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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
20236Bug reportsUsability/user experiencepublic2025-08-21 13:342025-08-25 17:37
ReporterFakane Assigned To 
PrioritynoneSeverityminor 
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version6.6.x 
Summary20236: Copying or importing a survey incorrectly opens the "Create" tab instead of the expected "Copy" or "Import" tab
Description

Attempting to copy (Surveys list > Survey hamburger menu > Copy) or import (+ menu > Import Survey) opens the survey creation page but incorrectly activates the “Create” tab; proceeding from there actually creates a new survey instead of copying/importing, whereas the “Copy” or “Import” tab should be active (and for copy, the source survey should be preselected).

Steps To Reproduce

Description of steps
Step1:  click on menu survey
Step2:  on a specific survey (say surveyABC), click the hamburger menu and select copy
Step3:  the page with slug /index.php/surveyAdministration/newSurvey#copy opens up
 
Expected results:
In step 3, we expect TAB "Copy" to be displayed
Nice to have > we would also expect surveyABC to be selected in field named "Select survey to copy: "
 
Actual results
Problem at step 3: the TAB "Create" is opened and this is confusing to users because they do not realise that they are in the wrong context (create instead of copy)


The same happen when you select "+ menu" > Import Survey, it selects the create tab instead of the Import tab. 

Thanks for improving the usability of this feature, which could be very useful if properly designed.

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Bug heat16
Complete LimeSurvey version number (& build)6.15.5
I will donate to the project if issue is resolvedNo
BrowserFirefox 142, Chrome 139
Database type & versionmariadb 11.4
Server OS (if known)
Webserver software & version (if known)
PHP Version8.3

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AndreHahn

AndreHahn

2025-08-25 17:37

reporter   ~83317

I am using LimeSurvey Community Edition Version 6.15.8+250825, and I confirm, that it is no longer possible to import surveys or copy existing surveys!

My opinion is, that this is a more severy bug, as you usually rely on existing surveys when setting up new ones, as this speeds up the process dramatically.

Import and copy function of suverys is one on the great features of LS! Please fix it :-)

Thank you very much.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-08-21 13:34 Fakane New Issue
2025-08-21 13:50 guest Bug heat 0 => 6
2025-08-23 16:56 tammo Issue Monitored: tammo
2025-08-23 16:56 tammo Bug heat 6 => 8
2025-08-25 17:33 guest Bug heat 8 => 14
2025-08-25 17:37 AndreHahn Note Added: 83317
2025-08-25 17:37 AndreHahn Bug heat 14 => 16