Illume is sophisticated commercial survey software that features an intuitive interface requiring no programming experience. It can host complex surveys and forms with advanced logic and validation on DatStat's secure servers. Surveys are built in the Windows-based Survey Manager and taken online via a web-based site that can be accessed from any device. Key features include accuracy checks, ease of use, scalability, flexibility, multimedia capabilities, and project management tools. Optional modules provide remote data collection, multilingual support, data changes, and an SDK for custom integration.

1. DatStat Illume™ - in detail
Illume™ software is sophisticated commercial, off-the-shelf software with powerful capabilities,
yet it features an easy, intuitive user interface. No programming experience is required and
DatStat can host your surveys, forms, and data on our secure servers. (We do offer a clienthosted option, along with an SDK/API, for those seeking additional capabilities and control.)
Illume is perfect for highly complex forms of any length, with advanced logic patterns and
sophisticated error-checking and validation.
Surveys and forms are built in the Illume Survey Manager, a Windows-based program that can
be installed on multiple PC’s at your organization. Everything else, including the entire
respondent experience, takes place online. The web-based site for viewing, reporting and
downloading data can be accessed from almost any device with an internet connection.
Key Features
Accuracy
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Data checking
Logic checking
Validations
Ease of use
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Mobile-optimized layouts
No programming
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Online and telephone
support
Scalability
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Unlimited capacity
Upgrade/downgrade modules
On-staff DatStat project assistance
Flexibility
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ACASI-ready
Multi-mode surveys
Multilingual data collection
Multimedia
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Video embeds
Graphic/image embeds
Chart/graph embeds
Project/Staff management
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Data repository
Data import/export
Roles and permissions

2. DatStat Illume™ - Modules
Illume features open architecture that streamlines the research process through full integration
with DatStat companion software or external products. The flexibility and power of Illume™ is
enhanced with the following modules:
Included with the Illume License
Data Import
Quota Module
Import your legacy data from other systems
into DatStat Illume. Data Import also
facilitates data recoding/modifications and
removal of variables or submissions.
Set your own criteria – including multiple
considerations – to control the number of
participants who are allowed to take a
survey.
Add-on Modules
Remote Data Collection (RDC)
Allows interviewers (CAPI) and respondents (CASI) to enter survey data on mobile computers
even without an Internet connection. Illume’s server synchronization process will securely
transfer all data back to the server once the mobile computer is back online. Microsoft
Windows required.
Multilingual Module
Present your survey in up to 100 different languages, while maintaining all responses in a single
dataset. Illume supports any left-to-right language and is designed to work with third-party
translation vendors or your own in-house translators. You can launch a single survey – allowing
participants to choose a language – or create multiple, single-language surveys.
Data Change
Study and clinical staff can quickly and easily change survey and form data without the need for
an export and re-import. This saves time and money on data cleanup for newly collected data.
It also assists with updating of existing data for better quality and consistency over time.
Software Development Kit (SDK)
If your organization has robust IT infrastructure, then the SDK will allow your developers to
leverage the Illume API for easy integration into existing data infrastructure. The SDK provides
programmatic access to the Illume™ application and database, enabling a broad range of
custom capabilities between the survey data in Illume™ and other systems in your
organization’s environment.
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