In AskiaSurf, the differences group of the options dialog contains two sub-groups: question differences and response differences. The options in these sub-groups allow you to specify which aspects of the campaign questions and responses will be compared to the volume questions and responses when askiasurf checks for differences during reconciliation.
The options in this sub-group determine which question aspects will be used when comparing campaign questions to volume questions in order to determine question matches.
Select the question elements that you want AskiaSurf to check during reconciliation, and de-select the elements that you want AskiaSurf to ignore. For example, if you want AskiaSurf to ignore differences in the maximum allowed responses for a question, you would de-select max response count.
The following question elements can be matched (if the option is selected) or ignored (if the option is de-selected):
Shortcut: Match on question shortcuts.
Indent: Match on question indent level. The indent level is the hierarchical level occupied by the question. This can be seen clearly in askiadesign, where sub-questions are shifted to the right in the tree view according to how subordinate they are to other questions. Questions that are not sub-questions are not indented (this is indent level 0); sub-questions are indented slightly (indent level 1); sub-questions of sub-questions are indented further (level 2), and so on. If you match on indent level, questions will only be matched if they share the same level of indent (e.g two sub-questions of sub-questions may be matched, as they both have indent level 2).
Element type: Match on element type. This is the basic question type, and can be "question", "chapter" or "loop" (e.g. if this option is selected, two chapters may be matched together, but a question and a chapter will not be).
Question type: Match on question type (i.e. closed, numeric, open or date).
Is don't know: Match on whether the question allows a "don't know" response.
Is semi-open: Match on whether the question allows semi-open responses (i.e. if it contains an "other (specify)" type response).
Is scale: Match on whether the question allows scaled responses.
Is multiple: Match on whether the question is multi-coded (applies only to closed type questions).
Is ranked: Match on whether the question allows ranked responses.
Max response count: Match on the maximum number of responses that may be selected (for closed type questions).
Decimals: Match on the number of decimal places (for numeric type questions).
Minimum value: Match on the minimum value that can be given as a response (for numeric type questions).
Maximum value: Match on the maximum value that can be given as a response (for numeric type questions).
Is level link: Match on whether the level link option is set on a loop. See the AskiaDesign Assistant for further details.
Link question: Match on link ID (a link ID identifies another question whose response list is re-used by the question).
Is probability question: Match on whether the option probability question in analyse is set on a loop (see the askiadesign Assistant for further details).
Is date type: Match on whether the question is a date type question. Date type is true if a question is a date-time, date-only or time-only question.
User data
Develop levels
Visible in Analyse: Match on whether the option Visible in Analyse is set on the question.
Short captions: Match question short captions.
Long captions: Match question long captions.
Response count: Match on the number of responses.
The options in this sub-group determine which response aspects will be used when comparing campaign responses to volume responses in order to determine response matches.
Select the response elements that you want askiasurf to check during reconciliation, and de-select the elements that you want AskiaSurf to ignore. For example, if you want AskiaSurf to ignore whether or not a response is rotated, you would clear rotation behaviour. By default (i.e. if you make no changes in this dialog), all response elements are matched.
The following response elements can be matched (if the option is selected) or ignored (if the option is de-selected):
Value: Match on response values, or weights, assigned to scaled response items.
Is exclusive: Match whether or not the response is exclusive (i.e. it is the only one that can be selected in the question).
Rotation behaviour: Match on whether the response is rotated or randomized.
User data
Short captions: Match on response short captions (i.e. the response text).