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Export survey start language with data  
Written by tpartner the 26 Sep 09 at 21:33. Related project: 1.x all. New
I think it would be useful to be able to record and export the survey start language for multi-lang surveys, much like it is now possible to record the time-stamp or IP address. So if a survey was accessed with something like "http://www.mysite.com/surveys//index.php?sid=11111&newtest=Y&lang=fr", the "fr" would be in the exported data.

This would allow the data to be filtered by language.

A related idea would be to allow filtering by start language in the Statistics panel.
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Solution #1: Export survey start language with data
Written by tpartner the 26 Sep 09 at 21:33.
Not sure how it would be done in the back end but basically add a checkbox to the "Notification & data management" panel to include the startlanguage column of the lime_survey_SID table in the exportable data.

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Triple-s survey interchange standard  
Written by DavidS the 27 Oct 09 at 14:24. Related project: 2.x all. New
CSV export of data from LimeSurvey works for simple manipulation of data.

Triple-s survey interchange standard: http://www.triple-s.org/ was designed to allow exchange of complete survey structures and design between survey tools.

This feature would allow surveys and survey data to be easier exported and used in other survey products and tools.
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Solution #1: Triple-s survey interchange standard - specification
Written by DavidS the 27 Oct 09 at 14:24.
Read and appreciate benefits of specification: http://www.triple-s.org/sssxml12f.htm and see how these could be incorporated in the product.

Reaching this specification would help LimeSurvey increase user base as software would be industry standard compliant.

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Export: Check dependencies of used things in a survey  
Written by vierundzwanzig the 11 Nov 11 at 09:20. Global category: Import/Export. New
I tried to export a survey that uses an own design template and an image that has been uploaded with the "cke"-HTML-Editor.
I then tried to import the survey into another installation of LimeSurvey. The "own" design template is not there so the default template was used. The HTML-Code of the image is still in the question but the image file is missing (because the /upload/survey/xxxxx/ folder has not been exported.)

It would be nice if there is a message that tells the dependencies of the used template/images of the survey when exporting the survey.
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Solution #1: Show static hint/message
Written by vierundzwanzig the 11 Nov 11 at 09:20.
On the page "/admin/admin.php?action=exportstructure&sid=123456" show a static message telling something like
"Please note that used own design templates and uploaded images (using the HTML-Editor) are not exported with this feature. You have to export them manually."
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Solution #2: Check dependencies and show dynamic message
Written by vierundzwanzig the 11 Nov 11 at 09:26.
- Check what design template is used in the survey. If the design template is not one of the default/standard one add this to the dependency message.
- Check if images were uploaded when using the cke html editor. If one or more images were uploaded add this to the dependency message.
- On the page "/admin/admin.php?action=exportstructure&sid=123456" show a dynamic message telling the dependencies of the survey. For example:
"You are using the design template x and have uploaded the image(s) y, z, ... . Please note that these files are not exported with this feature. You have to export them manually."

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Exporting to Stata dataset format  
Written by dflotta the 9 May 12 at 13:48. Global category: Import/Export. New
I'm a happy Stata user and I've started to use limesurvey for making online surveys. I realize that SPSS is the most used software for statistical analysis in academic context, but it would be great if it was possible to export answers directly in Stata dataset format (.dta).
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Solution #1: Stata export button
Written by dflotta the 9 May 12 at 13:48.
A Stata export button would be a very useful feature to have in limesurvey.

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Export MindMap into LimeSurvey  
Written by jhwheuer the 5 Apr 10 at 11:16. Related project: 2.x all. New
To make the initial stucturing of a survey faster, it would be very helpful to be able to import a mindmap as the basic survey structure.

Level 1 Branches would be sections, level two answers. We could even go so far as to design standardised icons to identify the question types. The text attachment to a node would serves as the description of the question...

What do you think?

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Solution #1: Convert mindmap xml to survey xml -OR- write a decicated exporter for xMind etc
Written by jhwheuer the 5 Apr 10 at 11:16.
We would have to convert the mindmap xml into the import format for LimeSurvey... or write a litte exporter that does it directly, maybe even with an automated import into limesurvey...

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Customizable Export Pages  
Written by Adam1V the 17 Nov 09 at 17:12. Related project: 1.x all. New
I believe the user should be able to customize the exported data layout, inc adding their own images/text to the template.

I dont believe the current exported template caters for many people or a wide variety of survey types.

I would personally like to be able to export templates for Word, PDF and Excel last (Excel less important in my eyes).

The editable templates should include both data results and graphs view.
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Solution #1: Editable Template in the template manager
Written by Adam1V the 17 Nov 09 at 17:12.
As above, this tempalte should be editable in the template manager.

Unfortunatly, im not a coder and cannot offer and constructive advice.

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Survey Version Control  
Written by plbt5 the 22 Mar 11 at 16:21. Related project: 2.x all. New
With a larger organisation and more people to collaborate on creating surveys, it would be a convenience to have the ability to support survey versioning.
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Solution #1: Integrate with popular OS versioning platforms
Written by plbt5 the 22 Mar 11 at 16:21.
Interoperability with a popular open source versioning system would be an elegant solution: don't reinvent the wheel and piggy-back with successful vehicles.

This would imply to adapt the current survey selection mechanism into a more elaborated survey management screen.

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Export survey results with full questions to include images  
Written by peterbrown05 the 24 Oct 09 at 21:22. Related project: 1.x all. New
Some of the questions in my survey have images. I then export full survey responses and it is hard to understand the questions / responses without the images being exported too.

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Solution #1: Include images in output word or pdf document
Written by peterbrown05 the 24 Oct 09 at 21:22.
Embed image(s) in exported word document / pdf.

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Better response export options  
Written by rowdy the 18 Aug 10 at 14:37. Related project: 1.x all. New
The response export options are very limited at this time. Yes, there are many options but the mostly give very hard to read exports.

For example, there is the export to program option, which lets you export responses to Word, Excel or PDF format. If you have several dual scale array questions, such a Word export becomes illegible.

The same goes for the 'view single response'. When you are in the 'view responses' screen, there is a magnifying glass icon for each response which lets you zoom in on that response. But also that response is almost illegible.
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Solution #1: View responses as the question list
Written by rowdy the 18 Aug 10 at 14:37.
The export to Word/Excel/PDF option should be thoroughly revised so that it produces easy to read responses.

The 'zoom in' on a single response should be changed. It should be presented exactly as the survey-taking screen (optionally divided in multiple screens or just all questions on one screen) and all the answers provided should be filled in. All fields can also be set to 'read only'. But this is a good way to view one single response. You can then even read the dual scale arrays correctly, easily see which checkbox-answers are ticked by a particular question...

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Add export LimeSurvey results to SAS.  
Written by mga the 3 Feb 10 at 18:43. Related project: 2.x all. New
SAS is a powerful statistics application that's pretty broadly used. LimeSurvey already supports exporting results to R and SPSS, which are good packages, but many of our users prefer to use SAS.

We'd like to see support for exporting LimeSurvey data into a format SAS can use, as has been done for SPSS and R.
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Solution #1: Add export option for SAS
Written by mga the 3 Feb 10 at 18:43.
As was done for R and SPSS, add an export option for SAS.

SAS can import CSV if needed, but our users are asking for something that's easier - like they see for SPSS in LimeSurvey.

SAS can read SPSS files if need be, so I guess that's another option:

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/mult_pkg/faq/fromSPSS_toSAS.htm

though it would be nice to be able to export directly in SAS format.

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Importing answers from a Type M Question (Multiple Options)  
Written by Kronik the 5 Aug 10 at 13:38. Related project: 1.x all. New
I have a question1 of type M. A test person is able to write an additional answer into the text box.
In question2 of the type F (array flexible labels) are all answers of question1 but not the answer from the text box. Now I want the test person to be able to rate his/her answer as well.
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Solution #1: Importing answers from a Type M Question (Multiple Options)
Written by Kronik the 5 Aug 10 at 13:38.
I don't know much of programming, but an INSERTANS-like solution would be nice.
Or, if you could make the "other?" option of a question an answer-field itself.

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Script to simulate real world environment  
Written by lovepade the 12 Nov 09 at 10:37. Related project: 1.x all. New
Ever since some users reported problems reaching a small survey hosted on a slicehost 256 VPS, I have been paranoid about optimizing limesurvey performance.
To day I run all surveys from a dedicated 8GB monster, but I still see mysql can be tuned in different ways.
But it is difficult to realistically simulate 500 users using a full feature survey.
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Solution #1: Default test survey, with test script
Written by lovepade the 12 Nov 09 at 10:37.
Maybe the team could develop a default test-survey with different kinds og questions, and a script to simulate XX number of simultanous users.
That way a server admin could easyly get information on mysql performance etc. to optimize the server.

Maybe selenium twisted can be used: http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005/03/web-app-testing-with-python-part-2.htm l

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