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Exporting Response Data (EX)

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Attention: Many links on this page link back to pages regarding standard Qualtrics surveys, not just Employee Experience. Detailed below are the differences you will need to be aware of on each page. While some content may look slightly different when creating your Employee Experience project, feature functionality remains the same.
Qtip: This page describes functionality available to Engagement, Lifecycle, Pulse, and Ad Hoc Employee Research projects. For more details on each, see Types of Employee Experience Projects.

About Exporting Response Data

The Export Data feature is used to download raw response data for use beyond the Qualtrics platform. Exported data files allow you to view how each participant answered each question in a survey, and also include survey metadata (e.g., Recorded Date, IP Address, etc.) and participant metadata.

Exporting and managing your response data in Employee Experience projects is much the same as in other projects, and it happens in the Data & Analysis tab.

To learn how to export your data, visit the Exporting Data support page. To learn how to manage your previous exports, visit the Manage Downloads support page.

Export Formats

Among your export options, you can choose the file type of your download. The available file types for Employee Experience project data are:

More details on these file formats can be found on the linked support pages.

Export Options

In addition to choosing the file format of your data export, Qualtrics offers several export options for customizing your data output. Here, you can determine whether fields are in text or numerical format, whether to zip files, how hidden questions should be indicated, whether to include randomized data, and more. See Export Options on the Survey Platform support site for more details.

When adjusting export options, the data columns you export may vary based on what you choose. For a guide to what your data export means, navigate to the Understanding Your Response Dataset (EX) support page.