# Carry-forward between questions

Canonical page: https://www.questionpunk.com/support/carry-forward

Dynamically populate a question with options the respondent selected (or skipped) in an earlier question.

Time: 3-5 minutes

Level: Intermediate

Audience: Researchers, Survey designers

## Steps

### 1. Add a follow-up choice question

Add a multiple choice, dropdown, or ranking question after the source question whose options you want to carry forward.

### 2. Enable carry-forward

In the follow-up question settings, enable **Carry Forward** and select the source question.

### 3. Choose the mode

Select **Selected** to show only the options the respondent chose, or **Not Selected** to show only the options they did not choose.

### 4. Preview and test

Use the preview to confirm the correct options appear based on the respondent's earlier answer.

## Details

Carry-forward eliminates redundant option lists by dynamically populating a question based on earlier answers. If a respondent selected "Feature A" and "Feature C" from a list of five features, a carry-forward follow-up can show only those two for deeper evaluation.

Two modes are available: **Selected** (show what the respondent picked) and **Not Selected** (show what they skipped). "Not Selected" is useful for exploring why certain options were not chosen.

When the source answer is "None of the above" and the mode is Selected, a **None behavior** setting controls what happens: **Carry** includes the "None" label as a literal choice in the follow-up (Qualtrics-compatible behavior), while **Skip** skips the target question entirely. This setting is ignored in Not Selected mode.

Carry-forward works with multiple choice, dropdown, and ranking question types. The source question must be a choice-type question that appears earlier in the survey flow.

Carried-forward options are included in exports, so analysis tools can trace which options were presented to each respondent.

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