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  1. Emailing a Dashboard

    Dashboards can be emailed to anyone in your account with access to the dashboard. Emails can be sent immediately or on a schedule. You can easily share results and analysis this way. Click on the Email tab under Dashboard  Settings. Usin...
  2. Dashboard settings

    If you have edit access to a dashboard, you will notice a button labeled Settings to the right of the dashboard's title field. Clicking on the Settings button will take you to the Dashboard Settings page. There, you can edit the Das...
  3. Batch filtering & weighting of Dashboards

    Just below the names of some dashboards, you'll see the  Filter Dashboard settings. They allow you to apply filters and weighting schemes to all dashlets of a dashboard at once. These are temporary changes to the displayed data. If you wish to pe...
  4. Creating or cloning a Dashboard

    There are three ways to create a new dashboard. Create a Blank Dashboard To create a blank dashboard, select Dashboard from the left navigation bar. Click the button in the upper right corner labeled  Create New .  ...
  5. Navigating to a Dashboard

    Click on Dashboard in the left-hand menu to get to the Dashboard page. All dashboards your account has access to are listed in the dropdown menu that's at the upper left side of any dashboard screen: ...
  6. Question formats

    The CivicScience platform supports several question formats, one of which has subtypes. Radio Most questions are in the radio format, also called single-select. They have radio buttons, and only one answer may be selected. Responses are sho...
  7. Advanced formulas

    Scores and multiscore reports use formulas to define their values. The formula editor is the same in both cases and is quite powerful. Many advanced formula features are available. Constants The following constants are supported in formulas: ...
  8. Question details page

    The questions list shows a lot of information about each question, but if you want further information, you can click on a question's text to go to the question details page. The top section of the question details page shows the question results. ...
  9. Question scores

    Scores provide you with an alternative view of question results. They offer the ability to define one metric that represents its underlying components in a single resulting number, making it, therefore, easier to digest and compare to other scores...
  10. Answer groupings

    Answer groupings provide you with an alternative view of question results. You can combine answer options and apply unique labels that mirror your research objectives. For example, consider the question, “How much do you like to eat at Chipotle?”...