You use Launch to activate a compiled questionnaire so it can be used for interviewing. This involves defining the location of participant records for the project, naming the quota file if the project uses quota control, and defining which Web pages to use for standard items such as the start and end of an interview.

You can run Launch from within Build, or you can run it separately by selecting it from.

Select the project you want to activate and click Launch.

The Project Info tab is where you enter general information about the project and where and how it is to be activated. The information required is as follows.

Background information about the project that you want to save in the project database for reference by other users. You can leave this box blank.

The project’s status. One of the following:

Select this option if the project’s folder contains localization subfolders that must be copied to the Shared and Master project folders along with the main project files.

The cluster on which to activate the project. If you are activating a project that has already been activated (for example, if you have changed and recompiled the questionnaire) you must activate it on the same cluster as you used before.

The name of the case data database. The default is to store each project’s data in a separate database with the same name as the project. However, if your site is configured to allow it, several projects can write case data to the same database.

You may also be able to create a new database for the project with a name of your choice. If so, the list will contain the “Create New Custom Database” option. Select this option and then type a name for this database in the Custom box that appears next to the Project Database box.

The default language for the questionnaire.

With multilingual questionnaires, the language in which you write the questionnaire automatically becomes the default (or base) language for that script. If the questionnaire does not specify the language in which it is to run, and the information cannot be obtained from the participant record, the interview will run in this language. Once you start translating a script, other languages are added to the questionnaire definition file and you may want to select one of those languages as the base language for the questionnaire.

The language list contains only languages that are present in the questionnaire definition file. If the computer’s default language does not appear in the questionnaire definition file, the language list defaults to US English.

The routing context to set as the default for this project. The activation process activates all routing contexts that it finds but only sets one as the default. Typical routing contexts are Paper for printed questionnaires, Web for inbound interviews, and CATI for outbound calling.

The Sample Management, Quota, and Interview Web Pages lines show whether these options have been set for this project. The settings change according to the specifications on the other tabs.

When selected, the project can be used on personal remote devices for computer assisted personal interviewing (CAPI).