Convert a Single Choice question to a Rank Order question

Lisa Wong

January 21, 2026 01:48 Updated

Change a Single Choice question to a Rank Order question quickly while you are authoring your survey.

In the Edit Pane, click More and select Convert to > Rank Order.

Tip: You can also right-click on the question in the Table of Contents, and select Convert to > Rank Order.
If the question belongs to a survey that has already been distributed and collected live data, click Confirm to continue.
Converting the question will make existing question data unavailable in reporting.

The Single Choice question is converted to a Rank Order question. The question name changes to Original Question Name (Converted).

The following properties are preserved in the converted question:

Question text and image
Answer text (now item text)
Answer images (for Single Choice Buttons questions)
Pin answer
Hide question
Response required
Show answers in order (now Show items in order)

The following properties are not preserved because they are not applicable in the converted question:

Make answer other/specify (for Single Choice Buttons questions)
Off-scale answers (for Single Choice Slider questions)
Display scale numbers (for Single Choice Slider questions)
Display answers as
Arrange answers
Treat other/specify text response as sensitive data

Optional: Rename the converted question.
Review new and updated question properties, and change them as necessary.
- Number of items to rank
- Masking
  
  After conversion, you may get a Masking is invalid error message because the latter part of the masking condition (the then part) was wiped out.
  
  To fix this issue, click the error message to open the condition builder and select new answer values.
Note:
- If the previous question was referenced in survey logic, converting to the current question type may result in errors.
- If a batch translations file references the previous question, translations for the converted question will not be imported.

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