Create a Rank Order Sort question

Ask participants to rank a series of items in your survey.

1. In Power Survey Authoring, click the Questionnaire tab.
2. On the Authoring Navigation Bar, hover over Question > Rank Order Grid, and then select Rank Order Sort.
3. Type a name for the question, and then click OK.
   For guidelines on question names, see Question names.
4. Add the question text.
   1. Click the Question field, and then type the question text.
      For information on formatting the text and adding files such as images, see Editing toolbar.
   2. Click Update.
   Note:

   • The application automatically removes any Javascript that you add to question text, instruction text, or content boxes.
5. Add the items.
   1. In the Label field of the first item, type the item label.
   2. To add another item, do one of the following:
      • To add one item, click Add Item, and then type the item label.
      • To add multiple items, click Batch Edit Answer Text, and then select a predefined set, or type each item label on a separate line.

        Press Ctrl + V to paste the item text from a text editor such as Notepad

        Note: After a survey contains live data, you cannot delete or batch edit answers.
6. Add an image to each item.
   1. Click the Select image button.
      
   2. In the Image Browser, select or upload the image, and then click Insert.
      Note:

      • Images in the Shared folder are available in all surveys.
      • Images in the images folder are only available in that particular survey.
      • Image file names cannot contain special characters (#, @, !, %, $, *, &).
      For information on editing an image, see Edit an image in a question.
7. In the Properties section, set the question properties.
   For more information, see Rank Order Sort question properties.
8. Click Save.

Parent topic: Rank Order Sort