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Do you want to share your survey or your survey responses with another SurveyGold user? Using SurveyGold you can easily export your survey (and optionally responses) into a survey definition file that can be imported by any other SurveyGold user. 

Note: Survey sharing is a feature available beginning with SurveyGold 7. It is not available in SurveyGold prior to version 7.

Surveys are shared via the Setup Survey feature by exporting a specific survey into a special file known as a "survey definition file." This file is saved as an XML file to a folder that you specify. This file can subsequently be imported by any SurveyGold 7 or SurveyGold 8 user.

A survey definition file contains, at a minimum, all of the attributes of a specific survey, such as the name of the survey, the sections, the questions and choices. Exporting a survey definition file makes it possible to share your survey with any other SurveyGold 7 or SurveyGold 8 user so that they may quickly import the survey and begin conducting it immediately via any means they choose (e.g., web, paper or phone.)

In addition to all of the survey attributes, a survey definition can optionally contain all of the responses associated with a specific survey. Exporting a survey definition file and including responses makes it possible to share your survey responses with another SurveyGold 8 or SurveyGold 7 Professional Edition user so that they can quickly import the survey and responses. They can then view and analyze the responses of the survey using their SurveyGold 8 or SurveyGold 7 Professional Edition software. 

If the SurveyGold 8 or SurveyGold 7 Professional Edition user who is importing the survey definition file already has a survey identical (e.g., the survey definition matches exactly) to the one being imported, the user is given the option of merging the responses from the survey definition file into their existing set of responses. SurveyGold software is careful to make sure that any responses being imported do not already exist, thereby eliminating the possibility of unintentionally creating duplicate responses.
 Here is a summary of the survey definition file features available in SurveyGold: 
  Export Survey Import Survey Import Responses
SurveyGold 8  Yes Yes Yes
SurveyGold 7 Professional Edition Yes Yes Yes
SurveyGold 7 Standard Edition No Yes No

 

 

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