{"id":9838,"date":"2015-12-14T16:02:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T21:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/?post_type=gdoc&#038;p=9838"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:29:51","slug":"survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Survey<\/strong> field is available when using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/add-ons\/survey\/\">Survey add-on<\/a> and simply allows you to create survey questions that users can answer. It is available under the Advanced Fields section within the form editor. If you do not already have the Survey add-on installed, you&#8217;ll need to do so before this field is available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CleanShot-2021-05-12-at-08.01.57@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CleanShot-2021-05-12-at-08.01.57@2x.png\" alt=\"GForms Survey Field Icon\" class=\"wp-image-27108 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Survey field as displayed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/form-editor\/#h-the-field-library\">Field Library<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-31-1024x199.png\" alt=\"Survey field as displayed in the Form Editor, displaying the Likert choice type.\" class=\"wp-image-44477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-31-1024x199.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-31-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-31-768x149.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-31-1536x299.png 1536w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-31.png 1788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survey field as displayed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/form-editor\/#h-the-layout-space\">Form Editor<\/a>, displaying the <em>Likert<\/em> choice type.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-common-settings\">Common Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This field uses only common field settings for the Appearance and Advanced settings. For a description of each of the common field settings, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/common-field-settings\/\">refer to this article<\/a>. Below you will find description of specialty settings that are particular to this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-general-settings\">General Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CleanShot-2021-05-12-at-08.02.48@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CleanShot-2021-05-12-at-08.02.48@2x.png\" alt=\"GForms Survey Field General Settings\" class=\"wp-image-27110\" style=\"width:276px;height:391px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CleanShot-2021-05-12-at-08.02.48@2x.png 694w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CleanShot-2021-05-12-at-08.02.48@2x-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/choices-edit-choices-button-1024x242.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31430 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/choices-edit-choices-button-1024x242.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/choices-edit-choices-button-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/choices-edit-choices-button-768x182.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/choices-edit-choices-button.png 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Click the <strong>Edit Choices button<\/strong> under <strong>Choices<\/strong> to open the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/edit-choices-flyout\/\">Edit Choices flyout<\/a>. This will be visible for the Rank, Rating, Radio Buttons, Checkboxes and Drop Down Survey Field Type options below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Setting<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Survey Question<\/strong><\/td><td>This is simply the question that you would like to ask the user.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Survey Field Type<\/strong><\/td><td>Determines how the survey field will be displayed to the user. See <a href=\"#h-survey-field-type-options\">Survey Field Type Options<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Columns\/Choices<\/strong><\/td><td>This is where you will define the individual answers for your survey field.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-survey-field-type-options\">Survey Field Type Options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This table lists the options available for displaying your survey field to a user. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f5955221\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0When using a choice-based field type and your choice labels contain any HTML or special characters such as ampersands, commas, pipes, hyphens, <\/span>or brackets of any type, you\u00a0MUST\u00a0enable the show values feature and give each choice a simple and unique value\u00a0<strong>which does not contain any special characters<\/strong>. Failure to configure values could cause issues for features such as calculations, conditional logic, dynamic population, and validation. <strong>The value for each choice must be unique in any case<\/strong>, even if you\u2019re not using HTML or special characters for the choice labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Option<\/th><th>Method of Choosing<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Likert<\/strong><\/td><td>Select items from a scale of options. For example, a scale of options from <em>Strongly Disagree<\/em> to <em>Strongly Agree<\/em>.<strong> <\/strong>See <a href=\"#h-additional-likert-options\">Additional Likert Options<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td><td>Rank items within a list by dragging and dropping elements into a top-to-bottom order. <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Rating<\/strong><\/td><td>Rate by stars. Each rating corresponds to a choice defined in the field settings.  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Radio Buttons<\/strong><\/td><td>Select one choice only by clicking a radio button. <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Checkboxes<\/strong><\/td><td>Select one or multiple choices using checkboxes. ( <a href=\"#h-modifying-checkbox-choices-after-form-submissions\">Note<\/a> )<br><strong>Enable &#8220;Select All&#8221;<\/strong> creates a choice for the user to select all other choices.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Single Line Text<\/strong><\/td><td>Enter one line of custom text. See<a href=\"#h-additional-single-line-text-options\"> Additional Single Line Text Options<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Paragraph Text<\/strong><\/td><td>Similar to the Single Line Text option, but allows for multiple lines of input. <br><strong>Maximum Characters<\/strong> limits the number of characters this field is allowed to have.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Drop Down<\/strong><\/td><td>Display choices in a dropdown box.  Users can only select one.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"#h-screenshots\">See screenshots for examples<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-additional-likert-options\">Additional Likert Options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Option<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Enable Multiple Rows<\/strong><\/td><td>Allows multiple Likert questions to be asked within the same survey, effectively increasing the number of rows in the Likert table.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Enable Scoring<\/strong><\/td><td>Allows different scores to be assigned for each column. Aggregate scores are shown on the results page and can be used in merge tags.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-additional-single-line-text-options\">Additional Single Line Text Options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Input Mask<\/strong> provides a visual guide allowing users to more easily enter data in a specific format such as dates and phone numbers.  For more information on input masks, refer to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/input-mask\/\">this article.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Option<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Input Mask<\/strong><\/td><td>Provides a visual guide to help users enter data in a specific format, such as dates or phone numbers. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/input-masks\/\">Learn more about input masks.<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-modifying-checkbox-choices-after-form-submissions\">Modifying Checkbox Choices After Form Submissions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After a form has collected entries, you should avoid changing checkbox choices. Modifying the choices, such as <strong>adding<\/strong>, <strong>removing<\/strong>, <strong>reordering<\/strong>, or <strong>renaming<\/strong> them, will change the input IDs associated with each option. This may break the link between stored entry data and the original choices, potentially preventing the data from being exported correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-merge-tags\">Merge Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the use of merge tags, refer to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/category\/user-guides\/merge-tags-getting-started\/\">these articles<\/a>.<a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usage\">Usage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">{Field Name:2}<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-modifiers\">Modifiers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This field type does not have any modifiers available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-survey-specific-merge-tags\">Survey Specific Merge Tags<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Survey related merge tags can\u00a0<strong>only be used<\/strong>\u00a0in confirmations and notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Tag<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/survey_total_score-merge-tag\/\">{survey_total_score}<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><td>Displays the total score for the survey. Scoring must be enabled on the survey field for it to be tallied.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/score-merge-tag\/\">{score:id=x}<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td>Displays the score for a specific survey question. Scoring must be enabled on the survey field for it to be tallied.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-screenshots\">Screenshots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"184\" data-id=\"47071\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-1024x184.png\" alt=\"Survey Rating field\" class=\"wp-image-47071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-1024x184.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14-768x138.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-14.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survey Rating field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"184\" data-id=\"47072\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-1024x184.png\" alt=\"Survey Dropdown field\" class=\"wp-image-47072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-1024x184.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15-768x138.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-15.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survey Dropdown field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"184\" data-id=\"47073\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-16-1024x184.png\" alt=\"Survey Radio Buttons field\" class=\"wp-image-47073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-16-1024x184.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-16-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-16-768x138.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-16.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survey Radio Buttons field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"358\" data-id=\"47074\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-17-1024x358.png\" alt=\"Survey Checkboxes field\" class=\"wp-image-47074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-17-1024x358.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-17-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-17-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-17.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survey Checkboxes field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"358\" data-id=\"47075\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-18-1024x358.png\" alt=\"Survey Rank field\" class=\"wp-image-47075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-18-1024x358.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-18-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-18-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-18.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survey Rank field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"236\" data-id=\"47076\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-19-1024x236.png\" alt=\"Survey Likert field\" class=\"wp-image-47076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-19-1024x236.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-19-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-19-768x177.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-19.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survey Likert field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"366\" data-id=\"47077\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20-1024x366.png\" alt=\"Survey Paragraph Text field\" class=\"wp-image-47077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20-1024x366.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20-768x274.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-20.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Survey Paragraph Text field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Survey field is available when using the Survey add-on and simply allows you to create survey questions that users can 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