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You can test a survey at any point while you are creating it by clicking the _"Preview survey"_ button located on the bar on top.
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You can test a survey at any point while you are creating it by clicking the _"**Preview survey**"_ button located on the bar on top.
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This allows to have a visual idea of the survey, but also to test that all conditions and rules for the answers are correct.
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## Importing questions/groups
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There are 2 ways of importing questions/groups:
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In both cases you will see is the following page: <kbd></kbd>
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To import you will need a Question file in format (.lsq) for questions and (.lsg) for groups. These files can be generated by exporting your questions/survey by clicking on the export button once you are visualising the questions or the group of your survey.\
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To import you will need a Question file in format (.lsq) for questions and (.lsg) for groups.
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These files can be generated by exporting your questions/survey by clicking on the **_"export"_** button that is shown in the top bar once you are editing the questions or the group that you want to export.
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**Note:** this importing option can be useful when you need to create a new survey but you do not want to start from scratch but instead have another survey as a baseline.
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This option can be useful when you would like to create a new survey based on a previous one instead of starting from scratch.
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* **Activate:** to activate the survey you need to click on the button _"Activate this survey"_ in the top bar. After clicking on that you can review some options before activating the survey. <kbd></kbd>
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* **Activate:** to activate the survey you need to click on the button **_"Activate this survey"_** in the top bar.
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You can then decide if the survey will be in:
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There are several options that you can review before activating the survey. For example, you can decide if the survey will be in:
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* **open access mode:** people just need the link to access
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* **closed access mode:** people will need a login/code to access the survey
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Congratulation, your survey is now activated.
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**Common Problems:**
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* If the **Activate this survey button is disabled**, there is an error preventing activation (for example, you have not added questions yet).
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* If the **_"Activate this survey"_ toggle is disabled**, there is an error preventing activation (for example, you have not added questions yet).
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* **Too many questions:** if your survey is too long, you can try to cut some questions or check that all the question types are correct. As a last resource, you can also split the survey into two surveys. In that case you would auto-load the second survey at the end of the first one. You could skip the welcome screen of the second survey.
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* **Run:** Once you have activated a survey and started to receive responses it is worthwhile considering the following:
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**Advice for running a survey:**
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- Export the survey as survey archive immediately and save the .lsa file on a safe location.
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- Export the survey as a _survey archive_ immediately and save the .lsa file on a safe location.
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- Try not to make changes to the survey. [There are some parts of the survey that can still be changed](https://git.gen-europe.org/it-toolbox/documentation/-/wikis/Limesurvey/Survey%20management#modify-while-running) after it has been activated. Certain minor changes should not cause problems. However, it is better to fully test your survey and make changes before activating/distributing it.
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While a survey is active, it is not possible to add questions, remove questions or answers or change the question type. However, it is still possible to:
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In order to close the survey click _Stop this survey_ button in the top bar. <kbd></kbd>
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In order to close the survey click **_"Stop this survey"_** button in the top bar.
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There are two possibilities:
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* **Deactivate a survey**
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* **Expire a survey** (Note: You can manually expire the survey if you edit the survey details and set an Expiry date/time)
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* **Expire a survey**
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**Note:** You can manually expire the survey if you edit the survey details and set an Expiry date/time)
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The usual scenario when you finish running a survey is to _expire it_, but in some cases also deactivate is an option if you for example already export all the data and made the analysis needed. Read carefully the difference between the 2 ways of closing a survey: <kbd></kbd>
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In most cases, you will select “Expiration”, except if you want to delete all data. The usual scenario when you finish running a survey is to _expire it_, but in some cases also deactivate is an option if you for example already export all the data and made the analysis needed. Read carefully the difference between the 2 ways of closing a survey:
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