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Hello, 

I am working on setting up a survey that will show participants a total of 5 images. They will see 1 of 18 photos from “group 1” of my photo selection and will see 4 (out of 23) images from group 2. I am trying to use embedded data to pull the images from my Qualtrics library. I think (please correct me if there is a better way) that using embedded data would be my best option because I need to randomize it completely. Participants should randomly see all 5 images (the single image shown in group 1 should be in a random order within the other 4). 

Does anyone know how to set this up? I tried setting my embedded data up like: 

image = <img src="https://kellogg.qualtrics.com/CP/Graphic.php?IM=IM_fqNXqxqVEhZYDSU" style="width: 607px; height: 826px;">

and had the question set up to include ${lm://Field/image}

But when I tested it the images didn’t show up at all. Loop and merge didn’t work either because I need the images to be shown an equal amount. However, I am open to using this again if it’s possible to have a balanced presentation. 

  1. Loop and Merge fields are referenced by number, so the code will be of the form: ${lm://Field/1}, ${lm://Field/2} etc.
  2. If you are using embedded data it will be referenced by fieldname: ${e://Field/image}
  3. It would be better to store the image url only:
    1. So image = https://LINK_TO_IMAGE
    2. Then: <img src=”${e://Field/image}”>

 

  1. Loop and Merge fields are referenced by number, so the code will be of the form: ${lm://Field/1}, ${lm://Field/2} etc.
  2. If you are using embedded data it will be referenced by fieldname: ${e://Field/image}
  3. It would be better to store the image url only:
    1. So image = https://LINK_TO_IMAGE
    2. Then: <img src=”${e://Field/image}”>

 

I tried this approach, storing just the URL of the image as embedded data, and at first I didn’t think it worked. It appears to not work when editing the survey (probably because it is piped text), but in Preview, the URL does generate and when included in the <img> tag, it does generate the image too.

 

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