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Last Updated: 2024-02-09
Enable Attribute Data Collection in Surveys

Enable Attribute Data Collection in Surveys

Security:
Manage schedules
 settings in the
Administer
 section.
Create the attributes and segments you wish to use in the survey. If you plan to collect sensitive attributes, Customize the Consent Message for Sensitive Attribute Data Collection.
You can use surveys to collect and validate demographic data, by enabling employees to self-select a segment option from the list of each attribute that you enabled in the survey. Once an employee select a segment, the answers they subsequently provide will populate the selected segment, making it an effective way of collecting demographic data, and immediately being able to analyze the segment's aggregated survey responses.
To configure this, you first need to create the attribute and its segment options, then enable it on the survey that it should be part of.
Attribute data collection works on a per-schedule basis, so you need to enable them in each survey schedule they should be part of. However, you can target your attribute collection to include or exclude certain segments.
  1. Go to
    Administration
     >
    Schedules
    .
  2. Click
    View
     on the survey that you need to configure.
  3. Go to the
    Attributes
     tab.
  4. Add your attributes in the
    Select attributes
     area.
  5. Choose whether each attribute should be
    Optional
     or
    Mandatory
    .
  6. (Optional) Add a message in the
    Message
     field.
  7. (Optional)
    Add translations
     to your message, if you're using multiple survey languages.
  8. (Optional) Preview the Survey.
The attributes will display at the start of the survey. If you've set them as
Required
, employees must select an option before being able to answer the regular survey questions.
If you enable multiple attributes for data collection, their order in the survey mirrors the order that they display in
Administration
Attributes
. You can drag and drop attributes to change the order. The segment options within each attribute display alphabetically.