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Search

Responses filter component

Responses menu have a specific filter component with multiple dropdowns where you can filter by Form name, Question, Reviewed and Submitter.

Search responses
  • Form Select the name of the form.

  • Question Filter by a specific value of a question, click Add Condition to add another question filter.

  • Reviewed Select whether to show only reviewed responses, unreviwed responses, or both.

  • Submitter Filter by a specic user or group.

Free search box

The free search box is available on responses, questions, users, and SMS menu. Below is the search box from users menu.

Search users

Operators

You can combine search terms with operators for a more accurate search.

Operators in Popola are: AND, OR, NOT( ! or -), grouping operator (parentheses), and phrase operator (“”).

Operator

Description

AND

By default, all terms in the search must be matched.
For example, apples oranges bananas is equivalent to apples AND oranges AND bananas.

OR ( | )

Matches when any of the terms match.
Example Household Form | Fruit Form returns matches that are Household Form or Fruit Form.

NOT (!= or -)

Matches when the first term matches, but the second one does not.
Example: form != Household returns the forms that are NOT Household.
Another example: apple -oranges matches any response with an answer containing the word apples but NOT the word oranges.

(…)

Grouping parenthesis denotes the search terms boundaries.
Example: (red | green | blue) pixel is equivalent to (red OR Green OR blue) AND pixel.

“…”

Quotes match when search terms match an exact phrase.
Example submitter:”John Smith”.

Qualifiers

A qualifier is a word you add to an expression to specify where to search. Example:

  • form: apples within the responses menu will return all forms with the word apples in them.

  • type: long text in the questions menu returns all questions of the long text type.

Available qualifiers depends on the menu you are in. They are listed below:

Responses menu

Qualifier

Function

form:

The name of the form submitted.

submitter:

The name of the user that submitted the response (partial matches allowed).

submit-date:

The date the response was submitted (example: submit-date: 1985-03-22).

reviewed:

Whether the response has been marked as reviewed (1 = yes or 0 = no).

source:

The medium via which the response was submitted (Web, ODK Collect, or SMS).

text:

Answers to textual questions.

Questions menu

Qualifier

Function

code:

The question code (partial matches allowed).

title:

The question title (partial matches allowed).

type:

The question type (text, long-text, integer, decimal, location, select-one, select-multiple, datetime, date, time).

tag:

Tags applied to the question.

Users menu

Qualifier

Function

name:

The user’s full name.

login:

The user’s username.

email:

The user’s email address.

phone:

The user’s phone number. No dashes or other punctuation, example: 1112223333.

group:

The user group that the user belongs to.

SMS menu

Qualifier

Function

content:

The message content (partial matches allowed).

type:

The message type: incoming, reply, or broadcast (partial matches allowed).

username:

The username of the sender or receiver (partial matches allowed).

name:

The full name of the sender or receiver (partial matches allowed).

number:

The phone number of the sender or receiver (partial matches allowed).

date:

The date the message was sent or received. Example date:2015-01-29.

datetime:

The date and time the message was sent or received. Use quotation marks and 24-hr time, example “2015-01-29 14:00”.