Glossary
Use this glossary when a product term is unfamiliar or two terms sound similar.
Account
Section titled “Account”Your organization’s workspace: surveys, people, settings, branding, and results all live in it.
Audience
Section titled “Audience”A group that can be granted access to released results: viewers, takers, or subscribers. Each audience is released independently.
Businesses tab
Section titled “Businesses tab”The results tab listing invited businesses with their participation status. Admins always see the full table; what released audiences see is configurable, with email and last-activity columns hidden by default.
Career levels
Section titled “Career levels”Optional tiers on a compensation question (e.g. Entry → Mid → Senior) so wages are reported per experience level rather than one range per occupation.
Closed
Section titled “Closed”Survey status: the close date passed and takers can no longer submit. Closed does not mean anyone can see results.
Compensation panel
Section titled “Compensation panel”The question type that collects wage ranges per occupation, the core of a wage and benefits survey.
Compiled
Section titled “Compiled”Survey status: results have been processed and are ready for internal review and release.
Conditional logic
Section titled “Conditional logic”Rules that show or hide a question based on earlier answers (“Show this question when…”).
Confidence label
Section titled “Confidence label”The badge on each result: High confidence (answered at least twice the safe harbor threshold), Low confidence (above threshold but under twice), or Below threshold (withheld from released audiences).
A survey still in the setup wizard. Never visible to takers, and it stays a draft until explicitly launched.
Excluded
Section titled “Excluded”A submitted response an admin flagged to leave out of results without deleting it.
Extend
Section titled “Extend”Moving a running survey’s close date later. The only date change allowed after launch; closed surveys cannot be reopened.
Invitee
Section titled “Invitee”A person added to a survey’s invite list. Once the survey launches, invitees are its survey takers.
Invite-by-link
Section titled “Invite-by-link”A survey mode where adding an invitee sends no email; the admin shares the survey link through their own channels.
Magic link
Section titled “Magic link”A secure, one-time email link that signs a taker into their survey without a password.
Manager
Section titled “Manager”A team member who operates surveys: builds questions, invites takers, monitors progress, and publishes results. Cannot manage team members.
Occupation
Section titled “Occupation”A standardized job classification (based on BLS categories) that compensation questions collect wage data against. Custom roles can be added.
Other (please specify)
Section titled “Other (please specify)”A choice-question option that lets takers type their own answer. The taker chooses whether their text may be shown in released results.
A team member with full access, including team management, branding, and account settings.
Predecessor / linked survey
Section titled “Predecessor / linked survey”The previous edition a survey is connected to. Linking enables pre-filled answers for returning takers and the Trends tab in results.
Release
Section titled “Release”The deliberate action granting an audience access to results. Can happen immediately or be scheduled for a date; separate for viewers, takers, and subscribers.
Response rate
Section titled “Response rate”Submitted responses divided by invitees. The dashboard flags running surveys under 40% and treats 70%+ as healthy.
Restrict results to granted respondents only
Section titled “Restrict results to granted respondents only”A release setting: when on, takers need individual grants to see results even after a taker release.
Revoke
Section titled “Revoke”Turning off a previously released audience’s access. Data is not deleted, and access can be re-released later.
Running
Section titled “Running”Survey status: live within its open/close window. Takers can answer and submit; question editing is locked.
Safe harbor
Section titled “Safe harbor”The privacy rule that withholds any question answered by fewer businesses than the survey’s threshold, so no individual company’s data can be inferred.
Safe harbor threshold
Section titled “Safe harbor threshold”The minimum number of distinct businesses required before a result is shown to released audiences. Chosen at survey creation (5, 10, or 15) and fixed after launch.
Scheduled
Section titled “Scheduled”Survey status: launched with an open date still in the future.
Section
Section titled “Section”A named group of questions; sections form the taker’s navigation through the survey.
Subscriber
Section titled “Subscriber”An external results viewer with a per-survey grant, typically purchased access. Subscribers see only the results they’re granted, in their own portal.
Survey taker
Section titled “Survey taker”A business contact invited to answer a survey.
Template
Section titled “Template”A reusable survey structure (sections and questions) used as a starting point in the wizard. Editing a survey never changes the shared template.
Trends
Section titled “Trends”Year-over-year comparisons on the results page, available when the survey is linked to a predecessor.
Viewer
Section titled “Viewer”A person with read-only access to released results: either the account-level role, or someone added to a specific survey’s viewer audience.
Wizard
Section titled “Wizard”The five-step survey setup flow: Basic info → Template → Customize → Invites → Review & Launch.