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SurveyGold New Features,
Enhancements and Fixes
Here are the
new features, enhancements and
fixes. If you have an idea for a new feature or improvement, please take
a moment to email us
your suggestion.
SurveyGold Version 8
New Features
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Setup
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Folders
- Provides the ability to organize surveys into groups. For
example, you could create one folder of current surveys,
another folder for archived surveys, etc. After creating a
folder, simply drag and drop your surveys into the folder of
your choosing.
Weighting
Index - Provides the ability to define a set of
attributes (such as "cost", "dependability", "accuracy",
etc.) and associate them with your survey via the survey
properties sheet. You can then assign any one of these
attributes to a question choice along with an integer score
(positive or negative) in the question properties sheet. In
the Analyze Results feature, the Weighting Index report for
an individual or set of respondents multiplies the relative
importance of a attribute against the score awarded to a
question addressing that attribute. The result is a new view
of survey results that gives consideration to relative
importance of the attributes you have defined.
Multi-Page
Web Survey Form - Provides the ability for each survey
section to be displayed on separate web page. Provides the
ability to skip over a section (or sections) based on the
response to a particular question. Required field
validations and data validations (see next topic) are
performed as each section is submitted.
Web Survey
Data Validation - Provides the ability to enforce data
type and/or data format validations in a fill-in-the-blank
response field. Here are some of the validations available:
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response value must be numeric
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response value must be within a specific range
of integer values
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response value must be a particular date format
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response value must be a valid email address
format
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response value must be a particular postal code
format
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Export/Import Surveys - Provides the ability to import
and export surveys (and optionally responses) so that you
can share them with other SurveyGold users.
Web Survey
Auto-Responder - Provides the ability to have an email
sent immediately after a web survey respondent submits their
responses.
Web Survey
Logo - Provides the ability to display your logo graphic
file at the top of the web survey form.
Software
Update Wizard - Provides the ability to automatically
download and install the most up-to-date version of
SurveyGold software.
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View
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Memorized
Filters - Provides the ability in the View Results tab
to create a results filter (based on question responses
and/or date ranges) for the survey you are viewing and then
name it ("memorize" it) for later use. The value to this new
feature is that provides quick and easy access to routinely
applied filters.
View
Multiple Results Series - Leverages the Memorized
Filters feature by providing the ability in View Results to
display multiple sets of responses (side-by-side in multiple
graph series) for the survey you are viewing. The value of
this new feature is that it provides the ability to show
trends of previous period to current period, comparisons of
demographic groups, etc.
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Analyze Results |
Weighting
Index Reports - Provides weighting index analysis for an
individual or set of respondents multiplies the relative
importance of a attribute against the score awarded to a
question addressing that attribute. The result is a new view
of survey results that gives consideration to relative
importance of the attributes you have defined. |
Enhancements
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General |
Updated
User Interface - Provides a new and improved look and
feel including graphic popup menus, simpler drag-and-drop in
Setup Survey, mouse-over context help, more attentive status
dialogs, and more.
Improved
Database Performance - An upgraded version the database
provides improved performance by providing intelligent
caching for optimal performance.
Web Survey
Validations Performed Locally - Validations are
performed without having to communicate with the
surveygold.com web site. This improves response times and
eliminates unwanted side-effects of having to click the
browser's "Back" button.
Database
Backup Enhancement - The database backup process
formerly created a single file named backup_survey.db. The
backup process now creates a file named survey_backup_<timestamp>.db
where the <timestamp> value is the actual date and time that
the backup file was created. For example, if the database
backup file was created on October 5, 2007 at 1:15 PM, the
backup file name would be
survey_backup_2007_10_05_13_15_00.db. This new naming
convention provides the ability to have multiple instances
of the backup file over time as opposed to the former
implementation which only allowed for one backup database
file. Having multiple database files provide more
flexibility and greater data recovery options than having
just one single backup database file.
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Setup
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Section
Names Optional - Provides the ability to hide a section
name in a survey form. This option is specified via a
checkbox in the section properties sheet.
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Conduct Survey |
Skip To
Section - In addition to the existing horizontal slider
which allows you to skip to a particular question, there is
now a dropdown list box that provides the ability to skip to
the first question in a particular section.
Get Web
Responses - Clicking on this button and selecting the
HTTPS in the Advanced section causes web survey responses to
be downloaded via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), the leading
security protocol on the Internet. This feature provides a
highly secure encrypted connection for downloading web
survey response data from surveygold.com where the responses
are transiently held to the SurveyGold 8 software where the
responses are permanently recorded.
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View
Results |
Analyze
Results Using Filter View
- When a filter is applied, a button entitled "Analyze
Results Using Filter View" appears prominently. This
provides the ability to perform Analyze Results actions
(e.g., Word report, convert responses to Excel) using just
the respondents in the filter.
Analyze
Results Using Series View
- When viewing multiple series, a button entitled "Analyze
Results Using Series View" appears prominently. This
provides the ability to perform Analyze Results actions
(e.g., Word report, convert responses to Excel) using just
the respondents in the series.
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Analyze Results |
Improved
Graphics - Graphs produced via the Publish Word and
Publish Web actions are now sharper in appearance. |
Problems Fixed
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Setup
Survey |
When saving a
web survey that included a matrix section of questions that
are all multiple choice and a specific number of choices was
specified, the formatting resulting checkboxes in the web
survey form was not desirable. This issue has been resolved.
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Analyze Results |
When saving a
cross-tab report to Excel format, the resulting columns now
appear correctly in Excel.
When selecting
the Graph Section action, the section selection window only
displays the first six sections. The remaining sections are
accessible by pressing the down arrow, but this is still
visually confusing for those surveys with a large number of
sections from which to select. The window has been altered
to include a vertical scroll bar in the list of sections.
This will make it easier and more obvious how to select a
particular section that is not visible in the list of the
first six sections in a survey. |
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