ViewsFlash ViewsFlash 5.8 is the latest release of this flexible, intuitive and powerful software.

Multiple applications
ViewsFlash is a multi-faceted application. Based on a winning Visual questionnaire creator, it allows users, without help from IT, to create their own data collection forms, survey questionnaires, assessments, quizzes and polls. These are used for customer feedback, market research, evaluation, data gathering, contests and voting.

Multiple users
Multiple organizations are assigned private Places for each function which operated independently and securely, with their own branding and usage pattern for the applications used in the organization.

Set it and forget it
Once deployed, and after branding is developed, the IT department steps back and lets ViewsFlash users create and publish their own questionnaires in real time, using staging systems if necessary. Users collaborate and reuse styles, question libraries, prototype questionnaires, invitation lists -- all under the strict access right controls.

Architecture and platforms
ViewsFlash is a J2EE web application that runs on all popular platforms: WebSphere, WebLogic, Tomcat, Sun, JBoss and JRun, whether running on Unix, Linux, Windows or Solaris, and on all hardware supported by them.
ViewsFlash supports Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL and DB2. ViewsFlash scales horizontally and vertically and is distributable and cluster-ready. It leverages the identity management methods that are available in the application server.
Key features

Newest and notable

  • Visual HTML text editor with spell checker
  • Conditional question hiding and revealing
  • Calculated fields updated in browser

Questionnaire creation

  • Visual designer
  • Grid Wizard creates beautiful sets of multiple questions
  • Matrix Wizard creates attractive sets of Likert scales
  • Standard question types: choose one, choose many, radio buttons, check boxes, drop downs; single and multiple edit fields
  • Advanced question types: elastic text fields, validated fields, multi-column layouts; date, email, numeric fields, and create your own
  • Question libraries for reusing sets of questions
  • Single page polls, multiple page surveys, and branching to and around pages
  • Question numbering and help text
  • Custom branding and look and feel
  • Script language for validation, scoring, calculation, branching
  • Question piping from one page to another
  • Lookup related values in databases, such as profiles
  • Randomize answers and questions
  • Multi-lingual questionnaires, any language
  • Section 508, WCAG level 2 accessibility compliance

Identity management

  • Anonymous respondents with cookies, sessions and captcha
  • Authenticate respondents with J2EE single sign-on, Windows authentication, LDAP, or custom systems
  • Restrict participation using Invite Lists, defined by LDAP queries, database table lookups and CSV files
  • Send e-mail invitations and reminders
  • Role-based application access rights using Single Sign On
  • Grant users and groups authorization to create questionnaires, publish them, review data and analyze data

Data retrieval and analysis

  • Retrieve, filter, browse and sort data in browser and Excel
  • Univariate and 3 way cross tabulation analysis with charts
  • Review partially completed responses
  • Revise already entered data

Integration and deployment

  • Embed in web sites with iframes and JSPs
  • Present as intercept, entry, and exit surveys
  • Users publish questionnaires without IT intervention
  • Reusable architecture
  • Published customization APIs
  • Cluster ready