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Reporting

Visualizing trends for tracking surveys

To enhance analysis of tracking studies, we’ve added Trend Charts! Quickly visualize data across waves for close-ended and open-ended numeric questions. Use rolling calculations to smooth fluctuating data and identify underlying trends. Easily download trend charts into Excel or an editable PowerPoint slide.

Activate trend visualizations by including a variable that defines the intervals, or waves, of the study, indicated with a trendable: y tag. Read more here.

WAVE. Quarter of data collection for brand tracker
type: radio
trendable: y
invisible: y
cvalue: 5
1. Q1 2024
2. Q2 2024  
3. Q3 2024
4. Q4 2024  
5. Q1 2025

AI-Powered masks for questions and option labels (Beta)

Quickly generate concise labels for your questions and options in reports, exports, and quotas. Masks removes the need for desc tags in SPL and empowers all non-SPL users to easily create clear masks for lengthy questions and options. For rapid summaries, allow AI to do the heavy lifting! Simply specify the desired length, and AI will suggest summaries, generating a survey’s worth of trimmed descriptions in moments.

IntelliSurvey accessible via mobile

An abbreviated version of the IntelliSurvey platform is now accessible via mobile. We've ported the most needed or critical actions one might need to take from a mobile phone when away from the computer, such as launching a study (change the stage, set initial quotas) or monitoring fielding updates (view a status and termination report, incidence report, or check on quotas). 

Add images to your survey with IntelliBuilder

IntelliBuilder has simplified the process of adding images to surveys. Images can be easily added to question widgets, individual options, or lists for survey-wide use, without requiring any programming knowledge. The images can also be resized and positioned effortlessly with minimal user interaction.

SPL updates

New question type — 'type: highlighter table'

Creating text highlighting exercises has gotten very simple! This exercise is now a basic question type, removing the need for custom code. Simply define each highlightable text phrase, indicate the states (like, dislike, etc.), and the highlighting exercise is complete! For more information and additional tags supported for text highlighters, read here.

1. Here's a simple text highlighter example:
type: highlighter table
options: 
1. I like this
2. I don't like this
rows:
1. How do you feel
2. about each part
3. of this sentence?

Translation keys introduced for clarity with multi-language studies

In order to better support multi-language studies, an identifier for each translation – called a translation key – is now included on the Translation grid. These keys are intended to be used with the translate tag as a way to indicate options/questions that are eligible to be translated for certain translations.

Additionally, the translation keys will now be the only accepted values for options on language picker radio questions, as exemplified below.

1. What language do you want to take the survey in?
type: radio
language picker: y
eng-1. English {if $base_country eq 'us' or $base_country eq 'ca' or $base_country eq 'mx' }
fre-1. French  {if $base_country eq 'ca'}
fre-2. French  {if $base_country eq 'fr'}
spa-1. Spanish {if $base_country eq 'us' or $base_country eq 'mx'}

Easier multi-type text tables

Creating a multi-field text table with varying datatypes (e.g. phone, name, email, address) is significantly simpler now. To use, list any text-types applicable to the row as decorators. See an example here.

1. Please enter your name and email address.
type: text table
size: 30
rows:
1. First Name:
2. Last Name:
3. Email: {size: 30} {datatype: email}

Additional updates

AI-generated answer options in IntelliBuilder

IntelliBuilder's AI-generated options capabilities have been enhanced. Functionality now extends beyond previous limitations and includes the generation of standalone lists. By utilizing the provided list description as a prompt, IntelliBuilder can intelligently create a range of suitable options, streamlining the list creation process and saving users valuable time and effort.

Toggle on option IDs on in Testmode

To ease testing, option IDs may be toggled on, similar to how a user may toggle off question IDs.

Honorable mentions

• Better handling of unanswered multi-punch fields (such as rowpunchsummary or coded variables); display 0 rather than blank
• Versions are now more apparent they are read-only, differentiating from SPL Editor
• More informative parser messages when selectby: steps missing various inputs
• Loading data grids now indicate ‘Loading’ for improved experience

Bugs of mention

• Batches indicated as “Send Now” will be appropriately, immediately sent
• Rank questions with autoothers are properly validated/required when necessary
• Limited Survey Users were unable to open saved reports; now they can