Pipe a profile variable

Use a participant's profile data to create personalized messages within your surveys.

Note: Pipes are variables, and they will reflect each participant's information.

You can pipe profile variables into the following locations:

• The Question text field.
• The Answer text field
• The Instruction text field
• The Row text field
• The Column text field
• The End Survey message and URL

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. However, you can preview where the piped profile variable will appear in the question or answer text by clicking Print Survey.

1. In the text field, click to place your cursor where you want to insert the pipe.
   The formatting toolbar appears.
2. Click Add a pipe.
   

   Note: Pipes are also available in the Batch Editor. For more information, see Add answers in a batch.
3. In the Pipe dialog, from the Sources list, select Profile Variables.
4. From the Question or Variable list, select the profile variable text you want to pipe into your question or answer text.
5. Click OK.

A placeholder for the piped text is added.

Parent topic: Piping

Related information

• Profile variables