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13 years 2 months ago #54569 by rvenkat
I would like to know if there is way to export survey responses automatically into a separate program (which does data analysis)?

I want to automatically get responses at periodic intervals. I would like to configure survey ID, start and end dates for the period.

Currently, I am able to manually get data in CSV. Can we automate this process?

Has anyone tried doing this? Your suggestions/experience would be greatly appreciated.
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13 years 2 months ago #54615 by DenisChenu
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LimeSurvey use database, you can use a php script (or another langage) to extract the answer from the database, and export like you want with a cron job.

You can have a look at admin/export.php to have some function to use for your script.

But you need to develop you own solution.

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13 years 2 months ago #54635 by rvenkat
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Thank you. I will look into it.
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13 years 2 months ago #54636 by rvenkat
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Did you mean admin/exportresults.php?
Thanks.
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13 years 2 months ago #54638 by DenisChenu
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rvenkat wrote: Did you mean admin/exportresults.php?
Thanks.

I don't look, but i think it's a good start.

And i think you can have a look to a search site (like google) with

PHP Script Export MySQL CSV


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13 years 2 months ago #54643 by Luke

Shnoulle wrote: LimeSurvey use database, you can use a php script (or another langage) to extract the answer from the database, and export like you want with a cron job.


No, it will not be that easy. LS does not store actual values in the tables, but the codes. The codes link to other tables with actual values.

My survey has over 400 questions. Most of them are dropdowns. Doing what you suggested manually is just not practical.
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13 years 2 months ago #54644 by holch
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well, I think what Shnoulle wants to say is, that there is a export of results to csv which uses the exportresults.php. If you want something different than that, then the best way would be to have a look at the exportresults.php to see how it is done and then customize something for your specific needs.

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13 years 2 months ago #54645 by Luke

holch wrote: well, I think what Shnoulle wants to say is, that there is a export of results to csv which uses the exportresults.php. If you want something different than that, then the best way would be to have a look at the exportresults.php to see how it is done and then customize something for your specific needs.


And for someone already familiar with the code, how hard would it be to write

cmdline_export_survey_data_csv.php

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13 years 2 months ago #54647 by holch
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Well, I assume if Shnoulle would know it, he would have said so, don't you think. Not everyone who is somehow involved with LS knows every function and every bit of it. As far as I know, everyone has some kind of speciality.

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13 years 2 months ago #54655 by DenisChenu
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holch wrote: Well, I assume if Shnoulle would know it, he would have said so, don't you think. Not everyone who is somehow involved with LS knows every function and every bit of it. As far as I know, everyone has some kind of speciality.

Yep,

I never work on a function like this , i think it was 'some' hour of working :).

And Luke, your right, you need to link the table 'lime_survey_xxxx' with question and answer to do the job. I think, if i work on it, to look at the existent function, and include common.php, exportresult.php etc ... can be interesting.

Some of us offer professionnal support if you want :).

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13 years 1 month ago #55947 by Luke
Hello, finally I wrote "cmdline_exportsurvey.php" and it works.

Where is the best place to upload the files and describe how to use it?
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13 years 1 month ago #55956 by DenisChenu
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Hello,

I think there are 2 possibility, and the 2 can be done.

1st: workaround part in docs.limesurvey.org
2nd: UserPatch bugs.limesurvey.org

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