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File Upload

First, create a survey and add a File Upload question. Click on Upload Setting to adjust File Upload settings.

Question editor for the File Upload question with the Upload Setting button being clicked in the toolbar

The File Upload question supports integration with Google Drive and OneDrive.

Every file gathered in the survey will automatically be uploaded to your drive. Without linking the drive, respondents won't be able to upload files.

**Only one cloud storage account can be linked to a single survey.

Once linked, all data collected through File Upload questions in the survey will be stored in the linked cloud storage account.

Upload Setting panel for linking a Google Drive or OneDrive cloud storage account

Note: When the pop-up is blocked from your browser,  allow pop-ups from SurveyCake to link your Google Drive / OneDrive account.

Authorization pop-up window that appears after clicking to link cloud storage, requiring browser pop-ups to be allowed

Choose the account you would like to link with.

Screen for selecting a Google account to link after allowing the browser pop-up
Confirmation screen showing the cloud storage account successfully linked after clicking Allow

Note: Different surveys can be linked with different Google Drive or OneDrive accounts.

Settings screen showing that different surveys can each be linked to a different Google Drive or OneDrive account

Then you can choose to set up allowable file types. If so, SurveyCake accepts documents, presentations, spreadsheets, images, videos, audio.

Move the cursor over file type, you can check out supportive file types.

Tooltip shown when hovering over a file format option, listing the accepted file types

And, choose a size limit for the file.

Upload Setting panel for setting a file size limit for uploads

The setup is finished!

File Upload question showing all upload settings completed

Attention! You cannot check File Upload in preview mode. It must be done on the survey page after setup!

Live survey page for testing the File Upload question's response functionality

After linking Google Drive / OneDrive, SurveyCake will create a SurveyCake File Upload folder in the account. Click to see the designated folder for the survey. After survey creation, all uploaded files will be stored here.

SurveyCake File Upload folder automatically created in Google Drive or OneDrive

If you enable the "Link to a cloud storage service" option on the Setup page without adding a File Upload question first, the toggle for "Link to a cloud storage service" will be automatically turned off after you publish the survey or leave the editing page.

Therefore, please make sure to add a File Upload question before enabling the "Link to a cloud storage service" option.

Summary

File Upload allows you to gather files easily through survey!

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