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aytm Logic Glossary

Emily Kelley
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Syntax Description
[...] aytm Logic must always be surrounded by square brackets
Q Question
SQ Subquestion
E Entity
A Answer
R Response
Rn Number of responses
Rc All comments, comma separated
Rv Response value
Ri First image
c Comment
i Image
@ Field alias
or "or" operator
. Alternative "or" operator
- Alternative "or" operator — used for ranges
and "and" operator
, Alternative "and" operator
: Alternative "and" operator — used for ranges
+ Add
- Subtract
* Multiply
exp Exponent
** / ^ Power (pow)
/ Division
> Greater than
< Smaller than
>= Greater than or equal to
<= Smaller than or equal to
= Equal to
!= Not equal
Round # Round (standard)
Ceil # Round up
Floor # Round down
<< Add to array
, (array) Add more items to array
| (array) Value at position in array
in Is there at least one item in the following array
like Is there at least part of the text in the following array
not Negative condition statement
then Initiate nested group logic (used in group logic)
1 Numeric value, variable, or field number
"one" String value of a custom variable (can contain any symbols as long as it's in quotes)
(...) Operations in parentheses are processed before others
punch Automatically record answer(s) for respondents without requiring them to view the question
[Show] Show a field
[Hide] Hide a field
[Show if...] Show a field if a condition is met
[Show first / last...] Show a number of first or last elements
[Hide if...] Hide a field if a condition is met
[Skip to...] Skip to a destination
[Skip to... if] Skip to a destination if a condition is met
[Glue...] Keep elements together
[Mask by...] Mask a question based on selected answers to an earlier question
[Rev-mask by...] Mask a question based on non-selected answers to an earlier question
[Group...balance...max...] Create nodes, group them together, show them randomly to respondents; optionally balance across variables and limit nodes per respondent
[Sort ... by ...] Sort elements by array
[Sort by a-z ...] Sort elements alphabetically (a-z or z-a)
[VarName...] Introduce a custom variable. VarName can use A–Z, a–z, 0–9, and underscore
[[Anything]] Show a regular phrase in square brackets to the respondent
[Terminate if...] Terminate a respondent based on criteria outside the Target Market page (course completion required)
[Quota...] Set specific quotas for respondents based on criteria outside the Target Market page (course completion required)

Examples

Example What it does
[PQ1] Reference to the first prequalification question
[Q1] Reference to the first question
[Q1A1] Reference to the first answer of the first question
[Q1SQ1A1] Reference to the first answer of the first subquestion of the first question
[Q1E1SQ1A1] Reference to the first answer of the first subquestion of the first entity of the first question (used in Competitive Topography and Quadrant questions)
[Q1i] Reference to the image attached to the first question
[Q1A1p] Position ("first", "second"...) of the referenced item
[Q1A1pv] Position (1, 2...) of the referenced item
[show if Q1SQ1rv>2] Show the question only to respondents who assigned more than 2 points to Q1SQ1 in a distribute question
[Q1cv] Converted comment response to number of the referenced item
[Q1r] Reference to all responses given by the respondent to the first question
[Q1r1] Reference to the first response given to the first question
[Q1rn] Number of responses chosen on the first question
[Q1r1c] Comment entered by the respondent on their first response to the first question
[Q1rc] All comments entered by the respondent on the first question
[Q1r1i] Image associated with the first response chosen on the first question
[aytm_response_id] Unique response identifier number — matches the first column in stats page exports. Can be used as an identifier for complex redirections.
[uuid] Unique User ID (if available)
[var1] / [var2] / [var3] First, second, or third custom variable passed through the survey link (if available)
[platform] Respondent's operating system (windows, mac, linux, ios, android, windows_mobile, windows_phone, other)
[device] Respondent's device type (undefined, pc, mobile, tablet)
[browser] Respondent's browser (chrome, opera, firefox, ie, electron, safari, edge)
[gender] Respondent's gender (f, m, n — US, UK & Canada only)
[income] Respondent's household income, responsive to fielding country
[education_level] Respondent's highest education (professionaldegree, nocollege, somecollege, 2yrdegree, 4yrdegree, gradschooldegree)
[age] Respondent's current age (0–99)
[age_range] Respondent's age range (18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75+)
[children] Respondent's parental status — digit represents number of kids under 18 in household (n/a, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5+)
[children_age_and_gender] Age(s) and gender(s) of respondent's children
[relationship_status] Respondent's relationship status (single, married, widowed, significantother, engaged, divorced)
[race] Respondent's race/ethnicity, responsive to fielding country
[employment] Respondent's employment status (fulltime, parttime, retired, unemployed, student)
[career] Respondent's career (acc/fin/bank, adv/design, arts/ent, clerical, healthcare, hospitality, it, legal, management, military, publicsafety, realestate, retail, smbusiness, student, other)
[region] Respondent's region code. Example: [show if country="US" and region="S"]
[country] Respondent's country as ISO 3166 code. Example: [show if country="CA" or country="FR"]
[state] Respondent's state as ISO 3166 state code. Example: [show if country="AR" and state="T"]
[county] Respondent's county as FIPS code. Example: [show if county="06037"]
[zip] Respondent's zip code. Example: [show if country="US" and zip="90001"]
[completed] Respondent's completion time (Stats page only). Example: completed < 2022-08-01 00:00:00 or completed > 2022-01-01 09:00:00
[punch Q2a1, 5 as value, "n/a" as comment, if Q1a3] For Q2, A1 will be recorded with a value of 5 and comment "n/a" if the respondent selects A3 for Q1
[vr_collected] Will be true if the respondent submitted a video
[Terminate if Q2A5] Any respondents who select Q2A5 will be terminated after answering Q2
[Quota Q1A3 max 50] After 50 respondents have selected Q1A3, any further respondents selecting it will be terminated — the quota is full