When to use this element?
If you are inviting respondents to the questionnaire via a link with a unique ID for each person.
This is also if you are working with a panel company to direct respondents to the questionnaire. Panel companies track completion rates by having the questionnaire return the respondent IDs back to the panel company site after completion.
How does this work?
Each respondent receives a link to the questionnaire with an ID (querystring). E.g. if the normal link to questionnaire is app.maptionnaire.com/q/123456, you could add ?id= to it, with the ID coming after it.
With the ID added, the link the respondent receives would look like app.maptionnaire.com/q/123456?id=wfh73hgf9
When you have added the Panel tracker element from the element library to the questionnaire, the ID is recorded in the results file when the respondent accesses it.
If you are working with a panel company that is monitoring the respondent quota, the ID can be forwarded to the company's system. The company gives you a destination link that is added to Questionnaire settings > Publication > Direct respondents to this website after the last page. When the respondent submits their responses, the ID is forwarded to the panel company's system.
Steps
- Publish the questionnaire in test mode.
- Create the unique IDs and add them to the questionnaire URL.
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Add the Panel tracker element to the first page of the questionnaire. Under Parameter, write the term that comes after ?, e.g. id in the example above. Under Label, write a column heading for the results Excel. The IDs will be listed in that column in the results.
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If working with a panel company, go to Questionnaire settings > Publication > Direct respondents to this website after the last page. Add the destination URL provided by the panel company.
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Publish the questionnaire again in test mode to activate changes. Test with one link with a unique ID. Download the results to see that the ID was recorded there.