> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.metaforms.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.metaforms.ai/survey-programming-decipher/complexity-support/maxdiff-indices.md).

# Maxdiff Indices

Metaforms supports a wide range of Maxdiff Indices in your surveys.

Let's take a look at all of them:

* **Maxdiff using Indices method with 2 columns.**

  \
  We are following the standard way of creating the Maxdiff given by the Forsta for the Maxdiff Indices method.\
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  Reference URL with steps provided by Forsta for creating Maxdiff using Indices method: <https://forstasurveys.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417353757083-Creating-a-MaxDiff-Question-Indices-Method>
* After the Maxdiff is created it would look like this:
  * The quota tag will be there to select the version.\
    \
    ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd47ldakmvNY_BhTbeDDJhNVdtp0x7c9j3egpHcbhvPSRd6AIy-9GQmjBE4sNcmMjqC_Lw_0uEkolulH2lADaPdKn-qcGm9MEQvovuWaKP7NWhtF2puuYk6fZlxkY4uyF_rxO-wRaoK1lBb6goctao?key=EreHVtLgAx12Jt38-c0C1A)<br>
  * Question will be there to store the version selected in the quota.\
    \
    ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdqUWVP9JZFme62qCO6FZE-EWoIvkWog1GL52cvgwiTNz-3N7asMqSFn1xjwNdfo2ZfvMbCLPhtZb-F_Kl1QqCTBgciDdA0io3n0KnjIGs4g51FgZa4ZxzI0h43Ss_kIncuhhsaW6Ool_T-yl132g?key=EreHVtLgAx12Jt38-c0C1A)<br>
  * Intro question will be programmed if any provided in the QNR.\
    \
    ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfNjAIO4-M20ORZ3TPg9uuKfJObDQ3Nsc0CGftPAEuBf3lKuvvmA5M8IWoIDGxE-lKhvqVs4XVLZMUtCz3aDaZgUIvXJksoU-AKbMoaYog4kzDmT41B_VWf1nusCPDAcXkAMTua-940bKaAJbbuE5U?key=EreHVtLgAx12Jt38-c0C1A)<br>
  * The Maxdiff question will look like this. It will have the most and least column and the exact wordings for that column will be as per the QNR. The attributes/rows shown will be based on the QNR, the design file and the version selected in the quota.\
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    ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcAaBA0-ycaqR3YIMuxFTgIzRTNNpyMXYq03Qyw9PkvZyZe9qVybFLqTX-dlGQORbolnl-3nLwsVGrm2RogDA45vNI2diRgoo_fc2UzAyz6idaPapic9vq2qMG88SCVEobrqY88j4FWkyHl1WCN4ks?key=EreHVtLgAx12Jt38-c0C1A)<br>
  * If there is any conditional text that should be shown for a particular iteration of the loop, it would be taken care also.\
    \
    ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeR-qFKPNSHsAPO5qJ08w12evgtc8h3R2dVmXBjUvOOonK9l-Rwu5wr6rEiuInssSNZGAWeaf_ViMQMdH6CMbXEHIgt-nmocZ6Wa2nojR1AK5z9OOLJz0lRGOJ7YGL0NUUVg2p0R7b-AnMZWT03EYw?key=EreHVtLgAx12Jt38-c0C1A)<br>
  * If the answer is not provided, validation will raise an error.\
    \
    ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdkdKAtHFHerd4rKq5VJbttmEAj7R1ElP0R7y2GcUfQP0aI1BEjDG1YvRNvYvAcLJdhmIWgkUOhQgnoDntwwuIrn_e7llA4iMNgEYih5JlLAMT4NPyFLKC9541TIO04Ksp9SUlLOQsNl8cm-zU3QKo?key=EreHVtLgAx12Jt38-c0C1A)<br>
  * If the same row is selected for both the most and least column, validation will raise errors.\
    \
    ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfb_sncVMC7L4QSaba0NZpbnbgc5x5AWS5XKhFW638Oua3UJRt1bqzbz_-MrFHEOngC8zqU6b7fj8_qjeJ_nZTUEEYzV4Zhy6c2y-HFAZvuh1IthRDSOies96eYCkiGtIz2uLwOkwvp5k7f4hThgQ?key=EreHVtLgAx12Jt38-c0C1A)<br>
* **Maxdiff using Indices method with 6 columns.**

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  If the Maxdiff has six columns, it would be displayed like the one below. The remaining steps shown above will remain as it is.\
  \
  ![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXc-8NibpNsGTOCygM0MTiEjKIDPiomq3tdqlIuFxv-fAnGQdFiqqbtTEOG3gdJTw-T-J50eOJY8unI_TJ-BEwo-dy4EPOd90hMMSbCGDgE4H4zORhdLOkYM99m3D_wMzjwHbaTvJD5DrY-ooYFfoQ?key=EreHVtLgAx12Jt38-c0C1A)<br>
* **Walkthrough of how to create Maxdiff using indices method using Metaforms**
  * <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AuHuJjLKZ--3TOqWURKCgWBX9U_msV-d/view?usp=drive_link>


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