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External Quick Test generates an externally accessible test link to the survey. You can then make this link available to people who do not have a Forsta Plus User login. In this way you can allow for example the client to test the survey prior to it being published.
Note: The External Quick Test link has a maximum life of 30 minutes.
Forsta does not charge for "response" data created using the External Quick Test. However the External Quick Test does not generate or store data in a database; it uses memory for the current session, and the data is deleted when the session is ended. Any data entered during an External Quick Test will therefore not be available for any purpose after the test.
After generating the External Quick Test, you can send the resulting link by email to the tester(s). If you later make changes to the survey, re-launch the External Quick Test to update the survey, then inform the testers of the update. The link will remain the same so you will not need to resend it to the testers.
- Go to the Designer > Quality Control > Launch External Quick Test menu command.
- Check the boxes for the desired survey modes.
The Test Navigator overlay allows users testing the survey to go directly to a particular question to simplify testing of different parts of the survey. Uncheck this box if the navigator is not required.
- Click Launch Survey.
- Click Copy to Clipboard (arrowed in the lower-right corner of the figure), then create an email and paste the link into it. Send the email to the testers.
The page shown herein the figure below appears.
Figure 1 - The Launch External Quick Test page
A Task page opens with a progress bar and task list. When the task is complete, a link to the test survey is displayed - (as ringed in the figure below).
Figure 2 - The Task page with the test link
If you click the Notify me when task is finished button, then a message will pop up on your screen when the task is completed - . This means you can continue with work in other applications while waiting for the task to run, then return to the survey on completion.
Figure 3 - Example of the Task Notification popup
Test Navigator
When "Include test navigator" is selected, users testing the survey will have access to a Test Navigator overlay - . This will be available throughout the survey, and allows them to go directly to a particular question to simplify testing of different parts of the survey. Note that a user does not need a Professional User license to be able to test surveys and employ this functionality.
Figure 4 - Example of the Test Navigator overlay
The first question on the current page is highlighted. Non-interactive questions and nodes, such as conditions, hidden questions, folders and Info nodes are not displayed, and for loops, the loop itself is not displayed but the questions contained within are and you are taken to the first iteration of the loop. Call blocks and the questions within them are not available to jump to.
You can drag the navigator to a different area of your screen if it is hiding something you need to see. The navigator’s location is remembered for a user, and it will open in that location the next time the user opens a survey for testing that makes use of the navigator.
This overlay is supported by IE9+, Chrome and FireFox, and applies to desktop rendering only.