Panel integration
From LimeSurvey Manual
Introduction
You can set up from this tab which URL parameters will be accepted by your survey (these parameters will be attached to the general survey start URL). This option is important if you wish to integrate your survey with a professional survey panel provider that provides you the participants. The latter usually hands over a unique ID of every survey participant and you will need to save/handle these unique IDs for further reference.
In order to access your survey's panel integration, go to the survey menu and click on the Panel integration tab.
Survey panel integration
Once accessed, an empty table will be displayed with the option that allows you 'to add an URL parameter.
Two fields will have to be filled out:
- Parameter: Type in this field the name of the new parameter. It will be included in the URL;
- Target question: Generally, the URL parameter is saved as a question. It will represent the place where the survey respondents will land on once they click on the link that also includes in its URL the parameter defined above.
How to use the panel integration function
A simple example is presented below in which we try to explain how to use the panel integration function
1) First, create a short/long text question and name it what ever you want (we will use "LS" for the Question code field).
2) Go to the panel integration tab, and click on the "Add URL parameter".
Select the short/long text question you created in the first step. The respondents that come from the respective professional panel provider will land on the target question. It can be hidden so that the respondents can directly start completing the survey.
The name you pick for the parameter will have to be included in the entry link that you will later supply to your panel provider. It will be named "LSid" in our example. Don't forget to click on the Save button located in the upper right part of the table!
3) Now, you have to set up the entry link that you will send to the your panel provider. To get your survey URL link, click on the Preview/Execute survey buttons.
Find the URL - panel integration.png
Copy the URL. Add at the end the newly added parameter: surveyid?language&LSid="xxxxxx". The link should look like this:
https://testnumar1.limequery.com/44856?lang=en&LSid="xxxxxx"
What ever you replace the "xxxxxx" with will be grabbed and stored in the short/long free text question when your respondent lands on that page. For example, I sent to a user the following link:
https://testnumar1.limequery.com/44856?lang=en&LSid=ABCD5
The result was stored as an answer to the short/long text question.
Your end url would look something like this https://example.com?example={q1b.NAOK}
Examples
http://www.website.com/index.php/SurveyID?lang=en
http://www.website.com/index.php/SurveyID?lang=en&i_survey=TestID, where TestID is taken from the professional survey panel.