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Pre-selected answers from a previous survey round

  • May 20, 2019
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Hello. I want to conduct annual surveys with always the same participants. I want to have the answers to the questions already filled out with the answers that were given by the individual respondents in the last survey round. Is there a way to do this? If yes, how?

Best answer by WaterSampler

You could use the retake survey option: https://www.qualtrics.com/support/survey-platform/data-and-analysis-module/retake-survey-link/ Just make sure you download the data from the previous survey so you can compare and track changes.

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WaterSampler
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  • May 20, 2019
You could use the retake survey option: https://www.qualtrics.com/support/survey-platform/data-and-analysis-module/retake-survey-link/ Just make sure you download the data from the previous survey so you can compare and track changes.

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  • May 20, 2019
Yes, use a contact trigger to save the answers as embedded fields in your contact list. Then use those embedded fields to pre-populate the answers to the survey.

Thanks! I will try those options and see which is the most useful. But seems like they both serve the point.

Sasha
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  • June 10, 2021

https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/comment/14352#Comment_14352Hey Tom, I appreciate it is way outdated answer but I have to do something similar to a current survey. Would this approach still work (having in mind all platform changes)? Or is there a better process?


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  • June 10, 2021

https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/comment/38232#Comment_38232Yes, it will still work. Qualtrics had said that triggers were going away and would be replaced by actions, but they've put that on hold indefinitely due to a number of issues using actions to update contact lists.


Sasha
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  • June 21, 2021