When editing a survey, be sure to check the following to avoid introducing errors.

Adding answer choices

When adding one or more answer choices to an existing question, be sure to check the following:

If logics apply to the question, be sure to adapt them if necessary.

If codes are associated with the question and its answer choices, be sure to associate a code with the new choice(s) created.

If your survey is available in other languages, be sure to translate the newly added content.

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To preserve the integrity of your data, please avoid renaming answer choices and potentially changing their general meaning. In this case, we also recommend that you hide the existing choice and create a new one.

Adding questions

Creating a new question

When creating a new question, please check the following:

Make sure to position the question at the right place

If logics apply to your survey, make sure that the positioning of this new question does not negatively impact it

If your survey is available in other languages, be sure to translate any added content

Duplicating a question

When you duplicate a question, please check the following:

You have correctly renamed the new question

You have positioned the new question in the right place

If a skip logic was applied to the original question, please make sure to adapt this logic in the new question

If codes were assigned to the original question, please modify or delete them in the new question

If dimensions were associated with the original question, please make sure to adapt or delete them in the new question

If embedded data was associated with the original question, please ensure that it is adapted or deleted in the new question

If your survey is available in other languages, be sure to translate the newly added content

Translation

If your survey is translated, please adapt the translation each time you edit or add content.

When adding or editing the content of your survey, active translations are automatically switched off. To reactivate them:

Go to the Survey languages tab

Translate the added/edited content

Re-enable translation

Find out more about translating surveys in this article.

Deleting a question or an answer choice

If you delete a question or answer choice from a survey that has already collected responses, all data associated with the question or choice will be lost.

For answer choices, we recommend hiding the answer choice rather than deleting it. This way, the answer choice will no longer be visible to respondents, but you will retain all associated data.

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