Question Types Supported

Qualtrics has two survey experiences, and some question types exist in only one of them. Check which experience your survey uses before you generate questions.

New Survey Experience

• Multiple choice, 9 layouts:

  • One answer: vertical list, horizontal list, column list, dropdown, and select box

  • Multiple answers: vertical list, horizontal list, column list, and select box

• Net Promoter Score (NPS)

• Text entry: single line, multi-line, essay, and password

• Form field

• Descriptive text and descriptive file

• Matrix table:

  • Likert, standard table, with one answer or multiple answers

  • Likert carousel, 6 layouts: vertical, horizontal, and column carousel, each with one answer or multiple answers

  • Profile, 2 layouts: one answer or multiple answers

  • Text entry, 4 cell sizes: short, medium, long, and essay

  • Constant sum

• Slider: sliders, bars, and stars

• Rank order: drag and drop

• Constant sum, 2 layouts: horizontal text boxes and vertical text boxes

• Pick, group & rank, with stacking turned off

• Side by side

• Drill down

• Signature

• Timing

• File upload

• Video response

• Meta info

• Captcha

• Calendar: single date and date range

• Number scale

Legacy Survey Experience

• Multiple choice, 9 layouts:

  • One answer: vertical list, horizontal list, column list, dropdown, and select box

  • Multiple answers: vertical list, horizontal list, column list, and select box

• Net Promoter Score (NPS)

• Text entry: single line, multi-line, essay, and password

• Form field

• Descriptive text and descriptive file

• Matrix table:

  • Likert, standard table, with one answer or multiple answers

  • Likert carousel, 6 layouts: vertical, horizontal, and column carousel, each with one answer or multiple answers

  • Likert dropdown and Likert drag and drop

  • Profile, 2 layouts: one answer or multiple answers

  • Bipolar

  • Rank order

  • Text entry, 4 cell sizes: short, medium, long, and essay

  • Constant sum

  • MaxDiff

• Slider: sliders, bars, and stars

• Rank order: drag and drop, and vertical text boxes

• Constant sum, 4 layouts: horizontal text boxes, vertical text boxes, bars, and sliders

• Pick, group & rank, including stacked groups and stacked items in groups

• Side by side

• Drill down

• Signature

• Timing

• File upload

• Video response

• Meta info

• Captcha

• Screen capture, with a Website/App Feedback license

File upload and signature need the Qualtrics add-on, and video response needs a Qualtrics license that includes it. Metaforms creates these questions only in accounts that have that access.

Logic and validation

In both experiences, Metaforms can add:

• Force response, text and number validation, and min/max selections

• "Other, please specify" boxes, exclusive answers, and fixed-position answers

• Answer groups and randomization

• Display logic, skip logic, and carry forward

• Reusable choice lists and recode values

Settings that stay at the Qualtrics default

Metaforms creates these questions but cannot change the settings below. Set them manually in Qualtrics if the questionnaire needs them.

Question	Setting you set manually
Any question	Request response. Only force response is available.
Any question with choices	Default (pre-selected) answers
Multiple choice	Label position and the number of columns in the column layout
Matrix table	Transpose table. Repeat headers can only be turned on or off.
Multiple choice, NPS, matrix, side by side	Mobile vertical order (New Survey Experience only)
Slider: stars	Whole, half, or continuous star steps
Calendar	Time interval (always 15 minutes), blocked dates, and allowed weekdays
Timing	Delaying the Next button, auto-advance, and showing a timer
File upload	Allowed file types
Video response	Audio-only mode, and minimum and maximum length
Signature	Box size and "sign here" text
Pick, group & rank	Showing groups in two columns
Text entry	AI conversational feedback
Form field	Suggested address fields

If a question type or setting you need is not listed, email the questionnaire example to [e-mail].