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Hello, 
I have a survey that has 30+ embedded data rows. I am defining each of these data points in an intercept that has 4 creatives defined as 4 action sets. Each creative is using the same values. (Yes, I found out that I can copy an action set and the copy will carry the embedded data definitions.) When it comes to viewing  the embedded data values, it is very difficult because the width f the boxes that the Qualtrics UI offers is too small - I cannot see the complete values. All this manual and visual checking is extremely slow and error-prone. I cannot even make a screenshot and grab the text because the full values are not visible. Editing is as cumnersome as the viewing.

 

I am looking for a more efficient way of viewing, entering and editing the embedded data instead of using the form provided by the graphical UI. Any export to Excel and import back? Maybe a text editor?

 

  1. Export Survey Flow:

    • You can go to the Survey Flow tab and manually export the flow as a .qsf file.

  2. Edit the File:

    • This file is a JSON file that contains all survey structure, including embedded data.
    • Open the file in a text editor or a JSON editor and manually edit the embedded data fields as needed.

  3. Re-import the Survey Flow:

    • After editing, you can re-import the .qsf file back into Qualtrics.

However, this method is more manual and less ideal for just managing embedded data values.

Thank you ​@resh_kr.

I see that my description is not clear enough. I need to view and manipulate the embedded data in the intercept, not in the survey. The survey contains the names of the embedded data fields, and I am interested in the values that are assigned in the creatives, so when the intercept opens, these values are passed on to the survey.

I found the option to export the survey but did not find an option to export the intercept. Any hints?

And another question. The QSF file is exported as a single line of text, so it looks like a huge block of text regardless of the application that I use to open it. Is there a trick to show it as a hierarchical structure?

Hi,

As far as I know, there is no such options for intercepts.

The QSF file is in JSON format.

I contacted Qualtrics support. This is the answer I received:

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I understand how inconvenient this is but unfortunately there isn't much we can do about it. I double-checked internally and the engineers are not planning to change the interface for the moment but you can always submit a feature request 

I understand you’d like the boxes in the intercept page to show the values in full. Unfortunately, this functionality is currently not available in the Qualtrics platform. However, I think this is a great idea for improving the platform, and I encourage you to submit it as an idea to our product ideation board on community. 

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Feel free to reach out if you have any further questions about this query, 

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I filed an improvement idea. I cannot link to it because it will take 72 hours to appear on the list.

​@dsimov till they time they create this feature or you find a better solution, one workaround is as follows.

  1. Right clik on the value and select “Inspect Element”. This will open up the devtools.
  2. Then you’ll either be able to see the entire value in the HTML.
  3. If you can’t see the value or it is an input element, then click on the “Console” tab, type $0.value, the full should now be visible. 

Hi ​@ahmedA This is a good idea. Thanks for suggesting. I tried it. 

For a single value, you need a couple of clicks in the inspector until you expose the value. I think it is much faster to enter the cell, select and copy the value and paste it in a text editor. No mouse involved, just keyboard. 

It might work for exporting the values as well - it could be faster to copy the HTML and then delete the tags than to copy the values one by one from the boxes in the UI

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