Closed-ended questions can also take the form of Allocation questions. This specific question type provides respondents with a range of options to which they can assign value, totaling up to 100. The GroupSolver Allocation Answers report allows you to see what values were allocated to specific answers among the audience, offering you a clearer understanding of what may be more important to the crowd.

To open an Allocation Answers report, navigate to the top of your Study design and click "Reports." This will open an overlay with all reports that have already been created within the study. Click the Allocation question you would like to analyze and select "Allocation Answers."

The steps above will open the report that was automatically generated and includes all segments. If you want to create a new report with the specific segments, click on the question you want to analyze and click "Add new."
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​Note: Refer to the Building Segments article in our Help Center for more information.

The Choice Answers report is visualized in a bar graph or donut chart format. By default, the bar graph will appear, with each graph column identified with a letter. This letter corresponds to a particular answer choice, which can be located by hovering over the column or by looking at the Table below the graph.

You'll notice three things when hovering over a bar—the letter, the answer, and the average score.
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​Note: The average is calculated by the total, being 100, divided by the number of answers that are available for respondents to choose from and how much each respondent allocated to them.
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There are two ways to sort the chart.

The first is to click on the two arrows above the chart. This will open the sorting options. Here you can add or remove various sorting options.

The second is to click the column label in the chart table. The example below shows that the data is sorted by the Letter in ascending order.

To filter your data, click on the filter icon above your chart. This will open up the filtering options. To add a new filter, click "Add filter" in the top-right corner of the drop-down menu.

If you want to view the answers to only a specific demographic, click on "Data" above the chart. This will open a drop-down where you can manage the segments.

If you want to add a new segment, click "Add segment." You can change the order of your segments by dragging and dropping them in the new location. To remove a segment, click the down-facing arrow and select "Remove."

Note: Learn more about managing segments in our Building Segments article.

There are various settings in the Chart Options:

To exclude answers from the chart, click the crossed-out eye and select each answer you want to hide on the chart.

Similar to other reports and visualizations, you may change the report to your liking, then, to export the data, click the “download” icon at the top. Press “Table to clipboard” if you want to paste the data into a spreadsheet. Press “Print slide” if you want to print an image of the chart and data as is.

You can delete the chart and all its saved options by clicking on the Bin icon.
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