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Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A simple yet effective method to fine tune the survey experience of your users is to make sure that in-app surveys are only shown on specific areas or your application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restricting the location of a survey is especially useful when you are using our Follow-Up Mode<\/a> or Recurring Surveys<\/a>. In both cases, subsequent survey views might occur on pages that are not in the scope of the original survey trigger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note: Restricting the location of a survey works independently from our Page Visit<\/a> and Screen Visit<\/a> launch trigger. You can think about the location restriction option as a final check before the survey gets shown to the user. No matter what event triggered the survey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow & exclude web pages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can either define a set of “Allowed Pages”, or a set of “Excluded Pages”. You can also combine the two options to make the targeting even more precise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Mobile SDK surveys, we refer to “Screens” instead of “Pages”. All other things stay the same though.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Each rule has a comparison method followed by a comparison value. The supported comparison methods are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method<\/strong><\/td>Description<\/strong><\/td>Example Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Equals<\/em><\/td>Triggers on pages where the full URL equals exactly the provided value.<\/td>https:\/\/app.domain.com\/account\/billing<\/td><\/tr>
Starts with<\/em><\/td>Triggers on all URLs that start with the provided value.<\/td>https:\/\/app.domain.com\/account<\/td><\/tr>
Contains<\/em><\/td>Triggers when the provided value is located somewhere in the page URL.<\/td>\/account\/<\/td><\/tr>
Matches Pattern<\/em><\/td>Triggers on URLs that match a provided wildcard pattern. You can use * to indicate that variable parts of a URL.<\/td>https:\/\/app.domain.com\/*\/something\/*<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When you add multiple rules, a match occurs when at least one rule returns a positive result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow & exclude app screens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To show surveys on in certain areas of your mobile app, you’ll need to transmit the current screen name to Refiner using the “trackScreen<\/a>” method of our SDKs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can either define a set of “Allowed Screens”, or a set of “Excluded Screens”. You can also combine the two options to make the targeting even more precise. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Each rule has a comparison method followed by a comparison value. The supported comparison methods are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method<\/strong><\/td>Description<\/strong><\/td>Example Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Equals<\/em><\/td>Triggers when the screen name equals exactly the provided value.<\/td>CheckoutSuccessScreen<\/td><\/tr>
Starts with<\/em><\/td>Triggers on all screens that start with the provided value.<\/td>Checkout<\/td><\/tr>
Contains<\/em><\/td>Triggers when the provided value is located somewhere in the screen name.<\/td>Success<\/td><\/tr>
Matches Pattern<\/em><\/td>Triggers on screens that match a provided wildcard pattern. You can use * to indicate that variable parts of a screen name.<\/td>Checkout*Screen<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When you add multiple rules, a match occurs when at least one rule returns a positive result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Introduction A simple yet effective method to fine tune the survey experience of your users is to make sure that in-app surveys are only shown on specific areas or your application. Restricting the location of a survey is especially useful when you are using our Follow-Up Mode or Recurring Surveys. In both cases, subsequent survey […]<\/p>\n

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