Add and manage section and question

After creating a survey, authors can add sections and questions and manage them if required.

Note: You can share surveys only after adding a question.

Add section and question

After creating a survey, you are directed to the survey edit page, where you can add multiple sections to it and multiple questions to each section.

You can also add them by performing the following actions:

Navigate to Survey on the left pane.

  1. Scroll down to the All Surveys field and click View All on the right.

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  2.   Go to the General tab, and then select a survey where you want to add sections and questions.

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  3.   In the Questionnaire tab, click Add Section Title.

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  3.   Type the section title and description and click SAVE.

  4.   Click ADD QUESTION and select a question type.

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  5.   Type the question and description and click SAVE.

Based on your requirements, you can

  • Add multiple sections and multiple questions in each section.
  • Choose single and multiple selections in the multiple-choice question type.
  • Type the choices or choose scale type in the multiple choice and matrix question types.
  • Edit, delete, and rearrange the choices.
  • Randomize the choices between the respondents.
  • Enable a follow-up text question.
  • Make the question mandatory.
  • Set the maximum character limit for the text question type.
  • Add rows and columns and randomize rows in the matrix question type.

Learn more about the question types in the Glossary in Survey.

You can add multiple sections to a survey.

Click +ADD SECTION to add another section.

Manage section and question

After adding sections and questions to a survey, you can manage them.

In each section, perform the following action as required:

  • Click the Overflow Overflow Menu-Nov-20-2023-05-10-31-0841-AM Menu and select Reorder Sections.
  • Click the Edit edit grey-3 Icon to edit the section.

Note:

  • You can view the overflow menu at the top right of a section only after adding another section. This means you cannot delete or reorder a section unless you add another section.
  •  After sharing a survey, you cannot change the question type and delete the section.

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  • Hover over each question and click the Edit edit grey-3Copy copy-1Delete Delete Grey, or Six Dot Six dot icon-1 icons as required.

Note: After sharing a survey, you can edit the options in a question, add new ones, or hide them. However, you can only delete newly added options, not existing ones.

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Note: After sharing a survey, you cannot

  • Delete the sections
  • Delete the questions
  • Change the question type

You can only hide the questions, which affect the collected responses.

If respondents have already submitted their responses and you edit the assignment, their responses will not generate for the edited questions. You must remove respondents and add them to make the updated assignment available to them.

After adding sections and questions to a survey, you can