How To Build A Survey Using Survey List In SharePoint

In this article, I will discuss the process of building a survey in SharePoint Online. Creating a correct introduction is the most important part of developing a survey. A survey in SharePoint allows an individual to easily collect the input & feedback from a user using Questions, Rating Scales, Likes, Dislikes, and Choice-Based & Branching Logic. Surveys are the most technical solution used instead of emailing or calling a person about a specific topic/issue/growth etc.

So, let’s get started.

Benefits of using a Survey

SharePoint survey is a great tool to collect the response from co-workers about your organization growth. Shown below are the benefits of using a Survey.

• Surveys in SharePoint allow users multiple responses. Multiple responses are used for open-ended surveys. Refer the below screenshot.
  
  
  Fig-1 shows the multiple response to a survey.

• Branching logic in SharePoint helps a user to relate Question A response to Question B and so on, which makes the response clean & more valuable. Refer the below screenshot.
  
  
  Fig-2 represents a branching logic.

• Responses can be visible in graphical format based on the number of responses made by the user.
  
  
  Fig-3 represents a graphical response.

• Permissions in Surveys allow an individual to edit a survey or protect it from being edited.
  
  
  Fig-4 represents a survey permissions which will give access to a user based on the permissions

• Surveys can be used as templates.
  
  
  Fig-5 represents survey template.

• Surveys can be integrated with Excel by exporting to Excel to make decisions in a data-minded way.

Steps to create a survey

Follow the below steps to create a survey.

• Click on the gear icon on top right corner and choose “Site Contents”.
  
  
  
  
• Click on “Add an app”. Refer the below screenshot.
  
  
  

• Search for “Survey List” in the search box.