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Pre-Populate

Surveys

Pre-Populate lets you automatically fill in survey fields using data you already have (like name, age, or email) so respondents don’t have to re-enter it. This feature is available on paid plans.

How it works

Here is a sample survey:

https://survs.com/survey/p9hxm2evqz

By default, when someone clicks the standard survey link, all fields are blank. To pre-fill a question, more information is appended to the end of the URL. To pre-fill the first question with "Mary":

https://survs.com/survey/p9hxm2evqz?q1=Mary

To automatically select the third option in question two:

https://survs.com/survey/p9hxm2evqz?q2_3

To pre-fill multiple questions in one link:

https://survs.com/survey/p9hxm2evqz?q1=Mary&q2_3

Pre-Populate URL formatting

Here’s how to format Pre-Populate URLs for different question types:

  • Multiple Choice questions
    q1_2 – Selects the second option in question 1.
  • Open Text questions
    q2=Mary – Enters “Mary” into question 2.
  • Matrix questions
    q3_1=2 – Selects column 2 of row 1 in question 3.

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