Saving Auto Answer data to a data source

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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.

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. The Configure Data Source dialog is not available in UNICOM Intelligence Author Server Edition.

1 Click Tools > Configure Data Sources or press Alt+T, F.

The Configure Data Source dialog appears.

2 Click Add or press Alt+A.

The Data Link Properties dialog appears.

3 Enter the required information on each tab, and then click OK. For more information, see Data Link Properties dialog.

Selecting a different data source definition

Select the data source from the Data Source list, and 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 data source from the Data Source list, and then click Edit or press Alt+E. The Data Link Properties dialog appears.

2 Enter the required information on each tab, and then click OK.For more information, see Data Link Properties dialog.

Removing a data source definition

Select the data source from the Data Source list, and then click Remove or press Alt+R.

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.