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Homepage Basic Overview

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Qtip: The functionality described on this page is in preview and is not yet available to all users. If you’re interested in enrolling in the Preview Program, fill out this survey. Please note that the features available for enrollment may vary.

About the Homepage

All Qualtrics sessions begin on the homepage – a one-stop shop displaying all your active surveys, workflows, tickets, and more. The homepage can be accessed by opening the navigation menu on any page of the Qualtrics website and selecting Home, or by clicking the XM icon.

Homepage icon within global navigation menu

The homepage consists of items, or cards, that provide a snapshot of the content within your account. From the homepage you can view active notifications and approval requests, view data on survey responses, access Basecamp material, and many other tasks.

Qtip: The homepage is the default landing page for all users. During the preview period, you will be able to switch back to having the Projects page as your default landing page by clicking Switch back. When the preview period ends on October 6th, 2021, you will not be able to switch back.
Homepage preview information bar

Available Homepage Cards

The homepage contains items within two categories: always-shown cards and customizable cards.

Always-shown Cards

These cards come and go and can be dismissed, but they cannot be removed from the homepage entirely.

  • Alerts: Important notifications.
    Homepage notification section
  • Approvals: Email, Survey, and Intercept approval requests.
    Homepage approvals section
  • Qualtrics Learning: Learning material and relevant Basecamp courses to help get the most out of Qualtrics.
    Homepage Qualtrics learning section

Customizable Cards

These cards display summaries about survey, contact, and brand data, and are customizable and cannot be dismissed. The cards that appear on your homepage will depend on which features your user permissions give you access to.

  • Recently Visited Projects: Quick access to projects you’ve visited recently.
    Homepage recently visited projects section

    Qtip: You can also create a new project from this section by clicking Create a new project.
  • Active Surveys: Response metrics for active surveys, and quick links to view survey results or quotas. This section is available to users who have access to view or create surveys.
    Homepage active surveys section
  • Admin: Metrics on active users, unique visitors, and total logins for your license. This section is available to users who are Brand Administrators.
    Homepage admin metric section

    Qtip: The Admin section will only show up for Brand Administrators, not Division Administrators.
  • Workflows Summary: Metrics on the number of active workflows, completed workflows, and failed workflows This section is available to users who have access to Workflows.
    Homepage workflows summary section
  • Tickets Summary: Metrics on your active tickets, your team’s active tickets, tickets open more than 24 hours, new tickets in 24 hours, and average ticket resolution time. This section is available to users who have access to ticketing.
    Homepage tickets summary section
  • Directories: Metrics on number of contacts within your brand, % of users that received a survey invite in the last 30 days, and number of invites sent in the last 30 days. This section is available to users who have access to Directories or Contacts.
    Homepage XMD summary section

Configuring Your Homepage

Your homepage is completely customizable, so you can configure your page with the insights and data that are the most useful to you. Cards can be rearranged, added, or removed from your homepage. Your homepage is customized to you, so your changes do not apply to other users within your brand.

Follow the steps below to customize the cards on your page:

Adding and Removing Items

  1. Click on Configure homepage.
    Configure homepage button
  2. Choose which items you want to display on your homepage by clicking the slider next to each item you want to appear. The homepage will automatically update while you are editing so you can see how your selections affect the page.
    Homepage configuration steps

    Qtip: Enabling a card section will display all individual cards for that section. For example, enabling Active Surveys will display all active surveys within your account.
  3. Items without a slider button cannot be removed from the homepage.
    Qtip: These items can be dismissed when they appear on the homepage, but cannot be removed entirely.
  4. Click Apply changes to save your new layout.
    Qtip: To revert to your previous layout, click Cancel.