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# Survey analytics

> Use the Empuls survey analytics dashboard to read eNPS scores, engagement driver trends, heatmaps, sentiment data, and build action plans from results.

The Empuls survey analytics dashboard gives you a comprehensive, real-time view of employee feedback — from headline eNPS scores and engagement driver breakdowns to sentiment analysis on open-ended responses. This guide shows you how to navigate the dashboard, interpret what you see, and turn insights into action.

<Info>
  You need a **Super Admin**, **Admin**, or **Survey Admin** role to access survey analytics. Results become visible as soon as sufficient responses are collected.
</Info>

## Navigating to the analytics dashboard

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the survey module">
    Go to **Surveys > Pulse & eNPS Surveys** from the left-hand navigation menu.

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    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select a survey">
    Choose any survey that is **completed** or **currently running**. Click on the survey name to open its analytics dashboard.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the time period">
    Use the **date dropdown** at the top of the dashboard to select the time period you want to analyze.

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    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Dashboard sections

### Summary — engagement driver scores

The **Summary** tab displays the average score for each of the four engagement drivers:

* **Recognition and career growth**
* **Relationships and culture**
* **Hygiene factors**
* **Strategic connect**

Each driver score gives you a quick read on where employee sentiment is strongest and where it needs attention. Click **View Trends** to see how driver scores have changed across survey runs over time.

### eNPS scores

The **eNPS** tab shows the distribution of responses across **Detractors**, **Passives**, and **Promoters** for each eNPS question. Color coding indicates performance level:

| Score range | Rating      |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Below 0     | Below par   |
| 0 to +30    | Par         |
| +30 to +50  | Excellent   |
| +50 to +70  | World-class |
| Above +70   | Exceptional |

The tab also shows your score against a cross-industry benchmark line, helping you contextualize your result.

### Engagement drivers detail

The **Engagement Drivers** tab breaks each of the four drivers into their constituent **dimensions** — the specific Likert scale questions that feed into each driver. Click the **expand icon** next to any driver to see its dimensions. Click **View** next to a dimension to see the specific questions and their responses.

Each dimension is categorized as one of: **Weakness**, **At-risk**, **Acceptable**, **Improving**, or **Strength** — based on the score and its trend over the last three survey runs. See [eNPS and pulse surveys](/admin/surveys/enps-pulse) for a full explanation of each category.

### Feedback comparison (heatmap)

The **Feedback Comparison** tab displays a color-coded heatmap that lets you compare scores across different employee groups side by side. Higher scores appear in warmer colors; lower scores in cooler colors.

Use the dropdown to choose the comparison level:

* **NPS & engagement drivers** — high-level comparison
* **NPS, drivers, and dimensions** — mid-level comparison
* **All NPS & Likert questions** — full question-by-question comparison

To compare a specific team or location against a relevant sub-group rather than the whole organization, use **Internal Benchmarking**. The "Org" comparison dropdown filters to only show regions or categories where the selected view has employees — so your site in Asia is compared to Asia-region scores, not global averages.

<Note>
  Groups with fewer than 5 responses display as **"NA"** to protect respondent confidentiality. Groups not mapped to a user group also display as "NA".
</Note>

### Likert scale questions

The **Likert Scale Questions** tab displays every Likert question with its average score and a color-coded response distribution bar. Hover over any bar to see a detailed breakdown of how employees responded across each scale point.

Sort questions using the dropdown:

* **Best to worst** — start with your highest-scoring questions
* **Worst to best** — start with your areas of greatest concern
* **Default sort** — the original question order

Use the **All Engagement Drivers** dropdown to filter and view questions grouped by driver.

### Open-ended feedback and AI summary

The **Open Ended Questions** tab shows all free-text responses to open-ended questions.

**Searching responses**: Type a keyword in the search box to filter responses and locate specific themes quickly.

**AI summary**: For each open-ended question, Empuls generates an AI-powered summary using Natural Language Processing (NLP). The summary includes:

* **Sentiment analysis** — responses are categorized as Positive, Neutral, or Negative. This gives you an instant read on the overall emotional tone without reading every individual response.
* **Insights breakdown by demographics** — filter the AI summary by Department, Designation, or Business Unit to pinpoint whether sentiment differs across groups (for example, whether engineers feel differently about work-life balance than sales teams).
* **Group analysis** — the AI highlights anomalies and contrasts between cohorts. For example, it might flag that one business unit has a 40% lower sentiment score on a specific topic compared to the organizational average.

<Tip>
  Use the AI summary to quickly identify "hotspots" — groups or topics that need immediate attention — and "bright spots" — areas where things are working well enough to replicate elsewhere.
</Tip>

## Filtering and custom views

### Filtering data

Click the **filter icon** to narrow down the dashboard data by:

* Business Unit
* Location
* Cost Center
* Designation
* Department
* Tenure
* Grade

Select your criteria and click **Apply Filter** to update the entire dashboard view.

### Custom views

The custom views dropdown lets you switch between pre-configured views based on access permissions:

* **Everyone** — organization-wide data
* **My Team** — data for your direct reports
* **HRBP View** — data for the business units or regions your HRBP role covers
* **Custom Access View** — any view created and assigned to you

### Managing views

Click **Manage Views** to see all default and custom views. To create a new view:

1. Click **+ Create New View** at the bottom of the panel.
2. Give the view a **name**.
3. Apply the **filters** that define the audience for this view.
4. Click **Create** to save.

## Engagement trends

The **trends chart** plots eNPS values (on the Y-axis) across the last six survey runs, alongside a confidence range and the industry benchmark line (shown in green). This helps you answer questions like:

* Is engagement improving, declining, or holding steady?
* Are we above or below the industry benchmark?
* Did a specific organizational change correlate with a shift in scores?

The **Engagement Drivers Trends** chart plots all four driver trendlines on the same X-axis, enabling you to see which drivers are correlated with changes in eNPS over time.

## Downloading survey reports

Click the **download icon** at the top of the dashboard to export the full survey report. The downloaded report includes all scores, distributions, and open-ended responses.

## Adoption summary

Click **Adoption Summary** to view the response rate across user groups. The graph uses color coding to show:

* **Completed** — employees who finished the survey
* **Partial response** — employees who started but didn't finish
* **No response** — employees who did not open the survey

Use adoption data to identify groups with low response rates and follow up with targeted reminders.

## Sharing results with stakeholders

To share survey highlights with leadership or HR business partners:

* Download the full PDF or CSV report using the **download icon**
* Share a filtered custom view by creating a view scoped to the relevant department or business unit, then sharing the link
* Export individual sections (such as the engagement driver breakdown) directly from the relevant tab

## FAQs

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="When do results appear in the dashboard?">
    Results appear in real time as responses come in. A minimum of 5 responses is required for a data point to display — groups with fewer responses show as "NA".
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I filter survey results by department or location?">
    Yes. Use the filter icon at the top of the dashboard and select the criteria you want. The entire dashboard updates to reflect the filtered view.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="How often should I review survey analytics?">
    Review results after every completed survey run, and track trends quarterly to identify meaningful patterns. For recurring surveys, check the adoption summary mid-run to send reminders to non-respondents.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I compare results across different survey runs?">
    Yes. Use the date selector to navigate between runs, and the trends charts to overlay multiple runs on a single timeline.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Who can see survey analytics?">
    Access is controlled by role. Super Admins and Survey Admins see organization-wide data. HRBP views are scoped to specific business units. Custom views can be configured for specific managers or stakeholders.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="eNPS and pulse surveys" icon="chart-line" href="/admin/surveys/enps-pulse">
    Understand how scores are calculated and what engagement drivers mean.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create surveys" icon="plus" href="/admin/surveys/create-surveys">
    Full guide to building and sending surveys.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Lifecycle surveys" icon="arrows-spin" href="/admin/surveys/lifecycle-surveys">
    Configure milestone-triggered surveys for onboarding, exit, and more.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
