Custom Question File Details and Requirements

Your Custom Questions file must be a CSV (comma separated value) file. Column headers should not be specified in the file. Every line in the file represents a question and its associated answers, including formatting parameters.

Every line must include all the following columns (field values) in this exact order:

1. Question text (required).
2. Question category (optional - leave blank if unspecified).
3. Answer format (required), as follows:
   • Specify "single" to set up the format so that the user can select only one answer by clicking a radio button.
   • Specify "multiple" to set up the format so that the users can select more than one answer by selecting multiple checkboxes.
   • If format is unspecified, "multiple" will be selected by default.
4. Answer layout (required), as follows:
   • Specify "list" to present answers in a list layout.
   • Select "column" to present answers in a multi-column layout (better for one-word and very short answers).
   • If unspecified, "list" will be selected by default.
5. One or more columns containing the answer choices for this question.

See the sample CSV file below for examples or answer records that apply these requirements. In text format, each column-value must be followed by a comma. Two commas with no text between them indicate that a value has been omitted.

File formatting technical note: If question or answer text contains a comma, you must enclose that text in quotation marks to prevent the comma from being read as a value separator.