All of the Webform input components provide a basic analysis of input received. This is a handy feature that gives us a quick analytical overview of the content of submissions received thus far. Expressed differently, we have access to summarized metadata based upon the inputs and selections of the submissions in our database.
To see what the built-in analysis of the submitted data reveals, we need to navigate to our forms, Results tab and then click on the Analysis sub-tab.
As we have come to expect, the analyzed component data is shown in the same sequence as our Webform renders the components. The type of analysis on a particular component is driven by the type of data the component stores.
Select option component types, such as our Title field, will list all of the available options in conjunction with a count of the number of times each option has been selected among all of the submissions received to date.
Text input components, such as our textfield component First name and our textarea component Synopsis, will show us how many submissions have left this field blank, how many have included a value for the component, and finally, an average word count calculated from the submissions where the submitted value is not blank.