Data Structure Guide
Following is a quick guide to the data structure of different question types and formats used in Survey Shaper.
| Question Type | Question Format | Example Reference | Variable Name | Answer/ Row |
Answer/ Column |
Additional Notes |
| Single Response | Vertical Radio, Horizontal Radio, Rating, Slider, Heat Rating, Drop Down | @Q1=2 | Q1 | 2 | ||
| Single Response | Vertical Radio | @Q1_verbatim | Q1 | This is the reference for any verbatim (text) field (e.g. an other specify) | ||
| Multi Response | Checkbox | @Q9_5=1 | Q9 | 5 |
=1 means selected
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| Grid | Checkbox Grid | @Q5_4_2=0 | Q5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Multi Response | Checkbox | @Q1_98_verbatim | Q1 | 98 | This is the reference for the verbatim (text) field associated with answer code 98 (e.g. an other specify) | |
| Grid | Horizontal Radio Grid, Drop Down Grid, Stacked Slider, Slider Grid | @Q7_4=10 | Q7 | 4 | ||
| Sample Field | Numeric | @Age=44 | Age | |||
| Sample Field | Verbatim | @State=‘NSW’ | State | Enclose text field references with single quotes in action commands or filters | ||
| Verbatim | Single Verbatim | @Q3=‘NSW’ | Q3 | |||
| Verbatims | Multi Verbatim | @Q2_1=‘Fish’ | Q2 | 1 | ||
| Verbatims | Verbatim Grid | @Q8_3_1=‘SA | Q8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Verbatims | Numerical | @Q4_2=37 | Q4 | 2 | ||
| Verbatims | Numerical Grid | @Q6_3_1=37 | Q6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Rank | Ranking | @Q10_1=4 | Q10 | 1 |