How to record date/time that a question was completed?

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Hi, I have a survey that users are intended to access over a course of several months before submitting it. I want to track within the survey the date/time certain pages in the survey were viewed. I tried this Java script on an item, and also added a “DateMod1” embedded variable to the top of the survey: Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnLoad(function(){/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page is fully displayed*/    var curDate = "${date://CurrentDate/m%2Fd%2FY}";    Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('DateMod1', curDate);}); The embedded variable stays blank though even after passing that item/page. How do I fix this?

Crystal250 · Accepted Answer

Hi,Just in case you (or someone else) has the same issue…I was looking to do a similar thing. I want to save the date/time at certain points in the survey to check its timing (the timing question has too many variables associated with it).I did this:Create the embedded variable in the survey flow, but give it a value. I also made it a text field because I thought that would work best. I gave mine the value “test value”I also made sure the date in Javascript was saved as a string:Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnPageSubmit(function(type){ var curDate = new Date().toString(); console.log(curDate);  Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('completed_block_3', curDate);});This worked - I added a block to end the survey after my question, stepped through Preview and then checked the Data. I used the elipsis to view the results of my entry and could see the Embedded Data at the bottom.I didn’t check setting the variable in a different function. I did try with a blank (no value set) value in complete_block_3 in the Survey Flow but that didn’t work.Good luck!

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