Creating a Panel

To create a new panel:

1. Go to the Home > New > Basic Panel menu command, or click the New Basic Panel button in the Basic Panel List.

In all cases, the New Panel overlay opens - .



Figure 1 - The Panel Name window

2. Type in a name for the new panel, select whether or not you wish to base the new panel on an existing template, and select which survey layout you wish to use.
3. Select the language to be used for the panel, and add any further languages as necessary.
4. Click Create Panel.

The Panel Overview window opens with the details of the new panel.

Creating a New Panel Survey

When you create a new Panel, the Panel Management > Overview window opens at the General tab.

If you make any changes to the settings in the Overview, click Save to save the changes.

You can now create the Survey to be used for recruiting the panelists.

Go to the Designer > Survey Designer menu command.

The Survey builder toolboxes will be displayed with the default Survey for panels in the Survey Tree - .

Figure 2 - The default Panel Survey

You cannot remove the default objects from the tree, but as survey manager you may customize the objects and add new questions as required.