Learn how to format and organize questions on a survey in PEARS.
The Questions page includes tools to reorder, indent, edit, and configure questions after they have been added to a survey.
1
Navigate to the Questions page
Open the survey and click Questions in the progress panel.
2
Reorder questions
Click and drag questions into the desired order on the page.
3
Indent questions
Click Increase Depth to indent questions for visual organization. This is useful for grouping related or multi-part questions together.
TIP: A maximum of 3 depth layers is allowed. Questions increase one layer at a time.
4
Edit question text
Click the pencil icon on a question to edit its wording. You can also adjust alternate text for follow-up surveys and set field names for data exports.
5
Mark questions as required
Click the asterisk icon on a question to mark it as required. Required questions must be answered before the survey can be submitted.
6
Remove question numbering
Click Not Numbered to remove numbering from headings or questions that should not be numbered.
7
Lock a question
Click Lock to prevent a question from being removed in future survey copies.
NOTE: Locking questions prevents removal but may complicate editing in copies of the survey.
8
Duplicate a question
Click the copy action button to duplicate a question along with its response options.
9
View metadata
Select Show Metadata to view advanced information such as the question ID and type.
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Continue
Click Continue to proceed to the Permissions page.
