Create a survey designer template question

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title: Create a survey designer template question
description: You can create a question that uses choice lists from a template.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/t\_CreateASurveyDesignerTemplateQ.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 3
breadcrumb: [Survey administration, Use surveys, Surveys, Assessments and Surveys, Exploring Service Administration, Service Administration, Manage service capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---

# Create a survey designer template question

You can create a question that uses choice lists from a template.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin or survey\_admin

## About this task

For more information about the template, see [Survey question template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_SurveyQuestionTemplate.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Survey** > **Survey Designer** and load a survey or create a new survey.

2.  Drag the **Template** data type icon into a category container.

3.  Click the gear icon in the question title bar to open the template properties dialog box.

4.  Select a predefined scale from the list.

    \[Omitted image "SurveyDesignerTemplateProperties.png"\] Alt text: Template properties form

    Question entry fields appear for that template.

5.  Enter one or more questions that are appropriate for the template.

    \[Omitted image "SurveyDesignerTemplateProperties2.png"\] Alt text: Template choice properties form

6.  Click the arrow to the right of a question to configure its properties.

    You must provide a name for each question.

    \[Omitted image "SurveyDesignerTemplateQuestionProperties.png"\] Alt text: Template question form

7.  Click the back arrow to return to the template properties dialog box.

8.  Configure the properties for the remaining questions.

9.  Click the **X** icon to close the template properties dialog box and save your settings.


**Parent Topic:**[Survey administration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/r_SurveyAdminTasks.md)

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