Scanning for HTTP Content

Your survey is built on a secure (https) site. You can however add content to your survey (images, film clips etc.) which are located on non-secure (http) sites. Such links can allow unauthorized access to the survey so are not recommended. For now, in the event your survey contains references to non-secure content, a warning will be presented in the Launch Survey page - and the survey will compile. However in the near future Authoring will no longer allow such links to non-secure pages and the compilation will fail.

Figure 1 - Example of the insecure content warning

If such a warning is presented you should investigate and remove the reference or move the non-secure content to a secure site.

Before running the launch process, or if you receive such a warning, you can scan your survey layouts, reports and templates for http content. Proceed as follows:

Scanning a survey

1. Go to the Designer > Quality Control > Scan for HTTP content menu item - .

Figure 2 - The Designer > Quality Control > Check HTTP content menu item

The survey is scanned. In the event no http content is found then a message to that effect is presented in the design window. If http content is found then an Action Required message is presented towards the lower-right corner of the Authoring window - .

Figure 3 - The Action Required message

Scanning survey layouts

1. Open the survey layout you wish to scan (go to About Accessing Survey Layouts for more information).
2. In the Layout and Styles toolbox, click the Scan for HTTP content button - .

Figure 4 - Scanning a survey layout

The survey layout is scanned. In the event no http content is found then a message to that effect is presented in the design window. If http content is found then an Action Required message is presented towards the lower-right corner of the Authoring window.

Scanning a report

1. Open Reportal, then find and open the report you wish to scan.
2. Go to the Report > Quality Control > Scan for HTTP content menu item, or in the Quick Links area click the Scan for HTTP content link.

The report is scanned. In the event no http content is found then a message to that effect is presented in the design window. If http content is found then an Action Required message is presented towards the bottom of the Report Summary window.

Scanning a report template

1. In the Reportal Quick Access pane, select Template List then select the template you wish to scan.
2. In the Template Edit page toolbar, click Scan for HTTP content.

The report template is scanned. In the event no http content is found then a message to that effect is presented in the design window. If http content is found then an Action Required message is presented.