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Configure required answers, comments, and feedback
Review the options that control question behavior, analytics visibility, consensus, and progress.
Screenshots from the original Surveylet guide illustrate the controls below. Layouts and labels may vary with your survey configuration. Select an image or “View full size” to open it in a new tab.
Open question settings
Use the question’s menu in Design Survey to open Question Settings. Available fields vary by question type. For matrices, many response and consensus options are configured at column level.
| Setting | What to review |
|---|---|
| Question Type / Number of Choices | The input structure and the intended choices. |
| KPI | Any demographic or analysis category attached to the question. |
| Likert Scale | Whether the ordered choices form a scale; required for range consensus. |
| Required Question | Whether the participant must answer before proceeding. |
| Display My Comment | Whether a comment is hidden, optional, or required. |
| Comment Rating | Optional scales used to rate other participants’ comments. |
| Display I don’t know | A virtual non-rating option, separate from the scored scale. |
| On Click | Whether selection does nothing, submits the page, or saves and refreshes it. |
| Display Analytics Tab | Which of Consensus, Graph, Stats, and Comments participants see. |
| Minimum Responses to Display Analytics | How many answers the question needs before group feedback appears. |
| Include in Progress | Whether the input contributes to the participant’s completion percentage. |
| Consensus Measure / Stability Measure / Stability Threshold | The question’s configured consensus rule and associated threshold. |
| Visibility | Visible, Locked, or Hidden. |
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Comments and non-ratings
Enable My Comment when reasoning is useful. You can change its label and require comments for particular choices. Explain that requirement next to the scale so participants understand validation messages.
The virtual “I don’t know” option appears at runtime and in preview. It lets a person indicate they cannot rate the item without adding another scored scale point. Its label can be customized. Distinguish this from a manually created choice that merely has the same name.
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Progress and feedback
Optional questions, hidden items, and branching can make a progress bar confusing if those inputs remain included in its denominator. Review Include in Progress and test all paths.
Analytics are normally shown after the participant answers and saves, subject to the minimum-answer threshold and display permissions. The threshold applies to the question’s answers, not the number of people invited or the number of round snapshots.
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Additional question controls
| Setting | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Auto-Choices / Number of Choices | Populate or adjust the choice structure supported by that question type. Inspect generated labels before launch. |
| Display As | Choose the supported layout of the input choices. |
| Range Label | Customize the labels above grouped scale ranges. |
| Randomize Question / Choices | Control within-page question order and supported choice randomization. |
| Adaptive Question / Adaptive Source Question | Enable participant-generated additions or import them from another adaptive question. |
| Display Demographics Report / Report Style | Select subgroup feedback and whether it uses a popup or embedded charts. |
| Weighting Column Rank | Reference a supported matrix column used for weighting; test the calculation. |
For multilingual surveys, text changes apply to the selected design language. Review translations after updating a label or comment prompt.
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Common questions
Can I hide an item without deleting its data?
Use Visibility → Hidden when the aim is to remove it from the participant’s view. Deleting a question is a different operation that can ultimately remove answers.
Why does a comment become required only after a particular selection?
The chosen option may have a required-comment flag. Check the choice settings and explain the requirement in the question instructions.