Answers Source allows you populate the responses of a question with the answers selected, or not selected, from a previous question.


For example:

  • In the first question you may ask "Which brands do you purchase?" using a multiple selection question type:
    Note - this is the question you will use as the Answers Source in the next questions

  • In the next question you then ask "Which brand do you purchase most often?" using a single selection question type. In this question you want the response list to be the exact answers selected in the previous question:
    Note - this is the question you select the Answers Source from

  • Alternatively, In the next question you could ask "Which brands would you consider purchasing in the future?" using a multiple selection question type. In this question you want the response list to be the responses not selected in the previous question:
    Note - this is the question you select the Answers Source from



Question types that can function as an Answers Source include:

  • Single Selection
  • Dropdown Select
  • Multiple Selection


Question types that you can choose to use an Answers Source on include:

  • Single Selection
  • Dropdown Select
  • Multiple Selection
  • Numeric Grid
  • Single Selection Grid
  • Multiple Selection Grid



SEE ALSO – Groups Source for details on how to populates groups of a grid question based on the answer choices of a previous question.
Add and Work With Questions details the steps to add a question to a questionnaire page and Configure Question Options details additional configuration options available.



To configure an Answers Source:

  1. Create a question and enter the response list. This is typically a multiple selection question. This will be the question selected as the Answers Source in the next question.



  2. Create another question, do not enter any responses. From the Options choose the previous question from the Answers Source drop-down list.



  3. The response list is replaced with the message Using Answers Source.

    Specify whether to display the answers Selected or Not Selected from the Answers Source question.



  4. When the questionnaire displays in preview or while taking the survey, the answer choices from the first question are the responses of the next question.



    NOTE – It's possible to have no responses display on a question using a Not Selected Answers Source from a Multiple Selection question, if all of the responses are selected as answers on the previous question. In this case the next question's text with no responses would still display, however, the required validation would not be applied allowing the participant to proceed. To prevent the question's text from displaying in this scenario, on the question using the Answers Source add a trigger to only ask it if the previous question "Does not contain all of these" or "Is not exactly this" with all Answers checked.

    For example:


  5. Continue adding and configuring questions in the questionnaire. When complete, click on [SAVE]. Click on the X to close the Questionnaire Builder, then click on NEXT to continue the wizard.