> ## 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.

# Publishing your study

> Take your study from draft to live, publish changes and manage the three interview states.

As long as your study stays in draft, nobody can take part. Publishing makes it reachable by respondents, through a link or through the connected distribution channels. You can publish as soon as the configuration is ready, and keep editing afterwards.

You'll always find the campaign state at the top of the page, with a message telling you whether the study is already published.

## Taking your study live

<Steps>
  <Step title="Check the state at the top of the page">
    If it reads **Draft**, the study is still being configured and respondents cannot access it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Turn on the Enable survey toggle">
    The **Enable survey** toggle makes the campaign accessible to participants. From that moment it moves from Draft to Live and can be completed through the link or through the distribution channels attached to it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check that your study is reachable">
    Open the public link and make sure the interview starts as expected.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Before publishing, check that there are no disconnected nodes in the flow: an unlinked node breaks the respondent's path. Review the structure in the [Builder](/en/builder/overview).
</Warning>

## Editing after go-live

You can edit the interview at any time, even after publishing. Apply your changes in the Builder and use the **Publish changes** button in the top right: the live version updates immediately for respondents.

<Note>
  Changes do not become visible until you use **Publish changes**. You can therefore keep working on the interview while it is already collecting responses, without affecting respondents in progress.
</Note>

## Interview states

| State  | Visible to respondents | When to use it                                                    |
| ------ | ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Draft  | No                     | While configuring, to prevent unauthorized access                 |
| Live   | Yes                    | While collecting responses                                        |
| Closed | Yes, but not fillable  | To archive the project while keeping access to the collected data |

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Draft" icon="pencil-ruler">
    The initial state, right after you create the campaign. The study is neither visible nor accessible to respondents. This is the state in which you build the flow, set up the logic and check the configuration.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Live" icon="circle-play">
    Activated with the Publish command or with the **Enable survey** toggle. The interview becomes public and can be completed through the link or the distribution channels you chose. This is the state it stays in while you collect responses.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Closed" icon="lock">
    You turned the interview off manually, or it reached the limits you set: maximum number of responses or closing date. It stays visible but no longer accepts new submissions.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Sharing the link" icon="link" href="/en/distribute/share-link">
    Copy the public URL and spread it across your owned channels.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Recruit participants" icon="users-round" href="/en/distribute/recruiting">
    Reach qualified respondents on the global panel with precise targeting.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


## Related topics

- [Your first study](/en/quickstart.md)
- [Theme and branding](/en/builder/branding.md)
- [Quotas](/en/distribute/quotas.md)