When you create certain types of reports, you can choose to display answers to profile and survey questions on the report. For example, when you create an Attendee Registration report, you can add profile questions as report columns.
When you add questions as columns, the responses display in rows.
When you add attendee profile questions to a report, be aware that the Select Columns list displays a question only if the following are true:
• At least one attendee has registered and completed the questions on the profile page. If no one has completed the survey, you cannot choose to add the survey question as a column.
• One of these is true:
– It is a question where the answer applies to all events. When you add an attendee survey, you can choose whether the answer applies to a single event or to all events for which the attendee registers. If the answer applies to all events, the question will always display as a column you can choose from (if at least one attendee has responded to the survey).
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– If it is a question where the answer applies to a specific event, you must have filtered the report to display that event. You can create a report filter that will display more than one event. However, the report cannot display all events and still display event-specific questions.
If a question applies only to a specific event, the Select Columns dialog shows “(current event only)” next to the column name.
If you want to track survey results across several events, you must set up the questions and any responses to be the same for those events. The text that users see can be different, but the short name for the question, and the value for any responses, must be exactly the same. That way, report will treat the question and responses as the same, even though the question was asked for a different event. (For more information about the question short name and the response value, see About the short name for a question and About the value for a question response)