Format a Survey

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.

10

Continue

Click Continue to proceed to the Permissions page.