Example: Create a satisfaction survey form
The following example shows how to create a survey with satisfaction questions in multiple steps. The visitor selects answers from predefined choices. The form also contains mandatory fields and displays a progress bar to let the visitor know how many questions remain. It uses form elements: Form step, Multiple or single choice, Text, Text area, Hidden visitor profiling, Hidden predefined value, and Submit button.
- From the assets panel, select Forms to list the existing form folders.
- From a folder's context menu, select New Form and give it a name such as Satisfaction Survey.
- Edit the form container settings in the All properties view as follows:
- Form title – Give the form the title Satisfaction Survey.
- Description – Enter the description Take our survey!
- Confirmation message – Enter the confirmation message Thank you for taking our survey.
- Show navigation bar... – Select the Show navigation bar... check box.
- Drag the following form elements onto the Form elements section in the new form container. Change the elements as follows (add your own Placeholder text) and publish each element:
- Form step – Label the form element Step 1.
- Multiple or single choice – Adjust the settings of the form element as follows:
- Name the element: Service satisfaction
- Label text: How would you rate our service?
- Tooltip: Choose from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent)
- Select the Required check box.
- Under Choices, select Use manual input and add the following items:
- Choice: 5 Excellent; Value 5.
- Choice: 4 Great; Value 4.
- Choice: 3 Neutral; Value 3.
- Choice: 2 Lacking; Value 2.
- Choice: 1 Poor; Value 1.
- Form step – Label the form element Step 2.
- Multiple or single choice – Adjust the settings of the form element as follows:
- Name the element: Returning customer
- Label text: How likely are you to return?
- Tooltip: How likely are you to return?
- Select the Required check box.
- Under Choices, select Use manual input and add the following items:
- Choice: 5 I'll be back!; Value 5.
- Choice: 4 It is likely.; Value 4.
- Choice: 3 Maybe yes.Maybe no.; Value 3.
- Choice: 2 I don't think so.; Value 2.
- Choice: 1 No way!; Value 1.
- Form step – Label the form element Step 3.
- Text – Label the form element Email address (optional) and add a tooltip.
- Text area – Label the form element Comments and add a tooltip.
- Hidden visitor profiling – Select Visitor Groups > Name. This field is used for internal purposes only and is not displayed to the visitor. Optimizely will log the visitor group each visitor (who fills in the form) belongs to.
- Hidden predefined value – Enter Satisfaction-survey in Predefined value. This field is used for internal purposes only and is not displayed to the visitor. You can use the predefined value to associate the form with a specific campaign or survey and so on.
- Submit button – Label the button Submit Survey and add a tooltip.
- Publish the form container. It displays in your Forms list.
- Drag the Satisfaction Survey form onto a web page and publish the page.
Test your form
To test your form, go to the page on the website and enter data into the form on the page in View mode.
- Select an option and click Next Step.
- Select an option and click Next Step.
- Enter an email address and comments and click Submit Survey. A confirmation box displays. When you submit the data, it is stored in Optimizely.
Note
This Summary dialog box is styled this way because the Optimizely Forms Samples package was installed. If you use a default Optimizely Forms installation without the Samples package, this dialog box has a simpler, uncolored look.)
View form submissions
To view your test results, go to your Satisfaction Survey form in the Forms gadget and select Form submissions from the context menu. The Form submissions view displays data submitted from the form.
