How to Archive a Demographic
The Demographics feature in Vamp lets teams create and manage demographic options for interview guides and respondent data.
Archiving a demographic removes it from available options when creating or editing Guides, helping keep your demographic list organized without permanently deleting data. You can also unarchive a demographic to restore it for use.
This article will guide you through archiving and unarchiving a demographic and explain key behaviors related to archived demographics.
Only Managers, Administrators, and Team Owners may manage demographics.
Choose a Demographic to Archive
First, go to the Team page in the navigation menu.
Next, select the Demographics tab to view existing demographic options.
The Demographics tab displays a list of all available demographics.
In the Demographics tab, use the Search bar to locate the specific demographic you wish to archive by name.
Alternatively, you can also use the Date Created drop-down menu to sort demographics by "Name" (A-Z or Z-A) or by "Date Created" (newest first or oldest first).
This makes it easier to find the demographic you wish to archive, especially if your list is long.
Archive a Demographic
Once you have identified the demographic you want to archive, hover your mouse pointer over the More options icon (three vertical dots) to its right, then click Archive.
Default demographics cannot be edited or deleted; only duplicated or archived.
Archiving a demographic means it will no longer be an available option when creating or editing a Guide. However, it may still appear in Guide detail pages and interview data exports.
An archived demographic question will continue to be shown to respondents if it has already been selected for a Guide. To stop collecting that demographic for a Guide, edit the Guide and deselect it. For detailed instructions, see How to Edit a Guide.
Unarchive a Demographic
To unarchive a demographic, in the Demographics tab, toggle the Show Archive button.
This will make visible demographics that have already been archived.
Archived demographics will appear with an Archived label.
Once you have identified the demographic you want to unarchive, hover your mouse pointer over the More options icon (three vertical dots) to its right, then click Unarchive.
That demographic will then appear as active (unarchived) in the list.
This process helps keep your demographic options relevant and manageable while presering historical data integrity.