Append an email address to an activity link

Generate member-specific links that identify a member by their email address. Perform this task if you want to deploy your survey from an external email system.

Prerequisites:
You can append identity variables to:
  • Test links
  • Live links
  • Custom links
Example

You to want to distribute your survey using your company’s email system. To map responses back to members, append the Email identity variable to the link before pasting it into the body of your communication.

  1. In the Links tab, click a link in the Name column.
  2. Select the Identity Variable check box.
    Result: The Identity Variable list is activated.
  3. From the Identity Variable list, select Email.
    Note: You can only append one identity variable to the link at a time.
  4. Publish the link:
    Option Description
    Live Link Click Generate Live Link.
    Note:
    • Only Power Users and Author users that have the Can schedule distributions permission enabled for their user account, and Admins, can generate live links. Otherwise, the Generate Live Link button is disabled.
    • By clicking Generate Live Link, you change the status of the link from Pending to Open.
    Custom Link
    1. Type the URL extension.
    2. Click Confirm URL.

    For more information, see Get a custom activity link.

    Result: The identity variable (?_i=[%insert value%]) is appended to the link.
  5. Replace the variable place holder text with the member's email address.
    Example
    https://example.alidalabs.com/c/a/UniqueSurveyId?_i=email@example.com
  6. Optional: Append a survey answer value to the activity link.
    1. Type an ampersand after the identity variable (&).
    2. Type the question name.
    3. Type an equals sign (=).
    4. Type the answer value.
    Example
    https://example.alidalabs.com/c/a/UniqueSurveyId?_i=email@example.com&QuestionName=AnswerValue
    For more information, see Append answer values to an activity link.