Create a Topline report

This report provides a breakdown of each question by listing the number of times members chose each answer.

Note:

• Open-ended questions are not displayed in the Topline report. They do appear in Verbatim reports.
• The Topline report displays up to 500 questions. For more than 500 questions, the report is broken up into multiple reports.
• If the simple weight set feature is enabled in your community, you can create a simple weight set and then add it to the report.

1. In Power Survey Authoring, click the Reports tab.
2. From the New report list, select Topline and then click Create.
3. In the New Study Report, type a name for the report and then click OK.
   This name appears in the list of reports on the Reports tab.
4. From the Data Set list, select the data type:
   • Live
   • Test
5. From the Viewing Format list, select one of the following:
   • On Screen: Displays the results on the screen.
   • PDF: Exports the report to a .pdf file that you can download and view with Adobe Acrobat.
     Note: PDF format does not support reports with multibyte characters such as Chinese and Japanese. For best results, select Excel.
   • Excel: Exports the report to an .xls file that you can download and view with Microsoft Excel.
   • Image: Exports the report to a .tif file that you can download and view with any image viewing software.
6. Optional: To filter the survey responses that are included in the report, click Edit Filter.
7. Click Edit Questions, and then select which questions to include in the report.
   Note: By default, only the survey questions and questions in the References and Recodes section of the Question Tree are included in the report.
8. Optional: If the simple weight set feature is enabled, make a selection from the Apply Simple Weight Set list.
9. From the Language list, select a language.
   Note: If the survey is translated into more than one language, you can select which language to view the report in. The question and answer text appear in that language in the report, but the reporting interface is always in English.
10. To include the data median of numeric questions in this report, select the Include Median check box.
11. Optional: Set up a schedule for automatically sending the report at regular intervals.
    Note: To send out reports automatically, you must select a viewing format other than On Screen.
    1. Select the Recurrence check box.
       The Recurrence section opens.
    2. In the Recipients field, type each email address that you want to send the report to.
       • To place the email addresses on separate lines, press Enter after you type each one.
    3. Select the start date.
       1. To open the calendar, click the Start Date field.
       2. Click the < and > keys to navigate the months, and << and >> keys to change the year.
       3. Click the desired date.
    4. In the Interval section, set up how often the reports are sent.
12. To save the changes, do one of the following:
    • To apply the changes and keep the report open, click Apply.
    • To save the changes and close the report, click OK.

The following table describes the values in the Topline report and how they are calculated.

Value	Description
Question Total	The number of participants that were asked the question.
Did Not Answer	For an optional question, the number of participants who were presented the question but chose not to answer it.
Options	For Single and Multiple Choice questions, the answer option text. For Grid questions, the column text. Note: For Grid questions, each answer row appears in its own section.
Total	The number of participants that selected the answer option or column.
Percent	The number of participants that selected the answer option or column divided by the number of participants that answered the question.

Parent topic: Study reports