Data import

headerlogo.jpg

 

Data import let us import new respondent data in our survey. We can import any Comma Separated Value based text file that has been either exported from external tools, other survey packages or FeedbackServer itself.

 

The first line of the imported CSV file will always been used by Feedback Server® to determine the column. No data can be used on the first line.

 

Data Import Step 1

 

Data Import Step 2 - The mapping

The step 2 of the process let us map each CSV column to one of our survey answer attribute. We can also map voter attributes to CSV columns.

 

Tips & Tricks To Import / Export Using FeedbackServer

Its of couse possible to import CSV information from another FeedbackServer installation.

 

The easiest way to go if we want to import existing data from another survey. Is to set all reporting aliases for each answer properly.

 

Once this is done we can use the standard CSV format to export the data. The only thing to change is to set the "Columns Header Template" to {0} and check the "Use reporting alias". This will generate a CSV with all our reporting aliases as column description.

 

Once we have generated our CSV file we can then re-use it directly in the import tool by checking the "Map Header Against Alias". FeedbackServer will then automatically map all CSV columns to the current survey answers.

 

 

(c) 2011 Data Illusion Zumbrunn. All Rights Reserved