Snap Tips
Handy tips to help you get the most from your Snap Survey Software
Tip of the month
You can delete all the case data in a survey by deleting the survey in Survey Overview, making sure you clear the Survey Definitions box and check the Raw Data box.
Thank you to Capsicum for this tip posted on the Snap User Forum: to show all the routing in a survey, open the Variable window, select Tailor, mark Show Counts as Never and hit Use. This displays the survey routing in the Not Asked, Goto and Skipped by columns in the Variable window.
Getting Snap to match names automaticallyWhen sending data from a database; make the column names in the spreadsheet match the variable names in the questionnaire to get Snap to match them automatically.
Easily generate a frequency table for every question in your surveyTo easily generate a frequency table for every question in your survey, create a new batch. Change the default table details to have the full range of questions in the analysis field (eg q3 ~ q25) and type "frequency" in the break field. Snap generates a table for every question.
Quickly adding a hyperlink
Quickly add a hyperlink to your question text by selecting the text to link, right-clicking and choosing Insert HTML Field from the context menu, and then typing your link URL into the dialog
Formatting a grid question
To make formatting changes to a grid question, ensure the entire grid is highlighted.
Snap software shortcut keys chart
View all the Snap software shortcut keys in this handy chart.
Response details quick access
Use Variable properties in the Questionnaire design view to quickly access the response details for a question. Right-click the question and select Variable properties from the context menu, or click [Alt]+[Enter] on the question.
Reposition question shortcut
You can quickly reposition a selected question in your survey by using [Control] [ ↓] to move it down and [Control] [↑] to move it up.
Toggle Details
You can use the Toggle Details button 
on the Snap e-viewer window to display details about your analyses, including any notes that you have added to tables and charts.
Variable dependents
If you cannot delete a variable due to dependents, you can see which other variables need the variable you want to delete by clicking the dependents button in the Variables window.
Response box sizes
If you have a long set of related questions (using Open first, Open Next styles), you can adjust the response box size for the whole set by adjusting the first one.
Row numbering
You can display row numbering on your grid questions by selecting Show in the Toolbar topic menu then selecting Grid Name and checking the Show box.
Date filtering
You can use the "today" function in filters as a quick way of seeing the current month or year's data in tables and charts. For example 'id.date month=today month' would give all cases where the survey month was the same as the current month.