# Survey scheduling

Canonical page: https://www.questionpunk.com/support/survey-scheduling

Schedule surveys to open and close automatically at specific dates and times.

Time: 2-5 minutes

Level: Beginner

Audience: Researchers, Educators, Event organizers

## Steps

### 1. Open survey settings

Click the **Settings** button in the survey editor to access scheduling options.

### 2. Set an open date

Choose a date, time, and timezone for the survey to start accepting responses. The survey will automatically open at the scheduled time.

### 3. Set a close date

Choose a date, time, and timezone for the survey to stop accepting responses. After this time, the survey link will show a closed message.

### 4. Publish the survey

Publish the survey with scheduling enabled. The survey will not accept responses until the open date, even though it is published.

## Details

Scheduling lets you prepare and distribute your survey link in advance while controlling exactly when responses are accepted.

Both open and close dates support timezone selection, so you can schedule for any region regardless of where you are.

Combine scheduling with response limits to cap the number of submissions within your collection window.

Other useful settings: enable a **progress bar** so respondents know how far they are, set a **completion redirect URL** to send respondents to a custom page after finishing, configure **cookie consent** prompts when required by your organization, set an [AI budget cap](https://www.questionpunk.com/support/ai-budget-cap) to limit AI credit spend, add [tracking pixels](https://www.questionpunk.com/support/tracking-pixels) to fire conversion events to ad platforms, and set the **respondent surface policy** to control whether respondents can take the survey on the web, the mobile app, or both.

## Related articles

- [Create your first survey](https://www.questionpunk.com/support/create-your-first-survey.md)
- [Share and distribute your survey](https://www.questionpunk.com/support/embed-and-share.md)