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Fastest method for creating new surveys from master
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1 year 1 week ago - 1 year 1 week ago #242550
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Fastest method for creating new surveys from master was created by pthwaites
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Your LimeSurvey version: Version 3.27.9+210726
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Survey theme/template: Fruity
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Hello,
I'm trying to create 33 new surveys from a master containing 500 questions. Each new survey will contain a total of 50 of the original 500 items. To create the new surveys, I first tried creating a copy in LS and then deleting the 450 unwanted items; and then I tried exporting a .txt version of the survey and editing using Excel to delete the unwanted items. But both of these methods are proving very slow. Can anyone suggest a faster way of doing this?
Thanks,
Peter
Your LimeSurvey version: Version 3.27.9+210726
Own server or LimeSurvey hosting: Own server
Survey theme/template: Fruity
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Hello,
I'm trying to create 33 new surveys from a master containing 500 questions. Each new survey will contain a total of 50 of the original 500 items. To create the new surveys, I first tried creating a copy in LS and then deleting the 450 unwanted items; and then I tried exporting a .txt version of the survey and editing using Excel to delete the unwanted items. But both of these methods are proving very slow. Can anyone suggest a faster way of doing this?
Thanks,
Peter
Last edit: 1 year 1 week ago by pthwaites.
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1 year 1 week ago - 1 year 1 week ago #242555
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Replied by holch on topic Fastest method for creating new surveys from master
I don't see any way to speed this up. I assume that for the first approach you used the "list questions" or "list question groups" feature to delete the undesired questions? I don't see how this could be sped up in any way. It is just choosing the questions you want to delete, tick them and then go for "selected questions..." --> Delete.
Maybe someone else has a good idea.
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Your Limesurvey installation is without any updates, bug fixes and security patches since 26/07/2021, so over 1,5 years. You really should consider an update to the latest version of LS3 and for the long run an update to LS5 or LS6, as I assume that LS3 will be EOL rather sooner than later, now that LS6 is out. Currently I would probably still wait a couple of weeks to implement LS6 for production, but an update to the latest LS3 is a good idea for sure.
Maybe someone else has a good idea.
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Your LimeSurvey version: Version 3.27.9+210726
Your Limesurvey installation is without any updates, bug fixes and security patches since 26/07/2021, so over 1,5 years. You really should consider an update to the latest version of LS3 and for the long run an update to LS5 or LS6, as I assume that LS3 will be EOL rather sooner than later, now that LS6 is out. Currently I would probably still wait a couple of weeks to implement LS6 for production, but an update to the latest LS3 is a good idea for sure.
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Last edit: 1 year 1 week ago by holch.
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1 year 1 week ago #242578
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Sometimes : i import group too.
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Replied by DenisChenu on topic Fastest method for creating new surveys from master
Same : i use group to be more quick.Maybe someone else has a good idea.
Sometimes : i import group too.
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