This article covers how to add questions to a survey during the survey creation process. Questions must be created as part of creating a survey, but you can also add or edit questions later.
Once a survey has been created, Step 2 is to add questions. Click Add New Field. (If a question you want to ask is already captured on another survey or note form, you can use Add Existing Field, to copy that field to this form. The steps are covered at the end of this article.)
Survey questions can have several types of input, such as description, multiple choice, number, etc. For example, if the field asks for a date, the input format will be mm/dd/yyyy. More information about field types can be found in the Compyle Field Type Dictionary.
As an example, the question “How many training sessions did you attend this month?” should have a Number answer. You can also choose whether the question is active, whether it is displayed or hidden, whether an answer is required, how the number is formatted, and if number values can be included in calculations.
Each question has buttons at the lower right which can be used to preview, delete, or cancel editing the question. More questions can be added via the Add New Field button.
The next question in this example is “How much did your activity level change this month?” This question will require a single answer from a list of answers, so the format can either be Single Choice (Radio Buttons), Single Choice (Dropdown), or Single Choice (Likert Scale).
The list of answers is entered just below the question, in the Answer Choice fields. Start with the first answer, click Add New Option, and continue with the rest of the choices. In this example, a Likert Scale field is used, which automatically includes numeric values for each field option. For radio button and dropdown fields, there will be an option to "Enable numerical values for options" in the field properties. For numeric fields and option fields with numeric values, you can choose "Include in Calculations" if these fields will be part of a formula.
To see how the field will look on the form, you can use the Preview button. Then select << to return.
The next question, “Which parts of the program did you participate in?” can have multiple choices from the list of answers. So the format can either be Multiple Choice (Check Boxes) or Multiple Choice (Multiselect). The list of answers in this example includes several activities, as well as “Other”, which allows users to type in their own answer.
The last question in this example is “Please list any suggestions for program improvements.” The format in this case could be Paragraph (multi-line entry) or Short Answer (single line entry). You can limit how long responses can be using the Limit Word Count options.
If you already have questions set up for previous surveys, you can reuse them. To search for an existing question, click Add Existing Field
Enter a search term, and if any questions that you’d like to add are found, just click the name of the existing field to add that question to the form. You can edit the question wording and answer options.
When you have instructions or other information to share with the person completing the form, you can add a Description field. You can communicate with a combination of rich text, images, and links.
If there are many questions on the form or several different topics, you can add more sections to the form to organize information and make the form easier for users to completed.
When your questions are complete, click Next at the lower right, to proceed to the Adding Responders step.
