For other lists within sharepoint we have an option of
creating our own custom views.
(Settings-CreateView).
However we have no such option in case of Survey. To create
our own custom view in case of survey we can do the following
First get the id of your survey. For this select view source
of the following page
http://servername:12345/Lists/DemoSurvey/overview.aspx
of your survey.
You can get the id of the survey at following line
href=”/_layouts/listfeed.aspx?List=545889cc%2D1be0%2D463d%2Dbaa2%2D6dbec360ba68″
The id of the survey list is – 545889cc%2D1be0%2D463d%2Dbaa2%2D6dbec360ba68
Or
545889cc-1be0-463d-baa2-6dbec360ba68
%2D is equal to -
Now we need the url where in we
will use the above list id for creating custom view
For this create a simple IssueTracking
list or any other list for which we have an option of creating custom view.
Now select setting–>create
view for that newly created list
Copy the url
http://servername:12345/_layouts/ViewType.aspx?List==%7B59C5C613%2D11FB%2D44D8%2DB29E%2DC973006C062A%7D&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fd%2D1246%3A12345%2FLists%2FDemo%2520tasks%2FAllItems%2Easpx
Get this much part of the url
%7B is equal to {
%7D is equal to }
Modify it in the following manner
http://servername:12345/_layouts/ViewType.aspx?List={545889cc%2D1be0%2D463d%2Dbaa2%2D6dbec360ba68}
or
http:// servername:12345:12345/_layouts/ViewType.aspx?List={545889cc-1be0-463d%2Dbaa2-6dbec360ba68}
i.e replace the list id.
Now you should be able to create your own custom views on surveys


Why not just open the survey in SharePoint Designer 2010 and use the views box (top left) to create new views AND delete old views?
1 Open SP Designer and open site.
2 Select Lists and Libraries
3 Select your survey
4 In the views box, click new
5 In the views box, highlight the view you dont want, and press delete.
No need to worry adout GUIDs at all.
Is there a way to edit the view you created ?
I know the activity on this blog post is old, but I thought I’d update in case anyone comes across the blog (as I did) and has the same question you did. I found I could edit the view by using this hyperlink:
http://servername:12345/_layouts/ViewEdit.aspx?List={d23451f4%2D5c17%2D4b58%2Db479%2D2f4df56e4855}&View={AC368947-2B0D-4642-BAAD-8DB914360A09}
You would, of course, be using your own list and view IDs in the curly brackets. Finding the list ID was a bit tricky. I used SharePoint Designer (which you can download from Microsoft for free). I navigated to the view I created and found a line of code that included the view ID after View Name, e.g.,
<View Name=”{AC368947-2B0D-4642-BAAD-8DB914360A09}”
Hi – there’s a MUCH simpler way to achieve the same result!
Go into the survey settings page, then edit the URL from SurvEdit.aspx to ViewNew.aspx
http://yoursharepointsite/_layouts/SurvEdit.aspx?List=SurveyListGUID
needs to become
http://sharepoint.travelcounsellors.com/_layouts/ViewNew.aspx?List=SurveyListGUID
That’s great Neil, thanks.
How do you then go back and edit a View you’ve created?
See the reply I made to GanCW above.
I got the view to create, but I can’t actually visit the page. When I select it from the View dropdown, it loads the Overview page (even though my view shows as selected in the dropdown). Any ideas?
Can anyone answer Burghthing’s question? I’m running into the same issue. The new view just loads the Overview page.
When you create the view click on All Responses, not Standard view or any of the other choices.
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Hi Sal,
Check out this post of mine
http://nishantrana.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/311/
This is one way we achieved it !!
is there any way to export to spreadsheet from this new custom view? I tried it and it continues to export the original view
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