Executing Tasks as Other User

Note: The Execute as Other User functionality is only available to On-premise customers who have their own technical support team.

An “Execute As other user” option is available in the following user interfaces:

• Survey Data (Exports/Imports).
• Data Processing Rules (for Surveys).
• Respondent (Export/Upload).

The “Execute As other user” option allows you to select a different user from the company to which the project belongs. If PGP is enabled (go to Public Encryption Key for more information), it will use the public encryption key of this selected user for the above export and import tasks. The option is available for users who have the “SYSTEM_ACCOUNT_READ” and “SYSTEM_PROJECT_DATA_EXPORT_ADMIN” permissions enabled in addition to the permissions which are required for running the tasks above.

In Survey Data > Exports and Data Processing Rules, an additional check box “Encrypt File” is available, and will be set depending on the company settings of the selected user.

• If the “Always use encrypted file transfer” company setting is assigned to the selected user, the “Encrypt File” checkbox will be checked and cannot be changed by the user.
• If the “Always use FTP for file transfer” company setting is assigned to the selected user, the “File transfer” option changes to FTP and cannot be changed by the user.

In addition, the recipient email address will change to the email address of the selected user. This email address can be overwritten if required.