Not using Lime Survey, yet.

Is it possible to do the following?

1. automate the survey to be available online at a set date and time
2. automate the survey to NOT be available online after a set date and time
3. record the start and stop times for a each user per question into MySql
4. or, record the duration per question for each user per question into MySql

Thanks!

Mike Munsil

Hi Mike

1. no
2. yes
3. and 4. no

I assume that you mean a duration per page, not per question - as multiple questions could be shown on the same page and you could not measure time per question in that case.

For the points 1 and 2 there is a solution but tested

1. automate the survey to be available online at a set date and time
2. automate the survey to NOT be available online after a set date and time

You can use an structure in index.php to redirect the survey if the variable sid is your survey target and time is your time needed

something like this :
define your time
if ($_GET['sid']=='19456'{
{
if ($my_time < gettime()){
do nothing
}else{
header("Location:http.yoursite.com/survey_page_closed.php"
}
}

startx25 wrote:
For the points 1 and 2 there is a solution but tested
Can you add this to the workaround section in the wiki/manual? Might be very helpful for other users, too.

Is it possible do record a start and end time of a survey?

For some reason "Date Started" , "Date Last Action" and "Date Submitted" variable contain exactly the same date and time (to second).

Which version and which build do you use?
On my knowledge should be fine in 1.70+

Thanks ElMatador for looking into this.

I use 4589 build.