LimeSurvey Manual

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General

Main Chapters:

• Installation
• Administering LimeSurvey
• Getting Started
• Creating surveys - Introduction
• Managing Surveys
• Not Categorized and Advanced Features
• General FAQ
• LimeSurvey Glossary
• How to design a good survey (guide)
• Workarounds
• License
• Version change log
• Plugins

LimeSurvey allows users to quickly create intuitive, powerful, online question-and-answer surveys that can work for tens to thousands of participants without much effort.  The survey software itself is self-guiding for the respondents who are participating.  This manual is thus focused at how to install the application, administer the installation, and support survey creators, administrators and report generation users alike.

There has been a big ramp-up in development the last few years leading to many new features and changes.  Make sure to upgrade to the latest version to make use of the capabilities highlighted here.

Look to the far right for the main chapters of the manual. Otherwise, scroll down further to see the complete table of contents here and go directly to the topic you are interested in.

Still having trouble finding what you want?  Don't forget the general search box, our General FAQ and Workarounds list, and to look in our discussion forums.

Remember that LimeSurvey is an open-source, free software application.  See something missing or incorrect?  Then help us fix it. This documentation is a Wiki that can be edited by you or anyone else.  Or donate to help support the core development group trying to make a difference.

Manual - Table of contents

• Installation
  • Optional settings
  • Upgrading from a previous version
    • ComfortUpdate
    • Upgrade hints for version 1.92
  • Installation using a command line interface (CLI)
  • Transferring an installation
  • Installation FAQ
  • Installation security hints
• Administering LimeSurvey
  • Global settings
  • Manage users
  • Manage user groups
  • Label sets
  • The template editor
  • Localisation
  • Survey Status Screen
  • Central participants database
• Getting Started
  • First login - Your user preferences
• Creating surveys - Introduction
  • Survey settings
    • Importing a survey structure
    • Survey security settings
  • Creating a question group
    • Change group order
  • Adding a question
    • Question types
      • Question type - Array
      • Question type - Array by column
      • Question type - Array dual scale
      • Question type - Array (5 point choice)
      • Question type - Array (10 point choice)
      • Question type - Array (Increase-Same-Decrease)
      • Question type - Array (Numbers)
      • Question type - Array (Texts)
      • Question type - Array (Yes-No-Uncertain)
      • Question type - Date
      • Question type - Equation
      • Question type - File upload
      • Question type - Gender
      • Question type - Language switch
      • Question type - Numerical input
      • Question type - Multiple numerical input
      • Question type - Ranking
      • Question type - Text display
      • Question type - Yes-No
      • Question type - Multiple choice
      • Question type - Multiple choice with comments
      • Question type - 5 point choice
      • Question type - List (Dropdown)
      • Question type - List (Radio)
      • Question type - List with comment
      • Question type - Short free text
      • Question type - Long free text
      • Question type - Huge free text
      • Question type - Multiple short text
    • Change question order
    • Question preview
    • Adding answers or subquestions
  • Setting conditions
    • Expression Manager
      • Expression Manager for developers
      • Expression Manager HowTos
      • Expression Manager Roadmap
      • Expression Manager Examples
      • Expression Manager Sample Surveys
    • Show Logic File
  • Assessments
  • Quotas
  • Email templates
• Managing Surveys
  • Testing a survey
  • Validate Survey Logic
  • Activating a survey
  • Running a survey safely
  • Browsing survey results
  • Closing a survey
  • Changing an active survey
  • Survey participants (was: Tokens)
    • Email bounce tracking system
  • Iterate Survey
  • Data entry
  • Statistics
  • Exporting results
  • Exporting a survey structure
    • Excel Survey Structure
  • QueXML PDF Export
  • Quick-translation
• Not Categorized and Advanced Features
  • SGQA identifier
  • Using regular expressions
  • URL fields
  • RemoteControl 2 API
• General FAQ
• Troubleshooting
• LimeSurvey Glossary
• How to design a good survey (guide)
• Workarounds
  • Workarounds: Question design, layout and templating
  • Workarounds: Manipulating a survey at runtime using Javascript
  • Workarounds: Survey behaviour
  • Workarounds: Further solutions provided by LimeSurvey users
• License
• Version change log
• Plugins
  • Authentication plugins
  • Available third party plugins

LimeSurvey development

• Development overview - General pages about LimeSurvey development
• LimeSurvey 1.x development documentation
• LimeSurvey 2.x development documentation

Translating LimeSurvey

If you want to add new translations or correct a translation please follow these instructions:

• How to translate LimeSurvey 1.x/2.x

Semester of Code participation

• Semester of Code 2014

Google Summer of Code / Code-In participation

• Project ideas for GSoC 2015
• Project Ideas for GSoC 2013
• LimeSurvey Google Code-in 2012
• LimeSurvey Google Code-in 2011
• LimeSurvey GSoC 2011/GSoC getting started
• LimeSurvey GSoC 2010
• LimeSurvey GSoC 2009