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Question Example : Grid – Headers Left Right Middle

Description : This examples shows you how your grid can have headers on the left and the right and the middle of the grid.

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Question Example : Date Picker in a loop

Description : This examples shows you how you can use another Calendar object to enter dates in a loop.

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Calculating Points Update

Here is another way that points could be worked out using custom properties. First off put the values in the metadata

Metadata(en-AU, Question, label)

Q1 "Gender" categorical [1]
    {
    	_1 "Male" [iScore = 10],
    	_2 "Female" [iScore = 20]
    };

End Metadata

In this case Male is worth 10 points and female is worth 20. Then in your routing write a quick function to loop the results and total up the score.

Routing(Web)
Dim iTotal

Q1.Ask()
iTotal = iTotal + Score(Q1)
debug.MsgBox(ctext(iTotal))

Function Score(oQuestion)

	Dim oResp,iScore

	For each oResp in oQuestion.response.value
		iScore = iScore + oQuestion.categories[format(oresp,"a")].properties["iScore"]
	Next

	Score = iScore

End Function

End Routing
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Q & A : Randomization of categorical codes

A few days ago we where asked the following,

Q: I have a categorical question that i would like to randomize the responses. However some of the responses must be randomized , but must not be next to each other.

To randomize the response on a categorical question is easy , we just use the ran keyword, for example , Continue reading Q & A : Randomization of categorical codes

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Randomize the text of a question.

Have you ever wanted to randomize the text in a question. For example , if you are running a telephone interviewing job you may want the interviewer to read read the list out in a different order each time.  In this article we will show you one way that this can be done. Continue reading Randomize the text of a question.

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Question Example : Simple Drag & Drop

Description : This examples shows you how you can create a drag and drop question.

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Question Example : Calendar v2

Description : This examples shows you how you can use another Calendar object to enter dates.

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Question Example : Enlarge Image

Description : This examples shows you how you can have a small image on your page and by clicking on it you can show a larger version.

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Calculating points

Recently i notice that someone was searching on “Calculating Points”. In this article we will show you how this could be done. The example we will use is something similar to a panel system where you might get some points for completeing a survey, but the code could be used in any number of ways. Continue reading Calculating points

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Data Collection Hosting

Today I  noted that someone was searching on the site for information about Data Collection Hosting. The idea of this post is to allow others if they are out their to add a comment to talk about the offering they have, but from what i know there are three solutions.

Solution 1: IBM SPSS MSP Data Collection
This option is used by someone that does not want to look after any hardware but has purchased the Data Collection Server software. The customer will have limited / no access to the phsyical machines as everthing is managed by the providor. For more info on this option you will need to contact you local IBM SPSS representative.

Solution 2: IBM SPSS ASP Data Collection.
This solution is used by someone that might want to run the odd survey every so often and feels the need to purchase any software is not an option. The customer will only have access to the system via the web interfaces but will be able to do all that is required to manage a survey. For more info on this option you will need to contact you local IBM SPSS representative.

Solution 3: Generic Service Providor Hosting.
This option is used by someone that wants to install and manage the software themselves but does not want to pyhsicaly host the machines in house. Most Internet Service providors will have an option for you to rent a physical or virtual machine. For obvious reasons pyhsical machines are better that virtual , but now IBM SPSS supports the common virtual enviroments virtual is an option.

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Q & A : Online DDL

Every so often people ask questions that can be found in the “Data Collection Developer Library”. More often than not they would ask where they can get a copy of it and i would have to point them to a site where they could register and download it. Now with IBM you don’t have to download it you can browse it online. I am sure most of you have a copy installed , but for those of you that dont then you can find the online version at this url.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/spssdc/v6r0m1/index.jsp

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Question Example : Calendar v1

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Question Example : Currency Symbol

Description : This examples shows you how you can place a currency symbol to the left of the box where you enter the currency value in.

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Question Example : Column Clicks

Description : This examples shows you how you can highlight a column of answers when they have been clicked in a grid.

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Convert a DDF File to a Excel File.

We noticed that someone recently ran a search on our blog to try and find out how to convert a DDF to excel. This is a simple thing to do and to be honest there will be lots of examples in the DDL. Just install the DDL and then check the following directory out,

“C..\DDL\Scripts\Data Management\”.

If you don’t have the DDL installed then read on. Continue reading Convert a DDF File to a Excel File.

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Q&A : Using the {@} in loops

Recently in the comments section we where asked,

Hi. I am working on a survey where we need to have a summary of responses at the end of the survey. I am using script which was posted in IBM help that would put the question in the first column and the answer in the second. However I have a grid in my survey and instead of the question name appearing, the grid question is repeated throughout. Any suggestions on how to get the question name in the table instead of the grid question?

In this case the answer was to use the {@} in the loops , for example

G1 "G1 - Text  " loop
    {
        A "This is the question A",
        B "This is the question B"
    } fields -
    (
        SQ "SQ Text {@}"
        categorical [1..1]
        {
            Y "Y",
            N "N"
        };

    ) expand;
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Compare two Excel sheets

Ever wanted to compare two sheets in a excel file and store the results on another sheet? Or perhaps compare the cells and take one away from the other and store the result. In this article we will show you how you can do this. Continue reading Compare two Excel sheets

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Q&A : Quota Full popup box

A few weeks ago we where asked the following

Q: I just want to show a popup box says “Quota Full” and send the participant to end of the survey. Any help about this ?

In this article we will address the popup box and the jump to the end of the survey. If you would like to see how you check the quotas then you can take a look at the related articles shown at the end of the post. Continue reading Q&A : Quota Full popup box

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Flash Widgets released by SurveyWidgets for Data Collection

We got an email the other day from the team at SurveyWidgets letting us know that they have released some flash objects for your data collection surveys. Here is an example of what they offer , but if you want to see the full range click here

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De-dupe your data files

In this article I will show you one way that you could use to de-dupe your data collection datafiles. I am not sure how you would get duplicates in it in the first place , but let’s just assume you do have them. This example will use the Museum.ddf file in the DDL. This file & the ddf can be found here “.\DDL\Data\Data Collection File\” Continue reading De-dupe your data files

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