinkWizA.png\" class=\"wp-image-4164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinkwiza-png-1.png 575w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinkwiza-png-1-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>\n  Click&nbsp;<strong>Select Database File<\/strong> and browse to the file containing the participants\u2019 email addresses. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinkwizb-png-1.png\" alt=\"DBLinkWizB.png\" class=\"wp-image-4165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinkwizb-png-1.png 575w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinkwizb-png-1-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>   As Snap XMP Online will be tracking and identifying participants, select Log in participant. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>   Select the unique participant ID\/login field from the drop-down list. This will be used to set up the participants in Snap XMP Online. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>   Select <strong>Send email invitations and reminders \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>this instructs Snap XMP Online to send email invites and reminders to your participants. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n  Make sure the box which says&nbsp;<strong>Identify participants in the response data <\/strong>is unchecked.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/loginoptions1-png.png\" alt=\"LoginOptions1.png\" class=\"wp-image-4166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/loginoptions1-png.png 575w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/loginoptions1-png-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"7\">\n<li>   Click <strong>Next<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating the email invitation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>   The email invitations are created next. Check the Use HTML emails if you wish to have styled HTML emails. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>   Set the Email address field option; select the appropriate unique email address from the drop down menu. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>   Add a subject heading in the Email subject and text box. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>   Type the email message in the Invitation tab and if required, the Reminder tab.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>   Click <strong>Insert<\/strong> to add a <strong>Survey Location<\/strong> link. This provides a link for the participant to access the survey and must be included in the email message. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>   You should also include a link enabling your participants to opt out of the survey using the <strong>Survey Opt Out<\/strong> link by clicking <strong>Insert<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/emaileditor1-png.png\" alt=\"Create an email invitation\" class=\"wp-image-4167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/emaileditor1-png.png 575w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/emaileditor1-png-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"7\">\n<li>\n  Click <strong>Next<\/strong>. You will see a summary of what the database link does.&nbsp; Give the database link a name.\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n  Select <strong>Finish returning<\/strong> to the <strong>Database Links<\/strong> dialog.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"articleTOC_4\">Generating the participant data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participant seeding options<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the options you can use when updating participant information and seeding. This option is selected when you generate the participant data. These are the options available in the <strong>Participants and Seeding<\/strong> drop-down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Option<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Description<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>\n  Do nothing\n<\/p><\/td><td><p>   Does not load any participant or seeding data changes to Snap XMP Online. <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>\n  Add new participants only\n<\/p><\/td><td><p>\n  Add new participants\u2019 data will be loaded but this will not update any changes to existing participants\u2019 data.\n<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>\n  Update participants\n<\/p><\/td><td><p>   This will insert new participants and also update changes to existing participants\u2019 data. This may overwrite any changes made in <strong>Snap XMP Online<\/strong> to existing participants. This option will not remove participants that are no longer in the new list of participants or that have been added in <strong>Snap XMP Online<\/strong>. <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>\n  Replace all participants\n<\/p><\/td><td><p>   This will replace all participants\u2019 data by removing all the existing participants and replacing them with the new list. This will remove existing participants that are no longer in the new list of participants. This will mean any updates made to participants or new participants added in <strong>Snap XMP Online<\/strong> will be lost. <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invitation and reminder options<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the options you can use when updating the invitations and reminders. This option is selected when you generate the participant data. These are the options available in the <strong><strong>Invites and Reminders<\/strong><\/strong> drop-down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Option<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Description<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>\n  Do nothing\n<\/p><\/td><td><p>   There are no changes made. The process will not upload any invitation or reminder changes to <strong>Snap XMP Online<\/strong>. <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>\n  Define or replace\n<\/p><\/td><td><p>   This will add the invitation and reminder when they are generated for the first time. When there are already uploaded invitations and reminders this option will <strong>remove all<\/strong> the existing invitations and reminders to replace them with the new invitation and reminder set up in <strong>Snap XMP Desktop<\/strong>. <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click&nbsp;<strong>Run<\/strong>&nbsp;to generate the new participant data. This displays the&nbsp;<strong>Run Database Link&nbsp;<\/strong>dialog.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinksdlg-png-1.png\" alt=\"Database links dialog listing the links for the survey\" class=\"wp-image-4168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinksdlg-png-1.png 596w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dblinksdlg-png-1-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>   The Database Link contains the information used to generate the participant details. This information is read only.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/11-rundblinkdlg-png-1.png\" alt=\"Run the database link and upload the results to Snap Online\" class=\"wp-image-4169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/11-rundblinkdlg-png-1.png 370w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/11-rundblinkdlg-png-1-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>\n  Choose an option for <strong>Participants and Seeding<\/strong>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\n<li>\n  Choose an option for <strong>Invites and Reminders<\/strong>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\">\n<li>   Click <strong>OK <\/strong>to automatically upload the participant data to <strong>Snap XMP Online<\/strong>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>   When the database link is ready, you must make sure the id.name system variable is set. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n  Click on <strong>Questionnaire Properties<\/strong>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/questionnairepropsicon-png.png\" class=\"wp-image-4170\" alt=\"QuestionnairePropsIcon.png\">\n  .\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n  Scroll to the <strong>Paradata<\/strong> section. Highlight the <strong>Participant<\/strong> option in the <strong>System Variables<\/strong> list and select <strong>Display in survey<\/strong>. Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/questprops1-png.png\" alt=\"Display the Participant paradata in Questionnaire properties\" class=\"wp-image-4171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/questprops1-png.png 409w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/questprops1-png-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"9\">\n<li>\n  This creates a new variable at the top of the survey called ID.name. To enable your participants to log in automatically, highlight the question, right click and select <strong>Hide Variable<\/strong>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image028-png.png\" alt=\"Hide the variable\" class=\"wp-image-4172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image028-png.png 436w, https:\/\/www.snapsurveys.com\/support-snapxmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image028-png-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"10\">\n<li>   This hides the question from the participant; Snap XMP Online will seed the unique identifier into the system variable automatically. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>   You can now publish the survey. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\n  If there is a topic you would like a worksheet on, email to <a href=\"mailto:snapideas@snapsurveys.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">snapideas@snapsurveys.com<\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When distributing surveys, you can set up a unique participant identifier that can track whether a given participant has responded and if not, send them reminder emails. 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