Anonymous Surveys
Anonymous survey responses allow organizations to collect survey data from HCPs or other individuals without associating their responses with a specific Vault CRM Account record. Anonymous responses are supported with One Time and Recurring surveys.
Who can use this feature?
- Survey Designers - Browser
- Creating Anonymous Surveys
- End Users - Browser, iPad, iPhone, Windows
- Executing Anonymous Surveys
- Users do not require an additional license
Configuring Anonymous Surveys for
To configure this feature:
- Ensure Configuring Surveys is complete.
- Navigate to Admin > Users & Groups > Permission Sets.
- Select the appropriate permission set.
- Navigate to Objects > survey__v.
- Grant Edit permission for the allow_anonymous_responses__v field permission.
- Navigate to Objects > survey_target__v.
- Grant Edit permission for the allow_anonymous_responses__v field permission.
- Navigate to Admin > Configuration > Objects > survey__v > Layouts.
- Select the appropriate One Time and Recurring Survey layout.
- Add the Allow Anonymous Responses field to the layout.
To configure this feature:
- Ensure Configuring Surveys is complete.
- Navigate to Admin > Users & Groups > Permission Sets.
- Select the appropriate permission set.
- Navigate to Objects > survey__v.
- Grant Read permission for the allow_anonymous_responses__v field permission.
- Navigate to Objects > survey_target__v.
- Grant Edit permission for the allow_anonymous_responses__v field permission.
Configuring Syncing for Offline Devices
Update the Survey Target VMOC records to ensure surveys without accounts are synced if the user is the owner:
- Navigate to Business Admin > Objects > vmobile_object_configuration__v.
- Select Create.
- Populate the new VMOC record fields:
- Object Name - survey_target__v
- Type - T
- Where Clause - WHERE ownerid__v = @@USER_ID@@ AND anonymous_response__v = TRUE
- Device - Select the appropriate device
- Active - Enable the checkbox
- Enable Enhanced Sync - Enable the checkbox
Creating Anonymous Surveys as
To create an anonymous survey:
- Navigate to the Surveys tab.
- Select Create.
- Select the One-Time or Recurring survey type.
- Select the Allow Users to Choose Targets? checkbox.
- Select the Allow Anonymous Response? checkbox.
- Add survey questions.
- Publish the survey.
Executing Anonymous Surveys as
To create an anonymous survey target:
- Navigate to the My Surveys tab.
- Select Create.
- Select the Anonymous Response option.
- Select the appropriate survey template.
To create an anonymous survey target:
- Navigate to the Survey Targets tab.
- Select the + icon in the top-right.
- Select Anonymous Response.
- Select the appropriate survey template.
To create an anonymous survey target:
- Navigate to the Survey Targets tab.
- Select the + icon in the top-right.
- Select Anonymous Response.
- Select the appropriate survey template.
To create an anonymous survey target:
- Navigate to the Survey Targets tab.
- Expand the drop-down menu corresponding to New.
- Select Anonymous Response.
- Select the appropriate survey template.
For One-Time and Recurring surveys, users can have multiple saved survey targets for the same survey if the survey targets are for Anonymous Responses. Users cannot Update Responses on a Recurring Survey for an Anonymous Response.

