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Exporting and publishing data - API access
Accessing server data via an API
Where to learn more about SurveyCTO's REST API.
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Getting started
Overview
SurveyCTO high-level overview
Your subscription: details and management
Getting help when you need it
Managing users and access
Designing forms
Collecting data
Monitoring data collection
Exporting, publishing, and using your data
Jumping in
Quick-start guide
Designing forms
Core concepts
Introduction
Starting a new form
Using the online form designer
Draft vs. deployed forms
Organizing your forms
Testing your forms
Field type: text
Field type: integer
Field type: decimal
Field type: select_one
Field type: select_multiple
Field type: geopoint
Field type: geoshape
Field type: geotrace
Field type: barcode
Field type: datetime, date, and time
Field type: image
Field type: audio
Field type: video
Field type: file
Field type: note
Field type: start
Field type: end
Field type: deviceid
Field type: subscriberid
Field type: simserial
Field type: phonenumber
Field type: username
Field type: caseid
Field type: comments
Field type: calculate
Field type: speed violations
Field type: text audit
Field type: audio audit
Field type: sensor_statistic
Field type: sensor_stream
Learning from samples
Other field properties
Grouping and repeating questions
Using constraints to validate responses
Implementing skip patterns with "relevance"
Using expressions in your forms: a reference for all operators and functions
Updating an existing form
Missing data from old form versions
Additional topics
Providing default entries or selections for fields
Repeating fields
Designing for easy navigation
Downloading printable copies of your forms
Collecting GPS data
Collecting respondent signatures
Encrypting form data
Form languages
Hiding forms during testing
Validating forms offline
Designing for your target platforms
Advanced topics
Randomizing survey elements
Dynamically filtering lists of multiple-choice options
Pre-loading data into a form
Loading multiple-choice options from pre-loaded data
Dynamically naming filled-in forms
Using field plug-ins
Sample forms
The basics: Common elements in any form
Languages: Including translations
Randomization: Randomizing form elements
Images: Adding pictures and other graphics
Field lists: Multiple questions on a single screen
Cascading selects: Filtering multiple-choice option lists
Rosters: Two methods for repeated questions
Rosters: A third, hybrid method for repeated questions (repeat_count)
Rosters: Choosing among earlier entries
Rosters: Collecting repeated information with multiple repeats
Pre-loading: Referencing pre-loaded .csv data
Pre-loading: Searching and selecting from pre-loaded data
Follow-ups: Asking follow-up questions for a list of selected items
Auditing: Including text and audio audits
Dataset basics: Using listing survey details in a household survey
Dataset back-checks: Adding random back-checks to a household survey
Performance and debugging
Debugging form errors
Maximum form length
Optimizing form performance
Editing performance in Excel
Collecting data
Mobile data collection
Using the SurveyCTO Collect app
Choosing the right device
Securely sending data via the Internet
Operating more fully offline (without the Internet)
Managing device settings
Un-selecting a radio button
Troubleshooting
Finding and safeguarding local device data
Web data collection
Using web forms
Web form limitations
Using custom links to pass information into forms
Translating the web forms user interface
Embedding forms into your web page
Telephone data collection
Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
Data collection workflow
Designing workflow
Case management
Monitoring and management
The basics
Managing your server
Managing teams
Managing user roles
Managing users
Managing internal support queries
Managing data
Monitoring incoming data
Using the Data Explorer to monitor incoming data
Sharing form data with external viewers
Reviewing and correcting incoming data
Configuring external authentication (single-sign-on, or SSO)
Managing for quality
Collecting high-quality data
Using automated quality checks
Advanced data correction workflows
Advanced use of Data Explorer workbooks
Experimental: Using sensor meta-data to enhance quality-control efforts
Exporting and publishing data
Overview
Exporting, publishing, and using your data
Understanding the format of exported data
Data export reports
Using the Data Explorer to start visualizing and exploring data
Using Stata
Exporting data with SurveyCTO Desktop
Installing and using SurveyCTO Desktop
Data export options
Looking at data in Microsoft Excel
Using Google Earth
Integrating with Stata
Exporting to SPSS
Sharing subsets of data
Using Microsoft Word and mail merge to output and view data
Using Microsoft Excel for back-office operations
Automatically executing outside processes
Running SurveyCTO Desktop on a schedule
Working with cold-room computers
Publishing data to the cloud
Introduction to cloud publishing
Publishing to Google Sheets
Publishing to Zapier
Publishing to other systems via webhooks
Advanced publishing with datasets
Introduction to advanced dataset usage
Publishing form data into server datasets
Publishing server datasets to the cloud
Monitoring server datasets for data quality
API access
Accessing server data via an API
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