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Saving Auto Answer data to a data source
After you run an interview with the Auto Answer option, details of the questions and answers are listed in the Answer Log pane. You can save these details to a data source.
Note When questionnaire files are opened from an UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin User_Datadirectory (which is inside of the user project directory). A data source definition is not provided.
Adding a data source definition
The Configure Data Source dialog provides options for adding, editing, and removing data sources.
Note The Configure Data Source dialog is not available in UNICOM Intelligence Author Server Edition.
1 From the menu, choose Tools > Configure Data Sources or press Alt+T, F.
The Configure Data Source dialog is displayed.
2 Click Add or press Alt+A. The Data Link Properties dialog displays.
3 Enter the required information on each tab of the Data Link Propertiesdialog and click OK when finished. For more information, see Data Link Properties dialog box.
4 Click OK.
Selecting a different data source definition
Select the appropriate data source from the Configure Data Source dialog's Data Source list, then click Set As Current or press Alt+S. The selected data source is set as the current data source.
Editing a data source definition
1 Select the appropriate data source from the Configure Data Source dialog's Data Source list, then click Edit or press Alt+E. The Data Link Properties dialog displays.
2 Enter the required information on each tab of the Data Link Properties dialog and click OK when finished.For more information, see Data Link Properties dialog box.
Removing a data source definition
Select the appropriate data source from the Configure Data Source dialog's Data Source list, then click Remove or press Alt+R. The selected data source is removed.
Saving the Auto Answer details to a data source
To save the results to a data source when you run Auto Answer, choose Tools > Write Data to Database or press Alt+T, W.
When Write Data to Database is selected, each time a preview/debug/auto answer process occurs, the MDD file is checked and missing system variables are added (as needed). The updates result in changes to the original MDD file.
See also
Generating test answers for an interview