Quotas overview

Quotas control how many respondents in a particular group are allowed to take a survey.

Creating quotas

Quotas can be programmed using three different methods. They can be programmed directly within a question using the quotas: y tag, directly within a question using the create quota tag, or as a separate variable using type: quotas.

Common quota tags

When creating quotas in the survey, there are several standard tags associated with the quota setup. These tags dictate both the design and the functionality that will be used.

Click balance quotas

The click balance quota tag and question type are designed to make creating quotas for click balancing purposes easier and more streamlined. A click balance quota is based on all incoming traffic, instead of only completes like a typical quota.

Managing survey quotas

The Quotas applet is the visual interface with various controls for setting and managing your survey quotas.

Quota look ahead

Infrequently, some programming structures require that the survey "look ahead" to see whether or not a given quota bucket is open or full before respondents actually reach the quota. This mechanism is called quotaOpen, or more colloquially, "quota look ahead."