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# Survey Builder Settings
Every control in the Create Survey workflow: the editor, AI drafting, screening rules, preview, the share link, and the response views.
This page lists every control in the **Create Survey** workflow and says what each one does: the survey list, the editor and its AI helpers, the preview and create step, and the detail page where responses arrive. It is for anyone who has followed [Create a Survey](/ailyze-docs/collect-research-data/create-a-survey.md) and wants the full picture. The builder is free on every plan; only the analysis you run afterwards can cost money.
Last verified against the staging app on 14 October 2026.
## Screen 1: The survey list
From your account page, click **Create Survey** to open the builder, or **View previous** under it to reach the **Survey Builder** list.
Click a survey's name to open its detail page.
| # | Control | What it does |
| - | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1 | **Create New Survey** | Opens the builder. |
| 2 | **Refresh** | Reloads the list and the response counts. |
| 3 | **Responses** and **Last Response** | How many responses have arrived and when the latest came in. |
| | Project row | Click the name to open the survey's detail page. A **NEW** chip marks surveys created in the last hour. |
| | **Delete Survey** (bin icon) | Deletes the survey and its responses after a confirmation. This cannot be undone. |
A survey cannot be renamed, duplicated, or edited after it is created, so check the preview carefully before you confirm.
## Screen 2: Build the survey
The editor and the AI Chat write to the same question list, so you can mix both.
| # | Control | What it does | Notes |
| - | ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 1 | **Name of Project** | The survey's title, shown to respondents. | Required. |
| 2 | **Survey Editor & AI Chat** | The drag-and-drop editor beside an **AI Chat** panel. | Each question has its own settings panel for choices, required flags, and an "other" option. |
| 3 | **Paste Survey & Let AI Format** | Paste a draft list of questions, or describe a topic, then click **Use AI to Format into Survey**. | Replaces the current survey. If the AI is unavailable, the text is parsed as best it can and you are asked to review the types. |
| 4 | **Designer**, **Preview**, **Logic** | Build, try as a respondent, and add skip logic. | |
| 5 | **Add Question** | Adds a question. Or drag a question type from the toolbox on the left. | |
| 6 | **AI Chat** panel | Describe the survey ("a post-event survey with one rating and two open questions") and the chat builds it; refine by hand. | Long chat messages collapse behind **Show more**. |
| | **Add a screen / eligibility filter (optional)** | Rules a respondent must satisfy to continue, with a message for those who do not. | Identical to the avatar builder's panel; see [Screening respondents](/ailyze-docs/reference/settings/ai-avatar-interviewer.md#screening-respondents). Click **Save validation** when done. |
| | **Create Survey** | Opens the **Preview Survey** dialog. | Enabled once the survey has at least one question. |
In the preview, **Back to Edit** returns to the editor and **Confirm and Create** publishes the survey. The link is live immediately; there is no draft state.
This is the last point at which you can change anything.
## Screen 3: The survey detail page
Open a survey from the list to reach its detail page.
| Section | What it offers |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Share** | The public link ending in `/form/` and your survey's slug, with a copy icon and an open-in-new-tab icon. Send it to respondents, or open it yourself to preview. |
| **Response Data** | A **Total Responses** count, the **Use AI to Analyze Survey Data** card, and a table of every response with **Show Column Filters**, a search box, column hiding, selection with **Delete Selected Rows**, and **Export All to CSV** or **Export Selected to CSV**. |
| **Response Data Visualization** | Charts for each question. |
| **Response Preview** | One response at a time, with **Previous** and **Next**. |
**Use AI to Analyze Survey Data** bundles the responses into a spreadsheet and opens spreadsheet analysis with it, so you do not need to export and upload by hand. From there the normal limits and charges of [Analyze xlsx/csv files](/ailyze-docs/reference/settings/spreadsheet-analysis.md) apply.
## Next steps
* [Create a Survey](/ailyze-docs/collect-research-data/create-a-survey.md) — the walkthrough these controls belong to.
* [Analyze Open-Ended Survey Responses](/ailyze-docs/common-research-workflows/analyze-open-ended-survey-responses.md) — what to do with the responses.
* [AI Avatar Interviewer Settings](/ailyze-docs/reference/settings/ai-avatar-interviewer.md) — the same editor with an interview attached.
