Compact View

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Compact View (also known as "CV") represents the online survey in a manner resembling a survey questionnaire document written by a survey designer. The imagined use of this view is for non-programmer administrative users and outside stakeholders to gain an understanding of all the various elements present in the survey as-programmed. 

To access Compact View, expand the Review button group in the Survey Navigation menu, and click Compact View.

Overview

The CV applet displays a simplified version of the code used to create a survey. The applet's menu bar provides users the ability to toggle between Dev and Pub (development and published) modes, select various options from the Actions menu, and to refresh the survey information if need be.

Elements within the code often contain directives (programming instructions). These directives are shown in gray, bracketed text under the question. Directives include the question type, any logic associated with the question, ordering patterns, and any list references (a.k.a., listcalls) that use tags such as rowsfrom, optsfrom, and/or colsfrom. If the survey uses listcalls, there is the additional ability to hide or view lists using the expand/collapse arrows. In the example below, the list COLORS is shown while the list ANIMALS is hidden. To view the list ANIMALS, click the expand arrow.

Lists defined outside of the questions, tables, or variables are displayed in an Appendix at the bottom. These lists can be downloaded as Excel files, either individually by clicking the download icons next to their names, or all at once by clicking the download icon in the Appendix header. Any spreadsheets attached to the survey will also be included in the Appendix but must be downloaded individually.

Actions

The Actions menu offers two options at this time: Download All Lists and Download to Word .

The action Download All Lists will download all lists from the Appendix into an Excel file. The first tab is a Table of Contents, and each list is presented on its own tab.

The action Download to Word will download into a Word document mirroring what is seen on the screen.

cvnote

The programming tag cvnote is very similar to the testnote tag. The text placed after the tag only shows in the CV applet and does not appear in survey reports or on screen to respondents. This can be helpful for explaining any logic to other stakeholders who are not familiar with survey writing/logic.

Example code

4. What is your annual household income, before taxes?
type: radio
cvnote: This question is for US respondents only.
 1. Less than $25,000
 2. $25,000 to less than $50,000
 3. $50,000 to less than $75,000
 4. $75,000 to less than $100,000
 5. $100,000 to less than $150,000
 6. $150,000 to less than $200,000
 7. $200,000 or more
99. Do not wish to reply / Don't know

Example CV applet

The cvnote content from Q4 would be shown as follows in CV.

Quex View comparison

Quex View (short for Questionnaire View) is similar to the CV applet but has a few differences worth noting. The Quex View applet displays the survey in one page in a similar format as a respondent sees the survey screen, but no directives (programming instructions, etc.) or logic variables (collection or calculation variables) are shown. Only respondent-facing content is shown in Quex View, so "structural" variables such as defaults, reusable text widgets (e.g., set text or show text), and groups are not listed. In addition, any setlists or sheets referenced in the survey will not be included, and as such, Quex View does not include an Appendix section with these items. Survey page numbers are included though to clarify where content is shown to respondents.

Although setlists and sheets are not available for viewing or download in Quex View, the main survey content can be downloaded to Word for further review.