Data Migration UX & Quality Assessment

Welcome to the Data Migration Feedback Survey. We're conducting this research to understand your recent migration experience—specifically around guidance clarity, process control, and data integrity. Your responses will help us identify concrete improvements. This survey takes approximately 8–10 minutes. Participation is entirely voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers—we're interested in your honest opinions. All responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate. Please click 'Next' to begin.

When did your most recent data migration begin?

• Within the last 30 days
• 31–90 days ago
• 3–6 months ago
• More than 6 months ago

Overall, how clear were the migration steps and prerequisites?

Which controls did you use during the migration? Select all that apply.

• Preflight checks or dry-run
• Pause/resume controls
• Selective (subset) migration
• Scheduling or maintenance window
• Rollback/undo capability
• Throttling or rate limiting
• Progress indicator with ETA
• Commit/confirmation step
• None of the above

How confident are you that the migrated data is complete and accurate?

We'd like to understand a bit more about the challenges you faced during migration. An AI moderator will ask a couple of brief follow-up questions based on your experience.

Which best describes your role?

• Individual contributor (e.g., engineer, analyst)
• Team lead or manager
• Architect
• Administrator/DevOps
• Project/Program manager
• Executive/Director
• Consultant/Partner
• Other (please specify)

Thank you for completing this survey. Your feedback will directly inform improvements to future migration processes and tooling. If you have any questions about this research, please contact us at the email provided in your invitation.

Which type of migration did you perform most recently? Select all that apply.

• Version upgrade within the same product
• On-premises to cloud (same vendor)
• Cloud to on-premises (same vendor)
• Cloud region/tenant move
• Vendor-to-vendor switch
• Workspace/project import
• Data-only migration
• Configuration-only migration
• Other (please specify)

The prerequisites for migration were clearly documented.

To what extent did you feel in control of the migration process?

Which validation methods did you use? Select all that apply.

• Pre-migration data profiling
• Row/record counts before vs. after
• Checksums or hash comparisons
• Field-level spot checks
• Automated test suite
• Dual-run/parallel comparison
• User acceptance testing
• Post-cutover monitoring alerts
• None of the above

Based on your responses in this survey, what single improvement would most enhance your migration experience—whether related to guidance, control, or data quality?

How many years of experience do you have with data or system migrations?

• Less than 1 year
• 1–3 years
• 4–6 years
• 7–10 years
• More than 10 years

Approximately how much data did you migrate?

• Under 10 GB
• 10–99 GB
• 100–999 GB
• 1–9 TB
• 10 TB or more
• Not sure

Step-by-step migration instructions were easy to follow.

Approximately how many person-hours did your team spend actively working on this migration?

• Under 4 hours
• 4–8 hours
• 9–24 hours
• 25–80 hours
• 81–200 hours
• More than 200 hours
• Not sure

Which best describes any data issues discovered after cutover?

• No issues detected
• Minor issues resolved quickly
• Several issues needing follow-up fixes
• Severe issues requiring rollback or major rework

How many employees does your organization have?

• 1–49
• 50–249
• 250–999
• 1,000–4,999
• 5,000–19,999
• 20,000 or more

What was the overall outcome of that migration?

• Completed successfully
• Completed with minor issues
• Completed with major issues
• Partially completed
• Did not complete

Error messages and warnings during migration were helpful and actionable.

Rank the following migration phases by how much effort they required from your team (most effort first).

1. Planning and preparation
2. Environment setup and configuration
3. Data extraction and transformation
4. Data loading and migration execution
5. Validation and testing
6. Post-cutover monitoring and fixes

Which industry best describes your organization?

• Technology
• Financial services
• Healthcare/Life sciences
• Retail/Consumer
• Manufacturing
• Media/Entertainment
• Education
• Government/Public sector
• Other (please specify)

Expected outcomes for each migration step were clearly communicated in advance.

In which region is your organization primarily based?

• North America
• Latin America
• Europe
• Middle East
• Africa
• Asia
• Oceania

Rank the guidance sources you used by how helpful they were (most helpful first).

1. Official documentation
2. In-product tips/tooltips
3. Setup wizard guidance
4. Community posts/answers
5. Vendor support engineer
6. Video tutorials/webinars