Contents
SharePoint surveys are equipped with a variety of question types which can be altered to extract the best answer. A survey can be made to be answered anonymously, allowing employees the ability to speak freely.
How create an anonymous SharePoint survey
- Click on Settings Survey settings.
- Under General Settings – click ‘List name, description and navigation’
- Then under the sub heading ‘Survey Options ‘ for the setting ‘Show user names in survey results?’ – Set to ‘No’
- Then click ‘Save’
Is it possible to create an anonymous SharePoint survey?
By default the SharePoint Survey shows the user names in the responses but as with all good survey’s it should be anonymous to ensure you can hide the identity of the user. Here’s how to create an anonymous survey. This is also possible using DocSurvey.
Surveys can be created by the site owner. Responses can be completed by anyone who has at least contributor access (usually part of the site’s Members group). Surveys support various advanced settings, as well: Anonymous responses: You can make the responses anonymous. No other lists in SharePoint support this option without custom coding.
Multiple page surveys don’t work on an anonymous site. The problem is that SharePoint cannot write the incomplete survey to the list unless it can associate that survey with a particular user. If the user cannot log in at the point when they move to the next page, they won’t be able to continue with the survey.
Can a SharePoint survey hide the user name?
By default a SharePoint Survey shows the user names of each responses in the results. However, it’s often a common requirement to be able to hide the identity of the respondent. This post will explain the steps to achieve this using the SharePoint Survey. Here’s how to create an anonymous survey.