Survey definition

Question

Hello - I'm trying to map something that is customer survey type of data. I know we have assessments that should be
used for this, unfortunately, assessments don't seem to have an API/webservice so that my source system can pump
it in. Any ideas besides decomposing it into distinct fields for each question/answer?

Answer 1

There is no "Survey" list template within Visual Studio 2012 (or 2013 to my knowledge) so you would need to create this yourself.
Also, this can be create it from the SharePoint UI, then export the site to WSP and then import it in Visual Studio, the below link explains how you can export the site to WSP and import it in VS. http://ahmedmadany.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/importing-sharepoint-solution-package-wsp-into-visual-studio-2010/
As a alternate you can create
survey list using SharePoint client object model. This code user can include anywhere, just copy paste in your visual studio
ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext("siteurl");
clientContext.AuthenticationMode = ClientAuthenticationMode.Default;
clientContext.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("administrator", "password", "raghupc");
Web oweb = clientContext.Web;
ListCreationInformation lci = new ListCreationInformation();
lci.Description = "SurveyTest";
lci.Title = "SurveyTest";
lci.TemplateType = 102;
List newLib = clientContext.Web.Lists.Add(lci);
clientContext.Load(newLib);
clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
Few more link - http://veenstra.xyz/2011/12/07/deploying-a-custom-survey-as-a-list-definition-feature/
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/1b134f40-7111-4b6e-ae25-28501151c891/deploying-custom-survey-as-a-list-definition?forum=sharepointgenerallegacy
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