Previewing & Testing Surveys
Before sending a survey, try it out in the Preview & Score section first to make sure everything's working as expected. There are some restrictions when editing a live survey, so it's helpful to uncover any issues in your survey design before you send it out.
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Previewing Your Survey |
The Preview & Score section lets you test everything you've added to your survey from the Design Survey page. Previewing Your Survey DesignTo preview your survey design:
Previewing Your Survey LogicIf you've added any logic features to your survey, use the Preview Logic feature to quickly test all the logic applied to your survey, and make sure everything behaves as expected. As you select answer choices and test different survey paths, the sidebar highlights your selected pathway with green badges. Green badges show where certain answer choices will route your survey-takers, while grey badges represent future or unselected choices. If you need to get your bearings, you can hover over page numbers and question numbers to see the associated text. TIP! If you've applied Advanced Piping or Advanced Branching logic based on Custom Data or Custom Variables, you can't test this functionality from Preview Logic. See Testing Advanced Piping or Testing Advanced Branching for details.
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Creating a Test Collector |
Since the survey preview doesn't account for collector options, creating a test collector gives you a more comprehensive understanding of the entire survey experience from start to finish. In addition to taking the survey itself, test collectors allow you record test responses and view them in the Analyze Results section, so you can see how your data will be displayed before you send out the survey and make any adjustments to the design as needed. To create a test collector:
TIP! If you're using Email Invitation, you can send a test email from the Schedule page to preview how the message appears in your email client.
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Commenting & Getting Feedback |
Commenting on a SurveyYou can invite people to comment on your survey design in preview mode. This way you can collaborate in SurveyMonkey, instead of sending feedback back-and-forth via email. Scoring Your SurveySurveyMonkey Genius scores your survey and gives you personalized recommendations for making improvements before you send it out to get responses. Sharing a Survey PreviewTo share a survey preview in popular collaboration apps, click Invite. You can post a survey preview to a Slack channel, or save it to your Microsoft OneDrive or GoogleDrive. |