This service contains the questions that can be used in surveys. Each Survey Question within a Survey specifies a Question. Each Question contains a list of possible Answers. Web users see the possible Answers in the same order that they appear within a Question record's Possible Answers tab.

Attachments Tab

The Attachments tab lists any files relevant to the Questions record.

General Tab

Name (required)

The name of the question. This is not displayed to Web users.

Text (required)

The text of the question, which is displayed to Web users.

Survey Category (required)

The question's category type. This field links to the corresponding Survey Categories record.

Question Type (required)

The question's question type. This field links to the corresponding Question Types record.

Description

An optional description of the question.

Possible Answers Tab

This tab contains the possible answers to the question.


Click the New Record... button to open a new Possible Answers record.

Possible Answer

The name and ID of a Survey Answer.

Answer Required

Select this option to require the user to provide an answer to the specified answer before continuing with the survey. This option is only applicable for Question Types that have Multiple Answers to Save enabled (such as Short Answer or Rate 1 to 3).

For example, you can require a user to provide an e-mail address before he/she can continue with a survey. If the user clicks Next or Finish without providing an answer, an error notice appears on the Web site, such as changing the color of the answer text to red. The format of the error message depends upon the Survey Style Sheets in use.