View Social Poll Results

After creating a trending or directed social poll, you must start the poll to gather results. You can view poll results as a bar chart or a pie graph.

To view the results of a poll

1.In the Social Polls panel, double-click or double-tap the poll for which to view results.

The Poll Editor panel opens displaying the properties of the selected poll.

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2.In the bottom toolbar, click or tap the Social_Polls_-_Editor_-_Toolbar_Bottom_-_Start_Poll00015.png Start Poll icon.

The Start Poll icon changes to the Social_Polls_-_Editor_-_Toolbar_Bottom_-_Stop_Poll00016.png Stop Poll icon. Also, the Active column in the Social Polls panel changes to Yes. While a poll is active, Inception continually updates the poll results every 20 seconds.

3.In the bottom toolbar, click or tap the Social_Polls_-_Editor_-_Toolbar_Bottom_-_Show_Results.png Show Results icon to view the poll results as a bar graph.

A bar graph of the poll results opens in the Poll Editor panel. Each bar in the bar graph represents an entry in the Poll Entries table.

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4.Click or tap the Show Pie Graph link to view the poll results as a pie graph.

A pie graph of the poll results opens in the Poll Editor panel. Each sector in the pie graph represents an entry in the Poll Entries table.

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5.You can also click or tap the Social_Polls_-_Editor_-_Toolbar_Bottom_-_Show_Editor.png Show Editor icon in the bottom toolbar to return to the poll properties.

The graph link toggles between Show Bar Graph and Show Pie Graph. The show icon Social_Polls_-_Editor_-_Toolbar_Bottom_-_Show_Editor00017.png toggles between Show Editor and Show Results.

6.To stop updating poll results, click or tap the Social_Polls_-_Editor_-_Toolbar_Bottom_-_Stop_Poll00018.png Stop Poll icon in the bottom toolbar.

The Stop Poll icon changes to the Social_Polls_-_Editor_-_Toolbar_Bottom_-_Start_Poll00019.png Start Poll icon. Also, the Active column in the Social Polls panel changes to No.

For More Information on...

connecting to the RSS feed from a poll, refer to the section Connect to Social Poll Results RSS Feed.

editing the properties of a polls, refer to the section Edit a Social Poll.

deleting a poll, refer to the section Delete a Social Poll.