Introduction to myView (AskiaAnalyse)

myView is an alternative view of the questionnaire tree in AskiaAnalyse, for example, to simplify the structure. The resulting myView can be saved as an .mlv (my limited view) file that can be opened in AskiaAnalyse by the relevant individuals or teams. A different .mlv file can be supplied to each team or individual, so that everyone will have a simplified questionnaire structure containing only the profile of questions that are relevant to them.

Examples of situations where you might use Myview include:

• simplifying working with very complex QES or QEW files (e.g. with many loops or historical questions) that have become difficult to navigate;
• hiding variables that are useful to the DP (data processing) team, but not by researchers, thus making the file easier to work with for the latter group;
• hiding sections of the questionnaire that are not relevant to specific researchers (e.g. country-specific sections).

In myView you can change the questionnaire structure in a variety of ways. You can:

• re-order and hide questions;
• re-order and hide responses;
• change the overall structure/indentation and create new chapters;
• change the captions of questions and responses, and
• create grouped or calculated responses which are assigned to questions in the myView questionnaire tree.

The benefits of the mlv file are:

• the .mlv file is separate from the .qes or .qew, which means it is easily shareable between colleagues;
• it is an xml file, which can easily be edited in a text editor, which allows you to create .mlv files from scratch or perform large scale updates using "find and replace" or macros;
• the definitions work on question shortcuts, so even if two data files are different, an existing .mlv file can be used to hide any matching shortcut names between the original data file and a new one;
• the definition lists what is hidden, so any new variables and responses are automatically shown.

For further information, please follow the links below:

• Creating a myView file
• Saving a myView file
• Opening an existing myView file
• Modifying questions in the myView tree
• Modifying responses in the myView tree