# Surveys **URL:** https://community.polinode.com/c/surveys/5.md [Latest](https://community.polinode.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.polinode.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.polinode.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Surveys category](https://community.polinode.com/t/about-the-surveys-category/11)
**Author:** [@apitts](https://community.polinode.com/u/apitts)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/about-the-surveys-category/11 "2018-11-23T04:52:58Z")
Ask questions or share approaches to using Polinode’s relationship-based survey functionality. In particular, a place for discussion about collecting data for Organisational Network Analysis. --- ## [Multi-language surveys](https://community.polinode.com/t/multi-language-surveys/165)
**Author:** [@soconnor](https://community.polinode.com/u/soconnor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/multi-language-surveys/165 "2026-10-06T01:48:19Z")
I have a question about translation. I have an organisation i am doing some research with and they have employees across a number of different countries. Will the questions set translate to mandarin at all for those com… --- ## [Adding new names to respondent list that have been added on supplementary - IDs](https://community.polinode.com/t/adding-new-names-to-respondent-list-that-have-been-added-on-supplementary-ids/326)
**Author:** [@Outhentics](https://community.polinode.com/u/Outhentics)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/adding-new-names-to-respondent-list-that-have-been-added-on-supplementary-ids/326 "2026-04-13T22:58:00Z")
I am doing a controlled ‘snowball’ survey. Respondents can add new names to the Supplementary List. The supplementary list is then downloaded and the new names extracted. These are then correctly formatted/checked to add… --- ## [Answering questions on conditions](https://community.polinode.com/t/answering-questions-on-conditions/168)
**Author:** [@Tim\_Boyle](https://community.polinode.com/u/Tim_Boyle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/answering-questions-on-conditions/168 "2019-08-02T00:54:49Z")
Is it possible to make a question dependent on the result of another question? For example if a person answered below a 5, could that then change the next question from not required to required, or even make a new quest… --- ## [How can I upload respondent list if some respondent don't have email?](https://community.polinode.com/t/how-can-i-upload-respondent-list-if-some-respondent-dont-have-email/171)
**Author:** [@Gso003](https://community.polinode.com/u/Gso003)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/how-can-i-upload-respondent-list-if-some-respondent-dont-have-email/171 "2019-08-06T01:11:17Z")
Hi! I’m looking to include some of the blue-collar staff in a survey and currently they don’t have e-mails. I tried uploading some without email and system rejected the transaction, as it is mandatory to include an email… --- ## [Single Link Option and Email Bypass](https://community.polinode.com/t/single-link-option-and-email-bypass/162)
**Author:** [@Tim\_Boyle](https://community.polinode.com/u/Tim_Boyle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/single-link-option-and-email-bypass/162 "2023-01-06T23:10:23Z")
When using the advanced option: single link, in the collect responses step. Is there a way to bypass the email sent to the respondent after they log in? Allowing the respondent to login and immediately start the survey, … --- ## [Does Polinode recognise Capitalisations](https://community.polinode.com/t/does-polinode-recognise-capitalisations/318)
**Author:** [@Outhentics](https://community.polinode.com/u/Outhentics)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/does-polinode-recognise-capitalisations/318 "2022-11-02T21:29:18Z")
Does Polinode take account of capitalisation? Would it see Mark OUTHWAITE and Mark Outhwaite as the same person or not? And when uploading amended respondent and supplementary lists would it see a changed capitalisation… --- ## [How to combine nodes in Supplementary List](https://community.polinode.com/t/how-to-combine-nodes-in-supplementary-list/301)
**Author:** [@giuseppe\_sardone](https://community.polinode.com/u/giuseppe_sardone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/how-to-combine-nodes-in-supplementary-list/301 "2022-02-10T07:25:58Z")
I have a list where nodes may have aliases, for example “Mr Smith” and “Head of Sales” appear as two different choices to a question, however they are the same person and need to be combined. The need to have them appea… --- ## [Typo in Email Tab](https://community.polinode.com/t/typo-in-email-tab/299)
**Author:** [@giuseppe\_sardone](https://community.polinode.com/u/giuseppe_sardone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/typo-in-email-tab/299 "2022-02-09T03:29:50Z")
Is this the right place to submit bugs? If not, please direct me to it. Survey - Collect Responses - Email Tab “Mesage Body:” should be “Message Body:” --- ## [Snowball Sampling?](https://community.polinode.com/t/snowball-sampling/242)
**Author:** [@Kenzie](https://community.polinode.com/u/Kenzie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/snowball-sampling/242 "2021-11-23T08:12:26Z")
I am interested in starting a Snowball Survey. I will start by asking a couple of known people to participate in my survey, and those people then select the people in their network. The people that are selected are then … --- ## [Adding an additional email respondent to an existing survey](https://community.polinode.com/t/adding-an-additional-email-respondent-to-an-existing-survey/278)
**Author:** [@Outhentics](https://community.polinode.com/u/Outhentics)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/adding-an-additional-email-respondent-to-an-existing-survey/278 "2021-06-23T00:42:08Z")
I want to add an additional email respondent to an extant survey which is already collecting. Before I make a drastic mistake I am assuming I download the respondent list, add the new respondent and then upload the amend… --- ## [Respondents selecting categories for supplementary lists names](https://community.polinode.com/t/respondents-selecting-categories-for-supplementary-lists-names/277)
**Author:** [@Outhentics](https://community.polinode.com/u/Outhentics)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/respondents-selecting-categories-for-supplementary-lists-names/277 "2021-06-01T12:30:20Z")
What I want to do is for respondents to be able to select an individual from a supplementary list and then select one or more categorisations for that individual. They need to be able to do this for up to 15 names from t… --- ## [Metadata Limits?](https://community.polinode.com/t/metadata-limits/230)
**Author:** [@Lorena](https://community.polinode.com/u/Lorena)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/metadata-limits/230 "2020-05-13T13:45:04Z")
I am planning to upload quite a large network with a lot of metadata. Are there any limits or constraints I should know about? --- ## [ONA Size Limits?](https://community.polinode.com/t/ona-size-limits/210)
**Author:** [@Vinson\_Larson](https://community.polinode.com/u/Vinson_Larson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/ona-size-limits/210 "2020-04-06T12:41:55Z")
Hi, I am hoping to launch an ONA soon, and I was wondering if there is a limit in terms of the size of the ONA that I can run? --- ## [Multiple Numerical Slider Survey Question](https://community.polinode.com/t/multiple-numerical-slider-survey-question/188)
**Author:** [@dbostic](https://community.polinode.com/u/dbostic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/multiple-numerical-slider-survey-question/188 "2019-10-15T05:31:10Z")
It would be nice to have a survey question where we can ask participants to choose multiple numerical values to find out attributes like prioritization, time resourced to a specific project/initiative/client and other re… --- ## [Source of relationships - multiple previous questions](https://community.polinode.com/t/source-of-relationships-multiple-previous-questions/183)
**Author:** [@jill\_honne](https://community.polinode.com/u/jill_honne)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/source-of-relationships-multiple-previous-questions/183 "2019-09-10T23:19:25Z")
Hi! Is it possible to set the source of relationships in a question to be answers to multiple previous questions (i.e. any name entered earlier in the survey)? Thanks! --- ## [Copying One Survey into Another](https://community.polinode.com/t/copying-one-survey-into-another/175)
**Author:** [@tristinautrey](https://community.polinode.com/u/tristinautrey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/copying-one-survey-into-another/175 "2019-09-07T00:56:43Z")
Is it possible to copy either a set of questions from one survey to another or even create a copy of a survey and then customize it? There are a subset of questions that will be asked on a number of surveys and instead o… --- ## [Is it possible to expand the number of rows displayable when seraching a name?](https://community.polinode.com/t/is-it-possible-to-expand-the-number-of-rows-displayable-when-seraching-a-name/172)
**Author:** [@Gso003](https://community.polinode.com/u/Gso003)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/is-it-possible-to-expand-the-number-of-rows-displayable-when-seraching-a-name/172 "2019-08-07T23:06:02Z")
Greetins! When using a question type “search and select”, if a name or last name has more than 8 matches, some of the names are not shown in the list due to the limitation of amount of rows. I have used a combination of … --- ## [How can I change the "Reply Default Email"?](https://community.polinode.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-reply-default-email/173)
**Author:** [@Gso003](https://community.polinode.com/u/Gso003)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/how-can-i-change-the-reply-default-email/173 "2019-08-07T23:03:15Z")
Greetings! I am the owner of a survey, but would like to setup another email, different than mine, as the “Reply Default Email”, i.e. another user who will be in charge of following up responses are made. This way, if so… --- ## [Anonymity of the Results](https://community.polinode.com/t/anonymity-of-the-results/151)
**Author:** [@tristinautrey](https://community.polinode.com/u/tristinautrey)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/anonymity-of-the-results/151 "2019-08-06T01:42:55Z")
Good morning, I have created several surveys and either gathered / generated data in order to practice with the network analysis tool. However, just curious at how to anonymize the data once it is gathered? Or is there … --- ## [Changing question number in survey](https://community.polinode.com/t/changing-question-number-in-survey/169)
**Author:** [@Tim\_Boyle](https://community.polinode.com/u/Tim_Boyle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/changing-question-number-in-survey/169 "2019-08-03T00:53:13Z")
Is it possible to change or delete the auto generated numbers corresponding to the questions on a survey? --- ## [Adding Images to Initial email](https://community.polinode.com/t/adding-images-to-initial-email/166)
**Author:** [@Tim\_Boyle](https://community.polinode.com/u/Tim_Boyle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/adding-images-to-initial-email/166 "2019-08-02T00:30:58Z")
When sending the initial email with the survey link, is it possible to add images. We would like to add two images one as a header and another as a signature. I have tried using markdown however I cannot get it to work. … --- ## [Data format on download: labels or values?](https://community.polinode.com/t/data-format-on-download-labels-or-values/164)
**Author:** [@soconnor](https://community.polinode.com/u/soconnor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/data-format-on-download-labels-or-values/164 "2019-08-01T05:02:50Z")
Quick question. If you are using a matrix of choices for a relational question with a number of level columns (very neg, neg, neutral, positive, very positive) by piped selected participants (nodes) as rows How is the r… --- ## [Navigating large survey lists](https://community.polinode.com/t/navigating-large-survey-lists/160)
**Author:** [@jswartzentruber](https://community.polinode.com/u/jswartzentruber)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/navigating-large-survey-lists/160 "2019-07-06T07:51:30Z")
I am creating a survey with 80 participants from 8 departments. Most of the respondents will only be selecting 6-8 individuals in response to the relationship questions. It’s a lot to ask them to scroll through 80 names … --- ## [Testing Survey Questions and Networks](https://community.polinode.com/t/testing-survey-questions-and-networks/158)
**Author:** [@tristinautrey](https://community.polinode.com/u/tristinautrey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/testing-survey-questions-and-networks/158 "2019-07-04T11:27:04Z")
Is there an easy way to generate random data based on surveys that I create? Currently, I am creating surveys, then going through and filling in each survey with data manually. I was wondering if there was an easier way,… --- ## [Numerical weight data from survey](https://community.polinode.com/t/numerical-weight-data-from-survey/149)
**Author:** [@tristinautrey](https://community.polinode.com/u/tristinautrey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://community.polinode.com/t/numerical-weight-data-from-survey/149 "2019-06-12T00:11:37Z")