> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.exoid.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Responses

> Browse submissions one row at a time, open the detail of a single respondent and export to Excel or SPSS.

The Responses section gives you the granular view on submissions: one row per participant, one column per question. This is where you go when the aggregated Summary isn't enough and you need to look at the data one record at a time.

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## The responses table

Each row is one submission. The first columns carry the metadata, then one column per question:

| Column                  | What it contains                                                                             |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Response ID             | Unique identifier of the submission                                                          |
| Started At              | When the respondent opened the interview                                                     |
| Time to Complete        | How long the submission took                                                                 |
| Variables               | The values of the variables collected for that respondent                                    |
| One column per question | Headed with the question code and the question text, for example `[Q1_AGE] How old are you?` |

<Note>
  The question code is what ties everything together: it labels the columns here, the questions in the filters and the fields in the export. You set it in the block options in the Builder.
</Note>

### Table controls

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Search" icon="search">
    The bar at the top searches across all responses.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Filters" icon="filter">
    Same question-based conditions as in Summary: pick a question by its code, an operator and a value.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Refresh" icon="repeat">
    Reloads data from the server without reloading the page. Useful while your study is still live.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Multiple selection" icon="check">
    The checkboxes in the left column select several responses at once so you can run bulk actions.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Response types

The selector at the top left decides which categories of submissions appear in the table, with the count shown next to each one.

| Type                   | What it contains                                               | When you need it                                               |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Normal responses       | Valid completes that passed the screener. Selected by default. | Analyzing the main sample.                                     |
| Screened-out responses | Respondents excluded by screener or quota criteria.            | Checking screening criteria and understanding who is left out. |
| Discarded responses    | Responses removed manually or for quality reasons.             | Checks, audits and qualitative reviews.                        |

<Note>
  The active selection applies across filters, search, bulk selection and export: what you see is what you act on.
</Note>

## Response detail

Click a row to open **Response detail**. The panel opens on the completeness of that submission — "18 of 18 questions answered" — and then walks through the interview question by question, with the option the respondent chose highlighted.

Use it to read a single participant's path end to end, and to check that a suspicious row is a real answer and not noise.

## Exporting

Select responses with the checkboxes on the left and start **Export**, choosing the scope.

<ParamField path="Selected only" type="scope">
  Exports only the responses you checked.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="All (filtered)" type="scope">
  Exports the entire subset that results from the current filters.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="Full dataset" type="scope">
  Exports every available response.
</ParamField>

From this section the formats are **Excel** and **SPSS (.sav)**. Each file has one row per response, with the metadata columns and one field per question, keyed by question code. You can export at any point, during or after data collection.

<Warning>
  There is no CSV export from Responses. If a downstream tool expects CSV, export the Excel file and convert it.
</Warning>

## Deleting multiple responses

You can delete one or more selected responses directly from the table, to clear out invalid submissions and keep the results clean.

<Warning>
  Bulk deletion acts on every response you have selected. Check the active selection and the applied filters before confirming: deleted submissions cannot be recovered.
</Warning>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Talk with Data" icon="messages-square" href="/en/analyze/talk-with-data">
    Query the dataset in a chat instead of filtering it by hand.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Exporting data" icon="download" href="/en/analyze/export">
    Which format comes from which section of the results.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


## Related topics

- [Payload reference](/en/webhooks/payload.md)
- [June 4, 2026](/en/whats-new/2026-06-04.md)
- [Exporting data](/en/analyze/export.md)