Response identifier

Response identifier is used in reports to identify respondents who have taken your survey. By default, a respondent is identified (mapped) with response id. QuestionPro allows you to change response identifier from response id to any other option. For example, email address or any of the 255 custom variables.

Benefits of response identifier

You can click on the email address of the respondent to view the entire response associated with that email ID or of that respondent.
Having an email address or a personal response ID associated with each survey response helps you distinguish between similar responses.
Communication is made easy when you have personal details mapped with the survey responses, especially for organizations conducting internal surveys.
Together with ‘Data Audit Tool’, you can use the response identifier to enhance the quality of data you intend to collect through surveys.
You can use personalized survey response IDs to analyze the survey results based on demographics, gender, or other custom variables you might have set to in the survey design.

How do I change the response identifier?

Go to: Login » Surveys (select a survey) » Analytics

On the Dashboard, click on report settings.

Go to Settings and here you can select the response identifier.

By default, the response identifier is set as response id.

You can select the following as response identifier:

Response ID: Response ID is the default response identifier. Response ID will be used if any other identifier is selected but not available.
None: Set the response identifier as none if you don't want to display any response identifier.
Email Address: If you are using tracking links for survey distribution, select the email address as the indentifier.
Custom Variables: If you are using custom variables, you can set these as response identifiers.