IdSurvey 8: What’s new

IdSurvey 8 New Features

    • New alert and soft alert control messages. They allow one or more personalized consistency checks on the questionnaire responses and oblige or suggest the respondent to make corrections before proceeding, showing the custom message. 
    • New option to display the answer options as buttons.
    • New option to display the answer options horizontally.
    • New option to manage the width of the matrix questions that allows the perfect display of questions used as forms or with few answer options.
    • New option to make answers for each matrix column mandatory.
    • New option to make answers for matrix columns exclusive.
    • New carousel option for a compact and functional display of matrix questions.
    • New audio question to upload existing audio files or record new ones with compatible browsers and CAPI app.
    • New video question to upload existing audio files or record new ones with compatible browsers and CAPI app.
    • New feature for photo question that now allows you to take photos in real time even from compatible desktop browsers.
    • New upload file question to add any type of attachment.
    • New signature question.
    • New MaxDiff question.
    • New Form question.
    • New NPS question.
    • New IdCode error management, now errors are easy to find and to understand,
    • New survey attachment management. Now you have disk space available that you can increase to manage big attachments as photos, videos, etc.
    • The new management of attachments is on file instead of on database, so the database lighter and more performing
    • Now you can open the single page IdCode also when syntax errors for conditions or other functions are occurring.
    • New questionnaire print feature in all the languages available for the survey.
    • New menu subsection in the Contacts management to export silent audio recordings of the CAPI interviews.
    • New option to exclude over quota interviews from the export.

CAPI

    • Added the test mode also for the CAPI app. Now you can quickly test the questionnaire and easily train interviewers.
    • New option for the silent voice recording of every interview made for quality supervision of the interviewers.
    • Faster synchronization for interviews with attachments as photos, videos, audio, etc.
    • Two-way synchronization: now you can manage mixed mode surveys with more flexibility even in CAPI mode. In addition, interviewers can also change the device by retrieving all partial interviews.
    • Facilitated procedure to open completed interviews. The administrator can now re-open complete interviews or with a final disposition quickly and easily without the interviewer intervention and with no code exchange.
    • New QR Code to instantly download or enter the questionnaire with no need to add parameters or credentials.

CATI

    • New feature for keyboard data entry. The interviewers can work faster without the use of a mouse by using the keyboard to answer questions and select outcomes. With an automatic management and a simple interface, interviewers can use the new functionality without any training, alternating between mouse and keyboard without activating any options.
    • Added the support to the new audio, video and photo question to allow allow shooting or recording even from desktop computers with compatible browsers.
    • Interviewer interface restyling

CAWI

    • New option for the over quota interview redirection to the quota full rather than completed status.
    • Added the support to the new audio, video and photo question to allow allow shooting or recording even from desktop computers with compatible browsers.
    • Added the possibility to temporarily disable one or more entry link.
    • Added the reCAPTCHA option in CAWI distribution links to prevent unwanted bot access.
    • New “Copy Link” feature for quick testing on mobile devices. Enter the questionnaire simply by framing the QR Code with the camera.

Bug fixes and improvements

    • Added controls in case you try to proceed with a survey that has been edited from another location or another window, contact deleted, questionnaire being modified by the administrator, etc…
    • Improved the search and search and replace IdCode function.
    • Edited the IdCode and code editor font.
    • All IdCode function are now case-insensitive: no distinctions are made between small and capital letters.
    • New skip syntax. /Skip rather than /C.
    • New syntax for limit answer. /Mmax and /Mmin rather than /Mm and /MM. Breaking change!
    • New syntax for the exclusive answer. /E rather than /m. Breaking change!
    • Added the support for IdCode import from IdSurvey 7.
    • Several database performance optimizations.
    • Several graphic improvements.
    • Other improvements and minor fixes.