Copying Data from PsychData to Qualtrics Manually Created Survey

Issue/Question

Is it possible to copy surveys from PsychData to Qualtrics

Environment

  • Qualtrics
  • PsychData

Cause

USD chose Qualtrics to replace all other survey software on campus

Resolution

Note: Surveys cannot be copied over but it is possible to use the following work around to import the data into a manually created Qualtrics survey that mirrors PsychData's survey, then import the data into Qualtrics

  1. Log into Qualtrics
  2. Create a Survey in Qualtrics
  3. Download Survey Data from Qualtrics
  4. Download PsychData Survey Data
  5. Make a copy of the Qualtrics data spreadsheet that was downloaded
  6. Copy the columns from the PsychData spreadsheet into the appropriate columns on the Qualtrics spreadsheet (use the copy so the original can be referenced)
    Note: the PsychData data has to match format of the the sample data pulled from Qualtrics, make sure to remove the sample data in the Qualtrics spreadsheet
    1. If the PsychData survey does not have data for some Qualtrics column fields, leave those blank and do not map them when doing the import
    2. If the PsychData values and the new values do not match when importing, it is possible to map the field and map the individual items during the import
    3. Make sure dates are in a date format on the excel spreadsheet, if they are text, which is what they seem to export as, by default, out of PsychData
      1. Create a new column and use the Value Function (=Value(A3)) to convert date and time to Excel Date time
      2. Create a new column formatted as a Custom with format MM/DD/YYYY H:MM
      3. Copy column created in step 1 above and paste as values into the column created in number 2 above
      4. Copy column from step 3 and paste into original date column being converted
      5. Repeat 1-4 for each date field
      6. Remove columns added to get date converted
  7. Save the file with a name that ends with .csv -- such as, mynewfile.csv
  8. Import Data to the Qualtrics Survey
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