WebSurvey System

Working with Piping

Piping an answer allows you to have a user’s response inserted into the text of a question on a subsequent page. This allows you to have user-specific questions in your survey that are sensitive to the user's answers.

NOTE: Answers can be collected and piped only once the respondent has clicked NEXT. So, an answer can only be piped to a question on a subsequent page.

EXAMPLE: Question 1 asks “What is your state of residence?” A respondent to your survey answers “Wisconsin”. This answer is piped to question 3 on the second page of your survey, which asks, “What are the main tourism attractions in Wisconsin?”

From the My Surveys page, for the appropriate survey, click DESIGN
From the Modify Survey page, for the question whose answer you want to pipe, click PIPE
The Answer Piping dialog box appears.
From the text box, select the code provided
HINT: Be sure to select all of the characters in this box.
Right click the highlighted text and select Copy
OR
Press [Ctrl] + [C]
The code is copied to your clipboard.
Click CLOSE
To add a new question, which will use the piped answer,
NOTE: This question must be located on a page subsequent to the original question. In other words, this question must be on a separate page following the page on which the piped answer occurs.
1. Click INSERT
  The Insert Item page appears.
2. From the Choose an Item Type, select the desired question type
  The Insert Item page refreshes with options for that question type.
3. In the Enter the question text box, type the question, inserting the copied code at the appropriate place
  HINT: To paste the code from your clipboard, place the cursor at the desired location and press [Ctrl] + [V]
4. Complete the remaining options
5. Click SAVE
  As the developer, you see the code in the text of the question as shown here.
  
  While taking the survey, respondents who answered “Wisconsin” for their state of residence, will see that answer in the text of the question regarding tourism attractions as shown here.
To add the piped answer to an existing question,
NOTE: This question must be located on a page subsequent to the original question. In other words, this question must be on a separate page following the page on which the piped answer occurs.
1. For the question that you want to add the piped answer, click EDIT
  The Modify Existing Item page appears.
2. In the Enter the question text box, insert the copied code at the appropriate place
  HINT: To paste the code from your clipboard, place the cursor at the desired location and press [Ctrl] + [V]
3. Edit any additional options
4. Click SAVE
  As the developer, you see the code in the text of the question as shown here.
  
  While taking the survey, respondents who answered “Wisconsin” for their state of residence, will see that answer in the text of the question regarding tourism attractions as shown here.