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Archive surveys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can archive a survey to hide it from your Refiner dashboard without permanently deleting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To archive a survey, open the survey editor and click the three-dot action menu<\/strong> in the top bar. Then select Archive survey<\/strong>. The option is also available in the three-dot menu in the survey list.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When a survey is archived, it is hidden from your main survey list. Its response data and survey views are also excluded from all statistics, response lists, dashboards, and exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find archived surveys by opening the Surveys<\/strong> list and enabling the Archived<\/strong> filter in the top section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archived surveys can be reactivated at any time. Reactivating a survey restores the survey and makes its responses and views available again in your stats, lists, dashboards, and exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duplicate surveys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can duplicate an existing survey to quickly create a copy with the same configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To duplicate a survey, open the survey editor and click the three-dot action menu<\/strong> in the top bar. Then select Duplicate survey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duplicating a survey creates a copy with the same questions, design, delivery method, targeting settings, and other survey configuration. Response history is not copied, so the duplicated survey starts with no responses or survey views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When duplicating a survey, you can choose whether to create the copy in the same environment or in a different environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is especially useful if you create and test surveys in a dedicated test environment and then want to copy the final version to your production environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that environment-bound segments used in targeting options need to be reassigned when copying a survey to another environment. This is because segments are specific to each environment<\/a> and cannot be transferred automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create test responses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before launching a survey, you can create test responses to explore how your results will look inside Refiner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To generate test data, open the survey editor and click the three-dot action menu<\/strong> in the top bar. Then select Create test responses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Refiner generates realistic-looking random responses based on the questions in your survey. The responses are spread across the last 30 days, with roughly 5 responses per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Test responses are useful when you want to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n