MAXQDA 2024

In MAXQDA, you activate the codes and documents that you want to work with.

• To retrieve coded segments, you must activate at least one code in the Code Browser and one document in the Document Browser
• Activated documents and codes have a purple dot to the left of their names.

To activate a code:

• Hover your mouse next to the name of the code. An empty circle should appear.
• Click the circle to activate the code. (This also activates any subcodes of that code.) The circle will turn into a purple dot.

Activating documents in the Document Browser works the same way.

In order to use the Retrieved Segments window:

• Activate at least one code and at least one document.
  • Relevant coded segments of the document(s) will appear in the Retrieved Segments window.
    • Activated documents must contain at least one of the activated codes for results to appear in the Retrieved Segments window.

• Click on the side coding stripe symbol to locate the coded text in context in the Document Browser window.

You can retrieve segments based variables as well as codes. In this example, we will look for employed participants under the age of 35.

• Click the purple sheet of paper icon at the top right of the Document System
• Click Activate Documents Based on Variable Values to launch the Activate by Variable window.

• Double click on the variable of interest to move it to the Conditions column.
  • In this example, we want to activate documents by participants under the age of 25 who are employed.

• Choose an operator for the variable value. The default operator is = (equal to).
  • Operators are:
    • = (equal to)
    • < (smaller than)
    • ≤ (smaller than or equal to)
    • > (larger than)
    • ≥ (larger than or equal to)
    • ≠ (unequal)
    •  ⊃ (contains)
      •  ⊃ (contains) can only be used for text variables.
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• Choose the variable value for the operator. 

• Add additional variable conditions with the Boolean operators AND or OR. (AND is the default.)
  • AND means the activated document will satisfy all conditions.
  • OR means it will satisfy at least one condition. 

• Click Activate at the bottom of the window to activate the documents that meet your variable conditions.

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• You can now use the code browser to activate codes in the documents selected by your chosen variables.

Reset activations to clear activated codes and documents.

To reset all activations:

• Go to the Home menu.
• Click Reset Activations.

• Use the export button at the top of the Retrieved Segments window to export retrieved segments as a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, webpage, or Smart Publisher report