XLSForm is an open standard that lets you design complex surveys using nothing more than a spreadsheet. Instead of learning a proprietary form-builder interface, you work in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets — tools you likely already know — and the resulting file is converted into a fully functional digital form that runs on mobile devices and web browsers. Because your survey lives in a plain .xlsx file, you can email it, track changes over time, and share it with colleagues who have no special software installed. The format has 3 core sheets – we will go over them one by one.
Understanding XLSForm — the Excel-based survey format
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Basic Question Types
This section addresses the different types of variable and question types that can be asked in SurveyCTO.
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Skip Logic
This section addresses when questions are to be asked and when they are to be skipped in SurveyCTO.
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Uploading and Publishing
A well-designed form is only valuable when it reaches the hands of data collectors in the field. The upload and publishing workflow takes your .xlsx file through a series of checks and transformations before it becomes a live form that devices can download and submit data against.
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