Edit a survey's questions using the Actions button next to the question

You can quickly perform multiple actions by using the “Actions” button that appears next to each question in a survey:

This page will walk you through how to edit using the Actions button.

May 2024 update: Screenshots show an Edit button but this has been changed to an Actions button next to each eligible question

Watch the walkthrough

https://www.loom.com/share/711e310dd09042658518e74bf8657419

Steps

  1. Go to the survey’s profile page

  2. Select Actions next to a question. (in the right-hand side)

 

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  1. Press Edit next to the question you wish to edit

 

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  1. A popup appears that lets you edit the question

    1. The Outcome field shows the outcome that the question will now be assigned to. (If your organisation has not yet created its own outcome, it might display your organisation’s automatically-generated 1st outcome)

  2. Given that every quantitative survey question (i.e. Multiple Choice, Numerical or Achievement) is saved in your account as a Progress Tracker which can be used on multiple surveys, when you edit the survey in this way you are prompted to choose whether you want to

    1. Apply this change to only this survey (i.e. this will in effect create a new Progress Tracker and remove the old one from this survey; in so doing, it will remove previous answers to this question)

    2. Apply this change to all surveys and all projects that use this Progress Tracker (this will not remove previous answers to this question)

  3. Press Save

  4. The popup closes

You can edit the Survey Question Wording and/or Name of the Metric from the Edit Question popup on the Survey page using the Actions dropdown-Edit option next to the survey questions

You can apply the edits made to the metric in one of the two places

  • Only on the survey (creates a new question)

  • Everywhere (on all surveys that use this metric)

 


Summary

You can extend a single choice field on a survey and expand the answer choices available. This can be done after you have initially created, published and made the survey.