Community research

Last updated 16 October 2026

Analyse a whole online community study in one place, with every response linked to the participant who gave it and the activity it answers. Bring your data in from the platform you ran the study on, then search, tag and clip it like any interview.

What you can do

  • Import a Field Notes, Recollective or Sicché study in a few clicks.
  • Load any other study from a ready-made Excel template.
  • Set up a study by hand and add each participant's responses yourself.
  • Check every import in a preview before anything is saved.
  • Compare answers to the same activity across all your participants.

How it works

Option 1: Enter data manually

Type your participants and activities, and Quallie.Ai builds the study for you. Then add each participant's responses on their page.

  1. Go to Participants, select Upload and choose Community data.
  2. Choose Enter manually.
  3. Type the Participant names and Activity names, then select Create study.
Option 1: Enter data manually

Option 2: Import from the Excel template

If your data is already prepared, the template is the fastest and most reliable route. Responses can be written text or links to recorded video.

  1. Go to Participants, select Upload and choose Community data.
  2. Choose Excel / spreadsheet and select Download template.
  3. Fill it in, upload it, check the preview and select Import.
Option 2: Import from the Excel template

Option 3: Upload a Field Notes export

Field Notes exports a file made for Quallie.Ai, so a finished study comes across in one upload.

  1. In Field Notes, select Export data for Quallie.Ai.
  2. In Quallie.Ai, go to Participants, select Upload, choose Community data and then Field Notes.
  3. Upload the file, check the preview and select Import.
Option 3: Upload a Field Notes export

Option 4: Import from Recollective

Bring in a Recollective study with its activity spreadsheets and, if you want them, its videos and photos. Drop in a folder, a zip or individual files, and Quallie.Ai shows what it found before you import.

Option 4: Import from Recollective

Option 5: Upload a Sicché export

Export your community from Sicché as JSON and upload it under Sicché. Participants, tasks, answers and media all come across into the project.

Option 5: Upload a Sicché export