When accessing a survey in LimeSurvey, the survey structure view provides access to the survey's foundational elements. To open the survey structure, click on Structure — the top-left button with three horizontal stripes.

What the Structure View Displays

The structure view shows:

1. The overall survey structure
2. Question groups
3. Individual questions
4. Functionality to reorder questions and groups

Survey Components

Questions and question groups form the backbone of a survey. Beyond these core elements, surveys may also include:

• Multiple survey languages
• Question attributes
• Answer options
• Sub-questions
• Default answers
• Assessments
• Quotas and quota settings
• Survey user permissions
• Survey-specific settings

Question Groups

Every new survey starts with a default question group named My first question group. Groups organize a survey's questions into categories; more groups can be added via the purple + button.

Adding Questions

Because every survey already contains that default group, questions can be added right away: click the same purple + button and choose a type from the searchable question type picker. Note that on an active (running) survey, the survey structure is locked. So questions and groups cannot be added.

Editing Elements

Both questions and question groups can be edited by clicking on them directly in the structure view.

Reordering Content

To change the order of questions or groups, drag and drop them within the structure view.