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The Hub Loader allows you to exclude from reporting survey responses that appear to be illegitimate. This could be useful for example when you suspect respondents have provided random answers in an effort to earn an incentive instead of giving considered responses.
If the survey has a boolean single question (true/false) with invalidResp as its qid, this can be used to flag certain responses as invalid. Responses with this flag set to 1 (TRUE) will not be loaded to the SmartHub Mart, so will not be included in Reportal, Instant Analytics, Discovery Analytics, Studio and other reporting tools which are based on SmartHub or reporting data.
As the invalidResp variable is a regular variable it can be set through the data editor, data import or APIs using standard functionality. It will not affect "real-time" hitlists or Reportal reports using BitStream, or response rate reports/survey metrics in Professional Authoring/Survey Designer. The invalidResp variable does not lead to any changes in the survey engine/quota system, so users will have to update quota targets accordingly when some responses are invalidated, for example by increasing targets. The invalidResp variable will be available in data exports and in the data editor in Professional Authoring, and through APIs, and data with this flag set will be included when using APIs or when Professional Users conduct data exports or view data in the survey data editor. There are no changes in response rate reports in Professional Authoring or Survey Designer. The “invalid” records will be included in the counts.
Invalid records are currently included in raw data exports from Instant Analytics, however this may be changed so those responses are also excluded there.
Note: invalidResp is listed as a reserved keyword and should only be used in this situation.