Special questions

Special questions allow you to collect answers from respondents in a specific format – for example, in the form of a number, date and/or time, e-mail address, phone number or web address.

Even though all these data could be asked with a standard open-ended question type, a specific special question type should always be preferred, because this way you can be sure that the respondent entered the desired answer in the required format, and it is also much easier to analyze the answers later if they are in a structured form.

Number

The Number question type allows respondents to collect numbers based on desired criteria. If desired, you can set the minimum and maximum value and the number of decimal places allowed (for example, only integers between 1 and 100 are allowed). The question type validates the input and displays an error message if it's invalid.

For the Number, you can set the following options:

• Minimum value – Mandatory integer parameter, such as 0.
• Maximum value – Mandatory integer parameter, such as 100.
• Decimal places – Between 0 and 10. Defaults to 0 (only integers are allowed).

You can also use the following features:

• Required – Make answering the question mandatory.
• Description – Add a help text under the title of the question.
• Sub-questions – Add sub-questions after the question text if you want to collect several answers (for example, you want to ask the same question about three different aspects).

Date/time

The Date/time question type allows respondents to collect dates, times, or both. The question type validates the input and and displays an error message if it's invalid.

For the Date/time, you can set the following options:

• Display – You can choose between three options: "Date only", "Time only" or "Both date and time".
• Format – You can choose between three options: "MM/DD/YYYY", "DD.MM.YYYY" or "YYYY-MM-DD".

You can also use the following features:

• Required – Make answering the question mandatory.
• Description – Add a help text under the title of the question.
• Sub-questions – Add sub-questions after the question text if you want to collect several answers (for example, you want to ask the same question about three different aspects).

Email

The Email question type allows you to collect email addresses from respondents. The question type validates the input and displays an error message if the email is invalid.

For the Email, you can set the following options:

• Required – Make answering the question mandatory.
• Description – Add a help text under the title of the question.
• Sub-questions – Add sub-questions after the question text if you want to collect several answers (for example, you want to ask the same question about three different aspects).

Phone number

The Phone number question type allows you to collect phone numbers from respondents. The respondent can choose their country of residence or immediately enter the phone number with the country code (in this case, the correct country is selected automatically), and then the type of question validates the entered phone number, which helps to avoid input errors and guarantees that the number is in the correct format.

For the Phone number, you can set the following options:

• Default country – You can choose the phone number according to the expected country (the country's flag and phone number format will be immediately visible).

You can also use the following features:

• Required – Make answering the question mandatory.
• Description – Add a help text under the title of the question.
• Sub-questions – Add sub-questions after the question text if you want to collect several answers (for example, you want to ask the same question about three different aspects).

Web address (URL)

The Web address question type allows respondents to collect various web links (websites, social media profiles, addresses of uploaded files, etc.). The question type validates the format of the entered web address and informs the respondent in case of an error.

For the Web address, you can use the following features:

• Required – Make answering the question mandatory.
• Description – Add a help text under the title of the question.
• Sub-questions – Add sub-questions after the question text if you want to collect several answers (for example, you want to ask the same question about three different aspects).