Search survey results and reports

Look for survey results and reports in the application based on keywords.

Note: This task cannot be performed by Author or Analyst users.

Search lets you quickly see which survey questions you've posed in the past. You can then ask better, more insightful questions in subsequent activities, based on past survey data.

The search feature searches through:

• Survey reports
• Power survey reports

Note: Search results may also include deleted questions if the questions were deleted after indexing.

Example

You search for holiday shopping to see all the times you've asked about holiday shopping in the past, before you distribute a new survey about shopping habits for the upcoming holiday season.

Note: Search currently supports these languages:

• English
• German
• Latin-based languages (such as French, Portuguese, and Spanish)
• Chinese (traditional and simplified)

1. In the top right corner, click the search button, type your search term, and then press Enter.
   

   Tip:

   • Use double quotation marks ("") around multiple keywords to only find exact matches. For example, if you type "online shopping", the application only shows matches with online shopping, but not online or shopping.
   • Use AND to search for multiple keywords in a single object. For example, if you type television AND shopping, the application only shows matches in which both television and shopping occur.
   • Use OR to search for results that contain at least one keyword. For example, if you type television OR shopping, the application shows matches that contain either television or shopping, or both.
   • Use NOT to limit search results by keyword. For example, if you type online shopping NOT mobile, the application shows matches that contain online, shopping, or online shopping, but excludes any results that also have mobile.
   • Use ? as a wildcard to replace a single character. For example, if you type s?le, the application shows matches like sale or sole.
   • Use * as a wildcard to replace zero or more characters. For example, if you type shop*, the application shows matches that contain shop, shopped, shops, shoppers, and shopping.

   • The application searches for whole words only, and underscores are not considered delimiters. For example, if you type winter, the application shows matches that contain winter, but not winter_vacation because winter_vacation is considered a different word. Conversely, if you type winter_vacation, the application shows matches that contain winter_vacation only, but not winter or vacation.

     To work around this behavior, use * as a wildcard before and after a search term (*winter*).

   The application searches for complete, partial, and case-insensitive matches in these places:

   • Question names
   • Question text
   • Answer text
   • Survey names

The page refreshes to display your results. The keyword matches are highlighted wherever they occur.

2. Optional: To toggle between grid and list views of the search results, click Grid or List.
3. Optional: To drill down and view a search result in context, click View Report.