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9 months 2 weeks ago #245013 by imoullet
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Your LimeSurvey version: 5.6.30
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I export our survey in .lsa in order to also have the reponse table and perform later on statistics on responses , then importing the .lsa files on the same server again ( or another limesurvey server) , then looking at the statistics for a list radio button question , we observed that the "no answer" responses are transformed in "Not diplayed" responses. Any idea ? I precise that the question is not a conditionnal one . Is that a bug ?
You can find in attachemnt the two excerpt of statistics we have for the same question in the original survey ( no answer) and in the imported one ( not_displayed)

The only workaround we could find is 
  1. export survey in .lsa
  2. export responses in VV format or csv format
  3. delete alll responses in the imported survey
  4. import separately the responses in the new survey  

quite heavy mode specially for survey with a huge number of responses since I could not find the way to clear all responses at a time instead of panel by panel ( ie 100 responses a t a time) without deleting tha table responses. 

Thanks for your response and suggestions .. 

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9 months 2 weeks ago #245014 by Joffm
Replied by Joffm on topic .lsa import problem
Hi,
what I see, is that you show the results with different languages of the GUI.

Example:
1: German
 
2. English
 
3. French
 

You see, this is not an answer option you entered, but a system message.

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9 months 2 weeks ago #245017 by imoullet
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Sorry but I do not get your point . The difference in the language is just because I work with french GUI on one limesurvey and GUI in english onthe imported suvey. That s it . But Non affiche = Not dosplayed ans No answer = dsans reponse . You see that in the firs case I have 67 Sans reponse = 67 no answer and in the other case : 67 Not displayed = non affiché !

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9 months 2 weeks ago #245019 by Joffm
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Sorry, that was my mistake

​​​​​Did you compare the answer tables?
Do you see differences there?
 

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9 months 2 weeks ago #245021 by imoullet
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No difference in the answer tables for this question . Empty in both cases .

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9 months 1 week ago #245034 by holch
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Are both servers exactly the same version?

Also: Have a look at the LSA file. How are those answers stored in the LSA file? then export a LSA file in the system where you imported the initial LSA file and check how those answers look like.

Just to understand if the status has switched when importing.

In any way, sounds like something was going wrong when importing (or exporting). So I would open a bug report.

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9 months 1 week ago #245044 by imoullet
Replied by imoullet on topic .lsa import problem
Thanks for your suggections holch,

I have the same behaviour if I import on the same server --> not a configuration problem of the server

Taking the .lsa file from the imported survey The answers stay in the Not displayed status which means the mismatch is done during the first importing ..

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9 months 1 week ago #245048 by holch
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I am not saying that it is a configuration issue of the server, I wanted to know about the version of both servers to see if it could be a specific LS version that has the problem.

In any way, I recommend to prepare a bug report: bugs.limesurvey.org

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9 months 2 days ago #245186 by imoullet
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Yes exactly the same version on both servers :
LimeSurvey Community Edition
Version 5.6.30+230711

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8 months 4 weeks ago #245323 by DenisChenu
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It's clearly an issue.

Must be reported : community.limesurvey.org/bug-tracker/

I think you can just create a sample lsa with only one single choice.

Did you try with export/import VV file ? It can be a temporary workaround.

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8 months 4 weeks ago #245359 by imoullet
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I will report the bug..
Yes the same occurs with VV file import/export ..

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8 months 4 weeks ago #245360 by DenisChenu
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I will report the bug..
Yes the same occurs with VV file import/export ..
 
What ?
In 5.X ?
I really need to see the sample … i's sure it's not the case in 3.X

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