Get started with data visualization dashboards
Learn the basics of creating static and interactive data visualization dashboards and how to choose the right tool for your needs.
Tips for building dynamic, real-time dashboards in Google Sheets
Learn how to publish data to dynamic Google Sheets dashboards so that it's accessible to stakeholders and colleagues as it is collected.
Work with SurveyCTO data in R using the rsurveycto package
Two SurveyCTO users at The Agency Fund introduce the rsurveycto package for analyzing and visualizing survey data in R.
4 ways to integrate SurveyCTO with Power BI for interactive data visualizations
Explore our new guidance on how you can connect your data to Power BI for robust and up-to-date dashboards and reports.
Faster data downloads and analysis with our Stata command
Explore the SurveyCTO Stata command, which allows you to download form data and media files faster than ever before.
Track YouTube video engagement and link clicks in forms
Get better data on how respondents engage with your forms using two plug-ins designed to improve your mobile data collection. Introducing the YouTube video engagement tracker and the URL link detector plug-ins.
Determining COVID-19’s impact on rural residents in India
Learn about Udyogini's phone surveys conducted to determine the impact of COVID-19 on rural residents in India.
Organize media files quickly with our Stata command
Use Stata and SurveyCTO to manage your media files with ease.
Population Council: WhatsApp, early marriage, and real-time data
The Population Council conducts research to address critical health and development issues around the world. We recently connected with Andrea J. Melnikas about the Council's work in empowering and improving the lives of adolescent girls through her research on child marriage. She is using tools like WhatsApp and Google Sheets for real-time monitoring and collaboration in India, Malawi, Mali, and Niger to determine approaches to delay early marriage.
Dashboards, integrations, and more with OpenFn
We recently caught up with Taylor Downs, founder of OpenFn and co-founder of Vera Solutions, to learn more about how he's helping international organizations harness data for social impact, his recommendations for creating dashboards, and some of the cool automations available to SurveyCTO users.
Hacking Google Sheets for real-time dashboards (9 tricks)
Google Sheets can be a powerful tool for real-time monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning. But how can you optimize your setup to work with data that is streaming in from survey forms or other integrations? How can you turn Google Sheets from a tool designed for static data into one that gracefully handles dynamic, real-time data?
Real-time project monitoring and visualization
SurveyCTO allows you to publish incoming data directly from the server to Google Sheets (formerly known as Google Spreadsheets), so you can create dashboards that present up-to-the-minute summaries of your data. You can then use these dashboards to monitor the progress of your surveys, share real-time results with your team, and more. This post shares a simple example.