Use the following steps to create a survey that you can add to your portal:
- Navigate to Survey Admin tab -> Add Survey button to display a new set of Edit Survey and Preview Survey buttons
- Click the Edit Survey button to display the Title, Description, and Unique Name fields, as well as the Add Question, Save Survey, and Publish Survey buttons
- Enter values in the Title field to create the title for your Survey
- Click the Add Question button to add a new, blank question at the end of the survey's field group.
- Click the Open Question 1 button to display the Survey Administration Question field group and enter information for the question and its answer
- Enter the survey question text in the Question Text field.
- Optional Step: Enter a value in the Help Text field. This is an optional field but the value you enter provide additional details/help displayed to the user’s UI.
- Enter the number of answers/responses allowed for the question in the Allowed Answers field.
- Click the Add button next to the Answers label to display an answer field.
- Optional Step: Click the Open button on the far right of the answer field to display the Survey Administration Answer field group and enter information for the answer.
- Edit the Answer Text field if needed. The content entered in the Answer field from step 5 will appear in the Answer Text field.
- Enter a value in the Help Text field. This is an optional field but the value you enter provide additional details/help displayed in the users’ UI.
- Select the Show an image checkbox to display the Image URL field, Image Alternate Text field, Image Height field, and Image Width field.
- Enter an image URL in the Image URL field to display the image next to the corresponding answer.
- Populate the Image Alternate Text field.
- Enter a numeric value in the Image Height field for the image height.
- Enter a numeric value in the Image Width field for the image width.
- Edit the Unique Name field.
- Enter and format the content you want displayed at the end of the survey to users who select this answer.
- Optional Step: Click the Add button on the right of Actions to add an action and display the Action Type drop-down list.
- Click Add as many times as needed to add additional actions to the answer.
- Click the green Up and Down buttons on the right to select the order in which the actions are organized,
- Click the Delete button on the right to remove an action.
- Optional Step: Click the Add button on the right of Follow-up Question to display the Question text field.
- When you complete the configuration for a survey answer, click Save Survey to save your changes.
- Click Back to Surveys to return to the Surveys portlet where you can:
- Click Edit Survey for your survey if you want to make any more changes (add more questions/answers, format any questions, etc.).
- Click Preview Survey to see a preview of the survey you just created.
- When your survey is complete and you are ready to publish it, click Publish Survey. You may see a pop-up dialog box that prompts you to confirm publication of the survey. The text (Published) appears after your survey title.
- Once the survey has been completed, you must register it:
- Register the survey portlet: Tenant Admin tab -> Tenant Portal Administration panel -> Mange Portlets link -> Register New Portlet button -> Portlet radio button and click the Continue button to open the Summary Information screen.
- Select/survey-portlet from the first drop-down list.
- Select survey-portlet from the second drop-down list.
- Click Continue to display the Summary Information screen.
- The Portlet Title and Portlet Name field values are auto-populated by default. Overwrite these default values with a unique name. The Portlet Title and Portlet Name should generally be the same.
- Enter a value in the Portlet Functional Name field. The name of your survey is a good choice here.
- Click Continue to display the Summary Information screen.
- The Portlet Title and Portlet Name field values are auto-populated by default. Overwrite these default values with a unique name. The Portlet Title and Portlet Name should generally be the same.
- Enter a value in the Portlet Functional Name field. The name of your survey is a good choice here.
- The Portlet Description field is optional, but you can enter a value here that describes your survey portlet which may be helpful.
- Click the Advanced Options link -> Add Preference button to open the Add Preference dialog box.
- Enter surveyName in the Preference Name field and click Add to create a new Portlet Preference row
- Enter the Unique Name value from step 3 above in the Value field.
- Scroll down and click the Edit Principals and Edit Categories buttons to add groups and categories for the survey.
- Choose the Lifecycle Management option (Created, Approved, Published, Expired or Maintenance) for your survey and click Save.
Once your survey portlet has been successfully registered, a success confirmation message displays along with a link to Manage DLM Fragments.