Pipe values into a redirect URL

Pipe participants' values into an external redirect link.

• Verify you can append the URL.

Note:

• The redirect URL will be visible to participants, therefore you should avoid including any information that identifies the participant such as their name or email address.
• You should have some coding experience before attempting this task.

Pipe values into an external survey

You want to pipe the City profile variable into an external survey link. To do this, first you would copy and paste the external survey link into a text editor such as Notepad.

Then you would append the link with the URL syntax provided by the external survey authoring application. In the following example you would use ?question_name=answer_value to append the URL.

Copy and paste the URL into the Redirect to URL field, and then select the question_name place holder text and type city.

Select the answer_value placeholder text, and click Add a pipe. In the Pipe dialog, from the Sources list, select Profile Variables. From Question or Variable list, select city: Single Choice.

When the participant is redirected to the survey link, the city profile variable value appears in the survey URL, and their profile data is passed into your reports.

1. Create an End Survey action, and select either of these End survey behavior options:
   • Display message and redirect: Ends the survey, displays a message, and redirects the participant to a URL of your choice.
   • Automatically redirect: Ends the survey and automatically redirects the participant to a URL of your choice without displaying a Reason to end survey message.
   For more information see, Redirect participants to a URL.
2. Paste the redirect URL into the Redirect to URL field and append the link with the URL syntax provided.
3. Place your mouse where the answer value will appear in the URL syntax, and click Add a pipe.
   
4. In the Pipe dialog, from the Sources list, select.
   • This Survey
   • Profile Variables
   • Respondent Variables
5. From Question or Variable list, select the answer value you want to pass through the URL.
   Note: Date variables are formatted based on the participant's browser settings and therefore the redirect URL may not behave as expected.
   A placeholder for the piped text is added to the redirect link.
6. Test your survey before distributing to see how the URL will appear to participants.
   Note: Profile variable values are not associated with a member until you distribute your survey, therefore no value will be displayed when you preview your survey.

Parent topic: Piping