Front and Center: Windows SharePoint Services Surveys

A popular feature of SharePoint Team Services 1.0 was the Surveys feature, the Windows SharePoint Services version of which is shown in Figure C.22. Using this feature, you can create a survey that appears on your Web site for people to fill out. You can tabulate and easily display the results to visitors to the site

Figure C.22. The Windows SharePoint Services Survey.

To create a new Survey, follow these steps:

1. Click the Create link at the top of a Windows SharePoint Services Web page.

2. In the Create Page Web page, click the Survey link in the Surveys section.

3. Enter a name for your survey and a description.

4. Select whether you would like the survey to appear on the Quick Launch bar on the home page by selecting either Yes or No in the Display This Survey in the Quick Launch Bar option.

5. Select whether respondents will see the names of those who have responded by selecting either Yes or No in the Show User Names in Survey Results option.

6. Choose whether to allow for multiple responses by selecting either Yes or No in the Allow Multiple Responses option.

7. Configure your questions by entering the question text and choosing the question type as shown in Figure C.23.

   Figure C.23. Enter a question and choose between the many different types of answers available.

   

8. Set any custom settings for your question as shown in Figure C.24.

   Figure C.24. Set optional settings for each question. These differ depending on the answer type.

   

9. Make any settings changes you want from the Customize <Survey Name> page as shown in Figure C.25.

   Figure C.25. After the survey has been created, feel free to tweak it and make settings changes.

   

10. Click the Web Address link to see the survey in Windows SharePoint Services.

On the survey page, visitors can take the survey by clicking the Respond to This Survey link and can see responses by clicking either the Show a Graphical Summary of Responses or the Show All Responses links.