| Elements | Description |
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| Show block | You can use Show Block to display a block at any point within your survey. A block is a group of questions that are displayed as a set within your survey. Every survey includes at least one block of questions. |
| Branch Logic | Branches are useful when you want to send respondents down different paths in the survey. You can use Branch Logic to branch respondents to different Survey Flow elements based on variables like question responses or Embedded Data.Depending on how your respondents answer certain questions, they will take different routes through your survey. |
| Embedded Data | Embedded Data is any extra information you would like recorded in addition to the question responses. It can be used to store information such as
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| Randomizer | With a Randomizer in your Survey Flow, you can randomly present question blocks, Embedded Data, and other Survey Flow elements to your respondents. |
| End of survey elements | Even though you can easily change the default end-of-survey experience in Survey Options, you sometimes may want a different end-of survey experience for different respondents. For instance, if a respondent indicates they don’t meet the demographic requirements of your survey, you might want to end the survey early for them and display a message letting them know they didn’t qualify. With the End of Survey element in the Survey Flow, you can create custom ending points, each with their own unique behavior. |
| Elements | Description |
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| Web service | Sometimes it’s useful to bring additional information from a website into your survey. Our Web Service element allows you to do just that. For example, you can pull in the top 10 Headlines from CNN.com for a current events survey. You can even write your own web program and then integrate accordingly. |
| Authenticator | Sometimes you need all the benefits of a unique survey link without actually creating or sending out a unique link. Authenticators allow you to do just this, letting you collect responses that are connected to contact listinformation without generating unique links. Authenticators make this possible by having respondents “log in” to take a survey to take it. This means that you can copy the Anonymous Link to a website or into an email and still track who has responded. Only people who are listed in your contact list can take the survey, so you won’t collect unwanted responses even when using the Anonymous Link. |
| Reference surveys | Often, you will need to use the same sets of questions in multiple surveys. Rather than re-creating these questions, you can copy them with a few clicks. The Reference Survey element allows you to take surveys stored in your Qualtrics library and reference them inside your other surveys. Any changes made to the survey questions in your library will also change the questions within any survey they’re referenced in. |
| Table of contents | You can use the Table of Contents (ToC) feature to allow your respondents to easily navigate between your question blocks while taking your survey. Each survey respondent will have access to a Table of Contents that allows them to jump to different sections in your survey and track their overall progress. |
What happens when a respondent doesn’t meet your qualifications for completing the survey? By default, all responses that are submitted, regardless of which questions are answered, are saved and considered “Complete”. All collected responses will count toward any response limit on your license.
In addition to the default behavior, there are three alternative methods to handle screened out respondents:
These links further detail the default behavior for screened out responses and outlines these methods of managing screen outs in the Survey Flow.