To begin, link yourself to your survey. You link your account to your survey by an authentication code sent to you from the Census Bureau. Once you have this code, click on the “Add Authentication Code” button under “My Surveys.” Enter and submit your unique 12-digit code.
After submitting your authentication code, a survey “card” will appear under “My Surveys.” This “card” will contain the following:
Each unique authentication code can only be used one time. If others in your company need access to your survey, please refer to the “How Do I Share Survey Access?” section.
The Census Bureau will mail separate, unique authentication codes for different surveys. Each code can be entered and a separate survey “card” will appear under “My Surveys.”
Under “My Surveys” click on the “Add Authentication Code” button. Enter and submit your unique 12-digit code.
Each unique authentication code can only be used one time. If others in your company need access to your survey, please refer to the “How Do I Share Survey Access?” section.
If you are attempting to add an authentication code and receive an error message stating “Authentication Code already used” then someone in your company has already linked themselves to the survey.
The Census Bureau may not be able to identify this person for you. You can try to identify the account owner who originally used the authentication code and ask them to share access to the survey with you. Refer to the “How Do I Share Survey Access?” section to learn more.
If you cannot identify the account owner who originally used the authentication code, then you will need to contact the Census Bureau. Refer to your letter for the appropriate telephone number to call.
If you are not the appropriate person to complete this survey, and have not yet entered the authentication code found in your letter, please forward the letter to the appropriate person in your company.
If you have already entered the authentication code, you have two options:
1. Share survey access with the appropriate person in your company. Please refer to the “How Do I Share Survey Access?” section to learn more.
2. Have the appropriate person call the Census Bureau to request a new authentication code. Refer to the letter for the appropriate telephone number to call.
If the Census Bureau has recently mailed you a letter containing a user ID and password, you will need to follow the directions found in that letter. This system is only compatible with surveys that are using authentication codes. All of our economic surveys will eventually migrate to using authentication codes, but for the time being two separate systems exist.
If you have not done so already, link yourself to your survey. You link your account to your survey by an authentication code sent to you from the Census Bureau. Once you have this code, click on the “Add Authentication Code” button under “My Surveys.”
When you have linked your account using an authentication code the survey “card” will appear under “My Surveys.” You can click on “Report Now” to access your electronic reporting instrument where you can begin entering data, or print the questions/instructions (PDF document) found on the main menu that can be used as a guide prior to reporting.
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You cannot update your email address, but you can update your name and/or phone number by following these steps:
Your personal Census Bureau account should not be shared with others in your company. Each individual should create their own account. The survey authentication code can only be used to link one individual to the survey, though if you are linked to this survey you can share your survey access with others – see “How can others in my company help me complete this survey?”
The first option for others to help you complete this survey is by sharing access. Sharing access gives each person the same privileges – each can view and overwrite survey data, submit the survey, request an extension, share access with additional people, and remove others (including you) from this survey. If you would like to share access to this survey, follow these steps:
A second option for others to help you complete this survey is to print and provide the questions to others. To print, enter the reporting instrument via the “Report Now” button and print the questions/instructions (PDF document) found on the main menu (or reporting dashboard). As the account holder, you will need to gather and compile paper input before submitting the data through the electronic reporting instrument accessed through “Report Now.”
A third option, currently limited to the Report of Organization and Annual Survey of Manufactures, is to download an Excel spreadsheet that can be distributed, updated, and then uploaded into the electronic reporting instrument.
The only way to view the reporting progress for those who share survey access is to click the “Report Now” button and view the reporting status in the electronic reporting instrument.
NOTE: If you are the only delegate listed for the survey you will not be able to delete yourself. Someone else would need to be added as a delegate before your name can be deleted.
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