Poll Plus

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The Poll Plus app allows you to create advanced Polls in Rocket.Chat.

To install the Poll Plus app,

  • Go to Administration > Apps > Marketplace

  • Search for the Poll Plus app and click on it

  • Click Install and accept the permissions needed to install it.

If you’ve previously installed the Poll App, you’ll need to uninstall it before setting up Poll Plus.

Quickstart

To create a Poll with Poll Plus,

  • After installing the app, go to the room you want to create the poll and run the /poll slash command

  • Then, click Enter to execute. A pop-up form is triggered for you to create the poll. The form details include the following:

    • Insert your question: The poll question

    • Insert your options: The reply options for the poll

    • Add a choice: Add more reply options for the poll

    • Choice type: Select if the poll will be multiple-choice, single-choice, or template-based

    • Vote visibility: Select if the poll will have an Open, Confidential, or Mixed Visibility vote

    • User-defined options: Allow/disallow the user from adding their options to the poll

    • Word Cloud: Enable/disable the word cloud feature

  • After creating the poll, it is available in the room for the users to vote.

To finish the poll,

  • Select the Kebab menu at the top of the poll.

  • Then, click Finish poll

Configuration settings

The Poll Plus app offers some customization settings on the app settings screen.

  • Go to Administration > Apps > Poll Plus.

  • Select the Settings tab.

  • Update the settings. Then click Save Changes.

Use name attribute

The Poll Plus app allows you to display the voter's identity as their full name or username.

Timezone

Since Rocket.Chat is used globally; everyone may not be comfortable with Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The Poll Plus App allows you to choose which timezone to display the poll finish time. The default value for this setting is the UTC timezone.

Word Cloud API

The word cloud feature uses an API link to fetch word clouds. The free version of Quickchart word cloud API can be used for small servers. Moreover, it is also the default value for this setting. Quickchart comes with the following restrictions:

  • Requires Internet access.

  • Enforces rate-limiting of 60 requests per minute per IP.

In this case, you are hosting your Rocket.Chat on-premise or need more customization than Quickchart, we've open-sourced an internally developed word cloud API. It comes with the following features:

  • No Internet access is required.

  • No rate-limiting.

  • It is free.

If the Wordcloud API endpoint is blank and Word Cloud is enabled on the poll, the poll summary is displayed when the poll is finished.