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DQC Request Was Too Fast

When using surveys on the Decipher platform (also known as Forsta), you may sometimes encounter this message:

"Submission too quick, data not processed"

This is how it looks on Decipher:

DQC Request Too Fast Example

Why this happens​

The Quality Tools script on Decipher runs on every question in the survey until it successfully receives a response from our servers, collecting behavioral and device-level data. This asynchronous approach ensures that no UI or UX elements are blocked, allowing respondents to continue smoothly through the survey. The collected data is sent to our servers to calculate a device score and assess the response quality.

  • The first request may take up to 5 seconds, due to cold starts or caching.
  • Subsequent requests typically complete in less than 1–2 seconds, once the script is warmed up.

If a respondent completes the entire survey before enough data can be collected, the system cannot send a valid request. When this happens, you may see the following message:

"Submission too quick, data not processed"

  • The data is not fully processed or stored on our servers.
  • The response is likely low quality (e.g., from a bot or a "speeder").
  • You should flag or exclude these responses from your final dataset.
  • Return "No Data" for survey history metrics (e.g., manualISQRate), and lastSurveyTaken.
  • Return 0 for quality checks (e.g., brandFamiliarity)

This behavior is specific to surveys run on the Decipher platform and helps maintain high data quality standards.

Below is a representative JSON payload for a response flagged as too fast:

{
  "participantId": "Submission too quick, data not processed",
  "deviceScore": 0,
  "country": "Submission too quick, data not processed",
  "subdivision": "Submission too quick, data not processed",
  "lastSurveyTaken": "No data",
  "isDuplicate": true,
  "surveyId": "Submission too quick, data not processed",
  "averageDeviceScore": 0,
  "lowestDeviceScore": 0,
  "totalSurveys": 0,
  "deviceFailures": [
    "Submission too quick, data not processed"
  ],
  "completionRate": "No data",
  "duplicationRate": "No data",
  "failureRate": "No data",
  "qualificationRate": "No data",
  "manualISQRate": "No data",
  "automatedISQRate": "No data",
  "osqRate": "No data",
  "brandFamiliarity": 0,
  "openEnd": 0,
  "speeding": 0,
  "honeyPot": 0,
  "straightlining": 0,
  "distinctSupplierCount": 0
}