The data aggregation feature is now available to all Form Assembly users. You’ll find the ’show aggregated data’ link in the ‘response’ panel, under the list of responses for each of your web forms.

Only multiple-choice questions are displayed in this view (obviously, you can’t make a chart with free-text answers). There are two different graphs, based on the type of your question. A question that allows only one response (radio inputs or select drop-down) will be shown with a pie chart. The percentages for each response add up to 100%.

For questions where several answers can be given (checkboxes and multiple select), the bar chart is used. It shows how often a choice is selected. For instance, in the chart below, about 80% of respondents have a mp3 player.

At this point, this data is only visible to the owner of the form, but you will soon be able to share this view with the rest world (should you choose to do so).

Also, the next version of the Form Builder is just about ready. You can try it out now. The current version will be replaced in a day or two when the tests are completed.

I’m happy to announce that The Form Assembly is continuing to improve its service. Here are the features that will be released this month:

• Aggregated view of responses with charts
• Improved Form Builder
• Screencast Tutorials
• Spam filter

Aggregate View

The charts will aggregate responses to multiple-choice questions, providing a clear report to surveys and questionnaires.

Improved Form Builder

This update will offer advanced control over the layout of the form along with a few interface improvements. The most noticeable change will probably be the ability to select different stylesheets directly in the preview panel.

Screencast tutorials

While we are aiming to provide a service that is easy to use and self-explanatory, we can always do better at explaining what this is all about. These tutorials will help (hopefully).

Spam Filter

Some spammers see web forms as a new way to disseminate their unsolicited advertisments. We are currently testing a spam filter designed to leave those undesirable responses out of your response set. No response is blocked at this point but we flag and report the suspicious ones to the form owner.

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