Create a survey

Create a survey in SharePoint

1. Sign in to SharePoint with your work or school account.

2. Go to the site where you want to create the survey.

3. Select Settings , and then select Add an app.

   

4. On the Your Apps page, in the search box, enter survey.

   

   Select the Survey icon.

   

   Note: You may have a choice of internal or third-party survey apps, if your company allows them. Talk to your SharePoint administrator for advice on which to use.

5. In the Adding Survey box, select Advanced Options.

   

   You can also just enter a name, select Create, and then change settings and add questions later.

   Note: If you are using SharePoint, but your screens look different, you may be in Classic experience. Follow steps under the SharePoint 2016 tab instead.

6. Enter a name for the survey.

7. In the Description field, enter a description of the survey. The description is optional.

   

8. In the Survey Options section, specify whether you want people's names to appear with their responses and whether people can respond more than once to the survey.

9. Select Next.

10. On the New Question page, start creating your first question.

    1. Enter your question text.
       

    2. Select the type of answer that you want in the Question and Type section for your first question.

       

       Note: There currently is no automatic way to number questions for display. If you want your questions number, put the number into the Question Name. Questions are added sequentially when you created them, however you can change the order of the questions from the settings page.

11. In the Additional Question Settings section, you can specify whether an answer to the question is required, or people can respond more than once to the survey. Depending on the type of question, you can also enter answers to choose from and set a default value.

    

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12. If you want to add branching logic where the survey asks different questions based on what the last answer was, you need to finish creating the survey first. You can then go to the Survey Settings page and add branching logic. For more info, see Add branching logic to a survey.

    

13. In the Column Validation section, if you want to check whether an answer is valid, enter the formula you want to use for validation in the Formula box. In the User Message box, describe what the user needs to do to ensure the answer is valid. For example, if you’re asking an employee to enter the amount of time she’s worked in a department, you can specify that it could not be longer than the total time she’s worked for the company. For more info on formulas, see Examples of common formulas in SharePoint Lists.

    

14. Do one of the following:

    • To create additional questions, select Next Question, and then enter information for the next question. Continue the process until you add all the questions that you want.

      

    • If you are finished adding questions, select Finish.

      

15. To see your survey, under Recent in the Quick Launch bar, select the survey's name.

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