# Industrial Automation - User Terminology Survey (UX research)

**URL:** <https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759>\
**Category:** B&R Software & Runtime\
**Tags:** user-experience, survey\
**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759 "2024-11-04T08:13:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![dzenis.mrkonjic](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/dzenis.mrkonjic/32/4273_2.png) [@dzenis.mrkonjic](https://community.br-automation.com/u/dzenis.mrkonjic)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759/1 "2024-11-04T08:13:25Z")

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In our pursuit to create a better coding experience for automation engineers, we’ve noticed that some terms and expressions are used interchangeably to describe different concepts, while other times a single term can refer to multiple things. To address these inconsistencies your help is needed!

I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete this survey. Your input will help us understand why these discrepancies exist and guide us in unifying and defining terminology in a more logical, cohesive, and scalable way.

➡[\>\>Survey link\<\<](https://forms.office.com/e/NfzTf5uGNi)

Thank you for your time and valuable insights!

_If you have any additional questions or suggestions please feel free to ask or reach out directly._

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**Author:** ![JulianL](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/julianl/32/9482_2.png) [@JulianL](https://community.br-automation.com/u/JulianL)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759/2 "2024-11-04T08:38:31Z")

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Not sure if it’s just me, but I have no access to this form.

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**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759/3 "2024-11-05T08:21:16Z")

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**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759/4 "2024-11-05T10:03:37Z")

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**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759/5 "2024-11-05T10:03:58Z")

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**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759/6 "2024-11-05T10:05:30Z")

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The link has been updated, so everyone can now access the survey. This is also a reminder to others: if you would like to run your own survey, make sure that all community members can access it. If you have any doubts or questions, feel free to contact me, and I will help you

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**Author:** ![hubert.brunner](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/hubert.brunner/32/69_2.png) [@hubert.brunner](https://community.br-automation.com/u/hubert.brunner)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759/7 "2024-11-12T10:35:28Z")

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I filled out the survey today. There are a lot of tricky questions and considerations that you have to understand first. Everyone uses the same terms with different meanings, so it’s obvious that team-oriented project work is tricky from the start when it comes to communication. As a solution, I can imagine a workspace that is self-explanatory and using terms that are known and have the same meaning throughout the community is a far-reaching but worthwhile goal.  
It’s worth spending 15 minutes on it.

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**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/industrial-automation-user-terminology-survey-ux-research/4759/8 "2024-12-06T06:24:36Z")

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Hi Dzenis, can you share with us summary of your survey?