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Create a guest link when a recipient needs to view selected study content without signing in. You need Editor or Owner access, and your organization must allow share links. Open Share → Links in the study header.
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Start a new link

Open Links and select New link. Give it a recipient-facing purpose, such as “Agency debrief review.”
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Choose what it contains

Select any combination of Questionnaire, Results, Charts, and Slides. Charts shares one chart folder: choose it in the list under the option. Review the This link shows summary before continuing.
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Set access details

Choose an expiry, switch Allow comments on if the recipient should review slides, and select Create link.
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Copy and test it

Copy the URL and open it in a private browser window to confirm that it exposes the intended material.

Results access levels

Each level includes the information listed above it. When sharing results without charts or a deck, you can limit them to a panel provider and choose whether to display that provider’s respondent IDs and entry-link parameters. These extra parameters come from the participant’s entry URL; they are distinct from study variables. The same visibility setting controls both identifiers and parameters.

What charts and slide decks show

Shared charts and slide decks are drawn from the study’s full questionnaire and results, but sharing them opens no other tab. A link with only a chart folder shows the guest the Charts tab: no questionnaire, no respondent list, no CSV download. Tick Questionnaire or a Results level as well when the guest should see them. Full results always include the full form, so that row is locked while full results are selected. Each shared chart keeps the weighting it has in Charts, so the guest reads the same figures as your team. Deleting the folder deletes its charts and removes the Charts tab from the link.
Saved Meridian review link with Survey form and Responses enabled and its remaining expiry

Review the enabled link, its content permissions, and its remaining expiry.

What a guest can do

The guest opens a page titled Shared with you without creating an account. They see only the tabs enabled on the link, such as Survey form, Tracking, Responses, Charts, or Slides. In Charts, they select a chart from the folder’s list or show them full screen with Present. If comments are enabled, they can comment on included slide decks; internal analysis chat is not shared.
Isolated guest view of the Meridian study without a sign-in requirement

A guest sees only the enabled tabs; this link includes Survey form and Responses.

Update or revoke access

The last Owner cannot be removed or demoted. Assign another Owner first. Only the link creator or an Owner can disable or delete a guest link. An administrator can disable guest links for the entire organization in Workspace settings. That switch immediately makes existing guest links unavailable as well. Open Share → Links and inspect the link card:
  • An Expired label means its expiry must be extended through Edit access.
  • A disabled toggle means the link must be enabled again.
  • A missing card means the link was deleted.
  • A message that link sharing is disabled means an organization administrator must enable it.
Expired, disabled, deleted, and mistyped URLs show the same unavailable page to guests, so make this check from the signed-in study.

Confirm the final access

Open the copied URL in a private window. Check every visible tab, the result depth, any provider restriction, and whether comments are available. After disabling a link, reload that private window and confirm it is unavailable. Keep the link’s purpose and expiry aligned with the review period.

Share a chart folder without participant tabs

A charts-only or slides-only link exposes its selected outputs without opening Questionnaire, the respondent list or response downloads. Include a Results level explicitly when those views are intended. Shared chart folders include their permitted sub-folders and keep chart weighting. Verify the actual recipient view after changing permissions or regenerating a shared folder.