I want the variable name as self_reported_weight_units_2. However, Qualtrics cannot give me this. Every time I edit, nothing changes after for a while.
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Does Qualtrics have the restriction of the length of variables?
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It doesn't appear that the variable name is too long to be accepted (as I just added it to a test survey here). Can you tell us a little more about what is happening?
- Are changes to your survey not saving after you've been working for a while? (If so, definitely report this to Qualtrics support).
- Is the variable appearing but the values you're assigning to it not showing up? If so, can you explain how you're setting it so maybe we can help troubleshoot?
But when I exit and reenter, there is no change. So the problem is it shows up saved when I edit the change, But in fact, there is no change at all.
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OK I see. When you said "Variable" I was thinking survey variable, like embedded data. But you meant Question numbering. There is a length limit: 20 characters. (I tried naming a question number 123456789012345678901... to see how far it would let me go, and it will not accept the 1 at the end: 20 characters in total.)
These are variable names when we download the data from the Qualtrics to the Excel.
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https://community.qualtrics.com/XMcommunity/discussion/comment/47082#Comment_47082Yes, once I understood that you were talking about question numbers, then I knew you were calling them variables based on the output file. It's just that's not where I started from. :)
Anyway, yes, there is a limit on the length of a variable as set by a question number, and it is 20 characters. Variable names set via embedded data can have longer names.
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