--- schema_version: "1" id: ee876a3c53c36bd73a9016010b0905c4e3b572f01d323ee10fb78a412cc29829 title: SurveyQuestion collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_surveyquestion.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_surveyquestion.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: ed0e674c1c887e4d37fc4917902078bfbd81ec13859c7566f04d670a4677cf1d description: Represents a question in a survey. --- # SurveyQuestion Represents a question in a survey. ## Supported Calls describeLayout()describeSObjects()getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve() ![Note](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/images/icon_note.png) #### Note You can’t define custom fields for the SurveyQuestion object using the Object Manager. ## Fields | Field | Details | | --- | --- | | DeveloperName | Type string Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description The API name of the SurveyQuestion. The API name must be unique within a particular version of the survey. | | IsDeprecated | Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the question was deleted from the survey. | | Name | Type string Properties Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort Description Up to the first 250 characters of the label for the question. | | PageDisplayOrder | Type int Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The order in which the page is displayed. This field is available in API version 54.0 and later. | | PageName | Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The label for the page. This field is available in API version 52.0 and later. | | QuestionChoiceCount | Type int Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The number of choices for the question. This field is available in API version 62.0 and later. | | QuestionName | Type textarea Properties Nillable Description The label for the question. | | QuestionOrder | Type int Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The order in which the question is displayed. The label for the page. This field is available in API version 52.0 and later. | | QuestionType | Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort Description The type of question. Possible values include: - Boolean—This value is available in API v49.0 and later. - CSAT - Currency - Date - DateTime - FreeText - Image - Matrix—This value is available in API v55.0 and later. - MultipleChoice - MultiSelectPicklist - NPS - Number - Picklist - RadioButton - StackRank - Rating - ShortText—This value is available in API v49.0 and later. - Slider - Toggle | | RelatedQuestionId | Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The ID of the parent question. This field is blank when the question itself is the parent question. This field is available in API v55.0 and later, with Feedback Management - Starter and Feedback Management - Growth licenses. | | SubQuestionDisplayOrder | Type int Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The order in which the question is displayed within the parent question. This field is available in API v55.0 and later, with Feedback Management - Starter and Feedback Management - Growth licenses. | | SurveyPageId | Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description Lookup to the SurveyPage that contains the question. | | SurveyVersionId | Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description The ID of the SurveyVersion that the question belongs to. | | ValidationType | Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort Description The validations available for the short-text question. Possible values include: - Custom - Cu - Number - Nu | ## Associated Objects This object has the following associated objects. If the API version isn’t specified, they’re available in the same API versions as this object. Otherwise, they’re available in the specified API version and later. [SurveyQuestionChangeEvent](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_change_event.htm "A ChangeEvent object is available for each object that supports Change Data Capture. You can subscribe to a stream of change events using Change Data Capture to receive data tied to record changes in Salesforce. Changes include record creation, updates to an existing record, deletion of a record, and undeletion of a record. A change event isn’t a Salesforce object—it doesn’t support CRUD operations or queries. It’s included in the object reference so you can discover which Salesforce objects support change events.") Change events are available for the object.