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Question Tags allow you to categorize, control, and manage questions within your questionnaire. Tags add metadata to questions that can affect their behavior, visibility, reporting, export options, and data collection workflows. Tags help organize complex questionnaires and make it easier to identify questions used for screening, quotas, demographics, administration, localization, and other survey functions. To add tags to a question:
  1. Open the questionnaire in the Editor Panel.
  2. Select the desired question.
  3. Open the Tags section in the question properties panel.
  4. Select one or more tags that apply to the question.
  5. Save your changes.
A single question can have multiple tags, depending on its purpose.

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Basic Tags

The following tags control the behavior and purpose of a question.

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Visible

Controls whether the question is displayed to respondents.
  • Enabled: The question is visible (subject to any display logic).
  • Disabled: The question is hidden from respondents.
This tag is useful for temporarily hiding questions without deleting them.

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Read Only

Makes the question visible but prevents respondents from changing its value. Read-only questions are commonly used for:
  • Displaying calculated values
  • Showing imported information
  • Displaying system-generated data

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Required

Marks the question as mandatory. Respondents must provide a valid answer before they can continue or submit the questionnaire. Use this tag only for questions that must always be answered.

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Show Title

Controls whether the question title is displayed. Disabling the title may be useful when:
  • Using images as the primary content
  • Displaying custom HTML
  • Building highly customized layouts

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Show Description

Displays the question description or help text beneath the question title. Descriptions are commonly used to:
  • Provide instructions
  • Explain terminology
  • Clarify expected responses
  • Offer additional guidance

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Survey Classification Tags

These tags identify the role of a question within the questionnaire.

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Quota

Marks the question as a Quota Question. Quota questions are used to monitor and enforce respondent quotas during data collection. Examples include:
  • Age group
  • Gender
  • Region
  • Customer segment
Responses to tagged quota questions can be used to limit the number of completed interviews for specific target groups.

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Administrative

Marks the question as an Administrative Question. Administrative questions are intended for internal use and typically collect metadata rather than respondent information. Examples include:
  • Project identifiers
  • Interview IDs
  • Internal notes
  • Processing flags
These questions are generally not intended for respondent interaction.

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Screener

Identifies the question as a Screening Question. Screening questions determine whether a respondent is eligible to participate in the survey. Common screening criteria include:
  • Age
  • Location
  • Purchase history
  • Employment status
  • Industry
Based on the respondent’s answers, the questionnaire can continue or terminate using survey logic.

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Demographic

Marks the question as collecting Demographic Information. Typical demographic questions include:
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Education
  • Income
  • Marital status
  • Occupation
  • Household size
Demographic tags make these questions easier to identify for reporting and analysis.

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In-house Randomization

Identifies questions that participate in the platform’s internal randomization process. Randomization can be used to:
  • Reduce order bias
  • Randomize answer choices
  • Rotate questions
  • Support experimental survey designs
The exact behavior depends on your questionnaire configuration.

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Auto Code Tags

Marks the question as being automatically populated rather than answered directly by respondents. Auto-coded questions are commonly hidden from respondents and are used to capture system-generated values or interviewer-generated information. Auto Code questions can be populated by:
  • The system
  • An interviewer

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Interviewer Auto Code

Used for values entered or assigned by the interviewer during data collection. These questions are typically not visible to respondents and the visible tag is automatically off when auto code tag is selected. Examples include:
  • Interview observations
  • Interview outcome
  • Validation notes
  • Fieldwork metadata

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System Auto Code

Used for values generated automatically by the system. Examples include:
  • Response ID
  • Timestamp
  • Device information
  • Session identifiers
  • Internal processing values
These questions are managed automatically and generally require no manual input.

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Geo Map Tag

The Geo Map tag identifies questions associated with geographic or mapping data. Use this tag for questions related to:
  • Countries
  • States or provinces
  • Cities
  • Regions
  • Geographic boundaries
  • Map selections
Geo Map questions can be used with mapping features, geographic reporting, and location-based analytics.

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Section Tag

Section Tags allow you to group related questions into logical sections. They improve questionnaire organization and make large surveys easier to manage. Common section examples include:
  • Introduction
  • Screening
  • Product Usage
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Demographics
  • Closing Questions
Section tags are especially useful for filtering and navigating questionnaires during editing.

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Custom Tags

Custom Tags allow your organization to create its own classification system. Unlike predefined tags, custom tags can be tailored to your specific business processes or reporting needs. Examples include:
  • Priority
  • Client Review
  • Legal Approval
  • Pilot Survey
  • Internal Testing
  • Brand Tracking
Custom tags make it easier to search, filter, and organize questionnaires across projects.

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Data Collection Mode

The Data Collection Mode tag specifies which data collection methods a question supports. Depending on your organization’s configuration, questions may be used in different collection modes such as:
  • Web surveys
  • Mobile surveys
  • CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing)
  • CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing)
  • CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interviewing)
Using this tag helps ensure that questions are compatible with the intended collection method.

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Multi-Language Tag

The Multi-Language tag controls the languages in which a question is available. Select one or more languages to indicate where the question should appear. This feature is particularly useful when maintaining multilingual questionnaires that contain language-specific questions.
Note: When exporting a questionnaire for a specific language, VoxDash exports:
  • All questions tagged with the selected language.
  • Any questions that do not have a Multi-Language tag assigned.
Questions tagged only with other languages are excluded from the export.
This behavior allows you to maintain a single multilingual questionnaire while generating language-specific versions for fieldwork or translation.

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Best Practices

When using question tags:
  • Apply Quota, Screener, and Demographic tags consistently to improve reporting and respondent management.
  • Use Administrative and Auto Code tags for questions that should not be answered directly by respondents.
  • Organize large questionnaires with Section and Custom Tags to simplify navigation and maintenance.
  • Tag geographic questions with Geo Map when they are intended for map-based analysis.
  • Review Multi-Language tags before exporting questionnaires to ensure only the intended questions are included in each language version.
  • Keep your tagging strategy consistent across projects to improve searchability, reporting, and long-term questionnaire maintenance.