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13 years 1 month ago #56369 by uwnrs
Is it possible to time how long it takes to complete a survey? If so - how?
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13 years 1 month ago #56378 by tfj
uwnrs:

Without knowing what type of database you have, I can give you a general answer. I use a mySQL query to calculate the difference between the startdate and the submitdate fields in the LimeSurvey table for the survey.

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13 years 1 month ago #56379 by holch
This would be a nice feature I think. Could this be implemented into the core?

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13 years 1 month ago #56380 by uwnrs
Yes, I noticed that it does keep track of start time and submit time. It would be really nice if the software itself calculated the time.

I can write my own code to calculate it if needed. However I noticed that if you go in as an admin and edit any record set of answers, it clears the submitdate and marks that survey as not complete, even if you have it marked to completed, so I'll have to use the datestamp field instead of the submitdate since that doesn't change, and it is the last recorded action of the user taking the survey.

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13 years 1 month ago #56609 by Mazi

holch wrote: This would be a nice feature I think. Could this be implemented into the core?

This feature will be available at the upcoming 1.91 version for all survey modes.

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12 years 9 months ago #61715 by shano
Is this now available in the latest version?
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12 years 9 months ago #61718 by Mazi

shano wrote: Is this now available in the latest version?

At Limesurvey 1.91 this feature can be enable at the notification tab at your survey settings.
Once it is enabled there will be another icon at the browse response screen which shows statistics about the timings. Timings can further be exported to CSV.

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12 years 9 months ago #61720 by shano
Excellent, thanks Mazi.
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12 years 9 months ago #61723 by Mazi
You're welcome!

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10 years 2 months ago #103081 by mrli999

Mazi wrote:

shano wrote: Is this now available in the latest version?

At Limesurvey 1.91 this feature can be enable at the notification tab at your survey settings.
Once it is enabled there will be another icon at the browse response screen which shows statistics about the timings. Timings can further be exported to CSV.


If i just want to know how long it take to complete the survey and would like to record it together with the data. Can I use EM to get it? If yes, how?

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10 years 2 months ago #103094 by holch
The start and end time are recorded in the results. So this is already included in the data, when you set it up for recording the times. Just substract the end time from the start time...

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10 years 2 months ago #103101 by mrli999

holch wrote: The start and end time are recorded in the results. So this is already included in the data, when you set it up for recording the times. Just substract the end time from the start time...


The start time and end time are the same in the database. Beside that is limesurvey can calculate the difference. Then we can know it through the browser database.
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