Basic Flow of Online Survey System

We will explain the main screens and the flow of the online survey system.

1. Initial access screen

  • ●Send the e-questionnaire opened with the browser (HTML format)
    When you download the e-questionnaire (HTML format) from Online Survey system, it will be opened in HTML format on the browser screen.
    When you complete the e-questionnaire and click "Send answer data" button, answer data will be sent to Online Survey system using the communication feature of the browser.
    If you click "Send answer data" button, the e-questionnaire screen will be closed and the [Acceptance status of questionnaire answers screen] will be displayed.
  • [Send the e-questionnaire opened with the browser (HTML format)]
  • E-questionnaire screen (HTML)


  • This is a screen for e-questionnaires (files in EXCEL format) containing questions to to be answered.
    The downloaded e-questionnaire will be opened with Microsoft Office Excel.
    When you have completed the e-questionnaire, click "Send answers" button.
    Depending on the surveys, there are e-questionnaires whose data can be saved in XML format on you computer.

    * When saving the e-questionnaire in EXCEL format to the computer, please change its file name easy to understand.
  • [E-questionnaire screen (EXCEL format)]
  • E-questionnaire screen (EXCEL format)


  • ●Send the e-questionnaire opened with Excel (EXCEL format)
    When you are busy or it takes time to answer, you can save the e-questionnaire on your PC temporarily and enter it later.
    When you open the e-questionnaire saved on your PC, it will be opened in EXCEL format with Microsoft Office Excel.
    * When saving the EXCEL file to the computer, please change its file name easy to understand.
  • [E-questionnaire opened with Microsoft Office Excel]
  • E-questionnaire screen 3 (EXCEL)


  • When you complete the e-questionnaire and click "Send answers" button, the Confirm login details screen is displayed first.
    In the three pieces of login information (Government statistics code, Survey target ID, Password),
    ・Government statistics code
    ・Survey target ID
    have been displayed on the screen (which cannot be changed), please check them.
    * If you are sharing a computer with others, it may be different from your own e-questionnaire.
    If your login details are correct, enter the password and click "OK" button.
  • [Confirm login details screen]
  • Confirm login details screen


  • If you have set [Register contact details screen], "Acceptance status of questionnaire answer" will be sent to the email address you registered.

  • ●Send the answers of the multiple questionnaires in a batch
    If you need to answer multiple Excel format e-questionnaires in a batch, the procedure is as follows.
    ①Log in to Online Survey, display List of questionnaires and click "Send survey answer files in a batch" link, then "Send survey answer files in a batch screen" will be displayed.
    ②Select the answer data(XML format, CSV format, JSON format or ZIP format file)that you created and click "Batch transmission".
    ③The "Acceptance status of batch registration" will be sent to the email address you registered in contact details.

  • This is a screen to confirm the acceptance status of answer data that has been sent.
    If you set the email address in "Register contact details" screen, the "Acceptance status of questionnaire answers" email will be sent to the address. You can also check it by email.
    If you are supposed to answer multiple e-questionnaires and want to continue, you can click "List of questionnaires." If you want to end answering, you can click "Logout."
    If you click "List of questionnaires" button, the [List of questionnaires screen (After acceptance)] will be displayed.
    You may be asked for questionnaires in some statistical surveys, please click "Answer questionnaire" button to answer it.

    * If you open the e-questionnaire in Excel format with Microsoft Office Excel instead of using the browser, then when you send the answer data, the "Acceptance status of questionnaire answers screen" will not be displayed.
    If you want to check the acceptance status, please log in again and check it on [List of questionnaires screen (After acceptance)]. Please click here for more details.
  • [Acceptance status of questionnaire answers screen]
  • Acceptance status of questionnaire answers screen

  • The List of questionnaires screen will be displayed after answer data have been accepted. If the answer data was accepted normally, the status and the answer date and time will be displayed.