Project properties

Project properties are settings that apply to the whole survey, rather than to one question. They’re split into two tabs:

1. Properties: general project settings such as survey title, default language, panel variables, and creation and modification dates
2. Style: visual aspects of the survey such as the logo, skin and theme, and whether elements such as a back button or progress bar are displayed

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Open project properties

Survey Editor (Legacy)

Click Properties in the Survey Shaper header bar. Make your changes, then click OK.

Survey Editor (Beta)

1. Click the More editor actions icon (⋮) in the header
2. Select Properties. The Project properties dialog opens.
3. Make your changes on the Properties and Style tabs
4. Click SAVE

Properties only appears in the menu when you can edit the survey. On a published version, click Create New Version first.

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Available project properties

The Project properties are on the Properties tab. In Survey Editor (Legacy), they’re divided into expandable sections: General, Advanced, and System. In Survey Editor (Beta), they’re shown as a single list.

General section

Property	Description
Client Name	The name of the survey client
Survey Title	The title of the survey
Survey Notes	Enter any comments or notes relating to the survey here
Invitation Only	Limits the survey so that only those who have received a survey invitation can complete the survey (leave box unchecked for surveys where the same survey link can be used to submit more than one survey). Shown as InvitationOnly in Survey Editor (Beta).
Published Date	The date of the current survey version’s publication

Advanced section

Property	Description
Version No	The version number of the current project (not editable)
Default Language	Set the default language for buttons and validation text to a language other than English. Read-only in Survey Editor (Beta): see Translations.
Version Created	The time that the current survey version was created (not editable)
Version Modified	The time that the current survey version was last modified (not editable)
Project Type	Controls the current project type: Survey, Module or Question Set
Clear On Previous	For surveys with the Back button enabled. By default, this box is checked, so that when a respondent clicks the Back button within the survey, all data is cleared when the page is reloaded. Uncheck the box for surveys where you want the respondent to see and edit their previously entered responses on the page when they go back
Use Jquery Mobile	Check this box to enable jquery script (recommended)
Is Panel Survey	Check this box if the survey will be sent to an external panel for distribution
Panel Survey Parameter	For surveys that are being sent to an external panel for distribution, enter the panel’s respondent ID variable name here
Panel Days Before Repeat	If required, exclude panel respondents from the current survey if they have completed another survey within the number of days specified here
Default Group	If required, enter a default group from the survey

System section

Property	Description
Survey Engine	Use the dropdown box to select another version of the Survey Engine (not recommended)
Survey Id	The ID number of the current survey (not editable)
Survey Guid	The globally unique survey ID, used in the survey URL (not editable)

System properties visibility

The System properties are hidden by default. To show them:

• Survey Editor (Legacy): click Preferences in the header bar and check the Display System Properties box
• Survey Editor (Beta): click More editor actions (⋮) > Preferences and turn on Display System Properties

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Available style properties

The Style properties are on the Style tab.

Survey Editor (Legacy)

The properties are divided into expandable sections: General, and Advanced.

General section

Property	Description
Desktop Logo	Sets the logo for the survey when viewed on a desktop
Mobile Logo	Sets the logo for the survey when viewed on a mobile device
Tablet Logo	Sets the logo for the survey when viewed on a tablet device
Desktop Skin	Sets the skin for the survey when viewed on a desktop
Mobile Skin	Sets the skin for the survey when viewed on a mobile device
Tablet Skin	Sets the skin for the survey when viewed on a tablet device
Flat Skin	Sets the skin for the survey when viewed in a flat environment
Show Back Button	Check the box to display a Back button in the survey

Advanced section

Property	Description
Display Question No.	Check the box to display the question number on the screen to survey respondents
Display Header	Check to display a header in the survey
Show Progress	Check to display a progress bar in the survey
Theme	Sets a theme for the survey

Survey Editor (Beta)

Survey Editor (Beta) only shows the style properties the current survey engine uses:

Property	Description
Logo	Sets the survey’s logo. Choose No logo or one of the images in the survey’s resources.
Stylesheet	The stylesheet respondents get (not editable)
Show Back Button	Check the box to display a Back button in the survey
Show Progress	Check to display a progress bar in the survey
Theme	Sets a theme for the survey
Skin style	Applies a standard skin to the survey: Default or Accessible. See Skin style.

The separate mobile, tablet and flat logos and skins aren’t shown, because the survey engine doesn’t use them. Display Question No. and Display Header aren’t shown for the same reason.

Skin style

Skin style replaces the survey’s skin stylesheet with one of two standard skins:

• Default: the standard survey look
• Accessible: a skin designed for accessibility

If the survey’s skin has been edited by hand, Skin style shows Custom. Choosing Default or Accessible then asks you to confirm, because your custom skin will be replaced.

The new skin is applied straight away, not when you save.