Resources: manage survey files | LimeSurvey

Resources: manage survey files

About resources

Resources holds the files of a survey, for example images you show in the survey. Here you upload files, see which files the survey has, and move all of them to another survey as a ZIP archive.

Upload and find files

  1. In the editor, click Menu, the document icon in the left toolbar, and then Resources.

  2. Pick the folder (1): Files, Flash or Images.

  3. Click Upload (2) to add files to the folder. The files of the folder are listed below, with their number and size at the bottom.

The Resources page with four areas numbered 1 to 4, the folder list, Upload, Export resources as ZIP archive and Import resources ZIP archive

Move files to another survey

  1. In the first survey, click Export resources as ZIP archive (3). Your browser downloads the files as one ZIP archive.

  2. Open Resources of the other survey and click Import resources ZIP archive (4). Pick the ZIP archive.

Note: Files in Resources are public. Participants' browsers load them, so anyone with the link to a file can open it. Do not store confidential files here.

Next steps

FAQ

Are the files in Resources private?

No. Participants' browsers load them, so anyone with the link to a file can open it. Don't store confidential files there.

How do I show an image in a question?

Use Edit as HTML in the text editor. See Format text in the survey editor.

Can I copy all files to another survey?

Yes. Click Export resources as ZIP archive in the first survey, then Import resources ZIP archive in the other survey.