Appending Respondent Demographics to the Survey Entry Link
- David Boyajian
- Phil Krasser (Unlicensed)
Overview
To provide a better respondent experience, we recommend skipping common demographic questions in your survey. You may specify demographic variables that you would like appended in your survey within the Survey Entry Link.
Use
To append a respondent’s answer to a PureSpectrum qualification, use the following notation when entering your entry link in either the UI or in the Buy API (key name liveUrl) :
“https://mysurvey.com/survey?demographicVariable=[%%ps_qualification_id%%]”
where “https://mysurvey.com/survey” is the link to your survey, “ps_qualification_code” corresponds to the PureSpectrum qualification ID, and “demographicVariable” is a keyname of your choosing.
When a respondent is redirected to your survey, their entry link will contain the PureSpectrum condition code or input of their answer. This value of the respondents answer will be inserted where you have specified.
Example
https://mysurvey.com/survey?transaction_id=abc123&gender=111
Note: We automatically append “transaction_id” to your entry link
Important Considerations
While you may call the keyname as you wish (e.g. “gender”, “gen”, “sex”), the value returned in the keyname will always use the PureSpectrum condition code. Please refer to the attributes API Endpoint to determine your qualification and condition codes: Looking Up Attributes
We can always append Gender & Age of a respondent, and can also append any audience criteria that is defined in the survey.
If the survey is screening on ethnicity, then race can be added to the live link using “&race=[%%214%%]
If a qualification is added that is not present in the survey, the entry link for the respondent may contain “null” in the query string parameter, which may break your survey. (e.g. “https://mysurvey.com/survey?transaction_id=abc123&race=null”)
In the event that a question is a multi-select (aka multi-punch), where more than one answer is permitted, the answers will be appended as a comma-separated string (e.g.
&pets=111,112)
Income and age questions return an integer. If you need to place these respondents into a bucket, like ages 55-64, you will need to account for this in your survey when processing the respondent’s profile.
Common Demographics and their Qualification ID’s
Demographic | ps_qualification_code | Demographic Option | PureSpectrum Condition Code For Option |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 211 | Male | 111 |
Gender | 211 | Female | 112 |
Age | 212 | User Defined Input | Returns the user’s age as an integer (e.g. age=27) |
Household Income | 213 | User Defined Input | Returns the user’s household income as an integer (e.g. income=55000) |
zipcode | 229 | User Defined Input | Returns the user’s zipcode as an integer (e.g. 90403) |
If you need help looking up qualification codes and condition codes, please contact PureSpectrum support at support@purespectrum.com
Additional Examples
Appending gender, age, and income for a respondent that is male, 29, and makes $45,000/year
Your entry link defined in PureSpectrum - https://mysurvey.com/survey?gen=[%%211%%]&age=[%%212%%]&income=[%%213%%]
The respondent’s actual entry link into your survey - https://mysurvey.com/survey?transaction_id=abc123&gender=111&age=29&income=45000