Migration FAQ for Online Surveys Admins

Despite the technical challenge, Jisc’s initial intention was to migrate survey data. Every effort was made, but the value of a full migration became disproportionate to the time and cost of the continued effort. A full migration would also have meant constraints for developing Online Surveys v3. To ensure Online Surveys can continue to develop to support the education sector and bring value to other sectors for many years to come, Jisc felt that – on balance – it was more important to ensure we can continue to offer Online Surveys at a price that is welcome in the sector, to be able to release the new version this year, and to ensure that we aren’t limited when developing the application. 

Jisc consulted with users about survey data migration via an open invitation on the Online Surveys v2 Dashboard in 2022. We understood from the information gathered that, for some users, the ability to retain survey data for long periods of time was important. We also understood that, where a data migration could not occur, a reasonable period of notice should be given to users to ensure there is time for users to save any data that needs to be retained. This is why, in this circumstance where a data migration wasn’t feasible, we provided six months’ notice to users.