Questions#
To edit a survey question, click the Edit button on the item’s design surface card.

Basic Properties#
All questions types contain three basic properties.

- Name
A short name used to refer to the question in display logic or in the output data.
- Question
The question text.
- Instructions
Instructions for the interviewer or respondent.
Metadata#
- Label
A questions’s label is used instead of the question text when showing the question in a table (for example, when used inside a Roster that is displayed as a table).
- Description
General information about the question.
- Additional Metadata
Additional fields may appear in this area. See Custom Fields for more information.
Multiple Choice Properties#

- Selection Style
Indicates whether the respondent will select a single response or multiple responses.
- Display Layout
Indicates how the choices should visually be presented. Options are vertical, horizontal, dropdown, Likert, and push buttons.
- Choices
The choices from which the respondent will choose. To add choices, use either the Use an existing code list or Create a new code list button.
- Other
If one of the choices should allow the respondent to enter additional text information (“other, specify”) select the choice from the Other dropdown.
Text Entry Properties#

- Maximum Length
The longest response text allowed to be entered.
Numeric Entry Properties#

- Number Type
Integer indicates only whole numbers are allowed; Decimal indicates numbers with decimal places are allowed.
- Minimum
The lowest number allowed.
- Maximum
The highest number allowed.
- Decimal Places
The number of digits allowed after a decimal.
Date Properties#
No extra properties are currently available for date questions.
Time Properties#
No extra properties are currently available for time questions.
Question Attributes#
The QuestionAttributes tab allows you to edit additional properties about a question.

- Override Instrument Attributes
Indicates whether survey-level settings should be overridden for this question. See Survey Properties for details.
- Allow Empty
Indicates that the respondent is allowed to skip the question.
- Allow Don’t Know
Indicates that the respondent is allowed to respond that they do not know the how to respond.
- Allow Refused
Indicates that the respondent is allowed to refuse to answer.