Hello Q community: I have two questions in regard to personalized links and embedded data. I would appreciate your help. (1) I would like to use personalized links so that I can track who did or did not complete the survey and send reminders if necessary. Do I need to re-upload the contact list when the system generates personalized links? The system generates a cvc file which automatically loads on my computer. The file contains the contact info that I originally uploaded but also personalized links. (2) What's the difference between embedded data and link type (see tracking replies with link type: https://www.qualtrics.com/support/survey-platform/distributions-module/email-distribution/emails-overview/). The explanation states "the respondent’s name, email, and other information from the contact list is automatically saved with their survey data." I was going to use an embedded data feature (e.g., demographic info of survey respondents that I included in the contact list spreadsheet) but then came across the link type feature. @TomG @bstrahin

(1) You don't need to re-upload contacts when you generate personal links. Those links are for you to distribute to your respondents. They are just like the links that would be included in an email invite. You lose the ability to do automatic reminders like you have with email invites. You'll have to re-download the personal links and remove those who have completed before re-distributing again.(2) Qualtrics has a few contact fields that are always included in your response data (unless you anonymize your survey) - First name, Last name, Email, and External Reference ID. All other respondent specific fields are embedded data. You have to add embedded data fields to your survey flow for them to be included in the response data. Both types of fields are unrelated to link type. Link type specifies if the respondent can take the survey more that once (individual, multiple) or if it is associated with contact list data at all (anonymous).

@SKOV,Yes, if you send email invites, then Qualtrics sends reminders only to those from the mailing list who have not completed the survey. However, if you instead create personal links that you distribute yourself, then it is up to you to do your own reminders.

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