To turn a Notion database into a survey, open the database, click + next to your views, choose Form, and let Notion create one question per property. Share the form link, and every answer lands as a new row. The step most people skip is choosing property types that you can chart and average afterwards.
How to add a survey form to an existing Notion database
A Notion survey is a Form view on a database, so the database you already have becomes the place answers are stored. Notion’s forms help page gives the steps:
- Open the database and select + next to your existing views.
- Select Form.
- Select Create {#} questions so Notion builds questions from your properties.
- Delete the questions respondents shouldn’t see, such as internal Status or Owner fields.
Each question maps to a property, and its type matches the property type. Renaming a question renames its property by default, and adding a question adds a property. Answers go into a Table view called Responses.
If Form is missing from the menu, you’re in a linked view. Notion’s forms guide says forms are only available in the original database that holds the data. You also can’t create or customize a form on mobile, so set it up on desktop or web. More on how this view behaves: what form view is in Notion.
Pick property types your Notion survey can chart
The property type behind each question decides what you can do with the answers later. Notion’s charts page says a chart can show a Count on the Y axis and group by a property, while the table calculations offer Average, Median, Min and Max only for number properties.
| Survey question | Property type | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Which plan are you on? | Select | Bar or donut chart of counts |
| Which features do you use? | Multi-select | Counts per feature |
| How satisfied are you, on a five-point scale? | Number or Select | Average (Number) or chart (Select) |
| When did you start using us? | Date | Line chart over time |
| What should we improve? | Text | Quotes to read, nothing to chart |
| Upload a screenshot | Files & media | Files only; charts can’t use them |
The rule I follow: every question you want to count goes in a Select or Multi-select, never in free text. A text answer like “mostly the calendar” can’t be grouped, so you end up reading and tagging rows by hand.
Charts also skip rollups, files and media, unique IDs and formulas that return a list, according to Notion’s charts page. Keep survey answers in plain properties.
Rating scales: Select or Number?
Notion’s help pages don’t document a dedicated rating or scale question, so a satisfaction score has to be a Select or a Number.
- Select with options for each point: respondents tap a choice, so there are no typos. A donut or bar chart shows the spread of scores. You can’t take an average of a Select, though.
- Number: the table footer can show the Average or Median of the column. The cost is that respondents type the number, and Notion’s docs don’t describe a minimum or maximum for number questions, so put the scale in the question description.
My take: use Select for anything a manager will look at as a chart, and Number only when you’ll track the average over time.
Choose named or anonymous responses
Anonymous responses decide whether Notion records who answered. The forms page says you can toggle Anonymous responses on or off, and forms shared with Anyone on the web with link are automatically anonymous.
For a survey built on an existing database, Notion doesn’t record the respondent unless you add a Created by property, and web-link responses stay anonymous either way. Notion’s guide suggests anonymous responses for sensitive topics, such as a team pulse check where people wouldn’t answer honestly with their name attached.
The trade-off is that anonymous surveys can’t stop one person answering twice. If one response per person matters, keep the survey inside your workspace with anonymous responses off.
Share the survey and close it when you’re done
The Share form menu controls who can answer. Notion offers three settings:
- Anyone at your workspace with link for internal surveys.
- Anyone on the web with link for customers and the public.
- No access to close the survey. Existing answers stay in the database.
Mark key questions Required, like the overall satisfaction score Notion’s guide uses as its example, so respondents can’t submit without them. Our guide to sharing a Notion form publicly covers links and embeds in more detail.
Read the results with charts and calculations
Survey results live in the database, so you analyze them with ordinary views.
- Score spread: add a chart view, choose Donut chart, and show the satisfaction Select.
- Answers by segment: a Vertical bar chart with the plan Select on the X axis, Count on the Y axis, and grouped by the satisfaction score.
- Average score: in the Responses table, click the Number column, hover over Calculate and pick Average.
- Read the comments: a table filtered to low scores, showing only the text question.
On the Free plan you can create one chart, while paid plans allow unlimited charts, and a chart shows up to 200 groups and 50 subgroups at a time. If you need the raw data elsewhere, Notion says you can’t export a Form view, so export from the Table view. The steps are in exporting Notion form responses to CSV.
Where a native Notion survey falls short
Native Notion forms cover a simple survey, but a longer questionnaire hits limits. Conditional logic is only on Business and Enterprise plans, so on Free or Plus you can’t skip questions that don’t apply, which is a problem for any survey with “If yes, why?” follow-ups. There’s also no rating question and no view of where people gave up.
A form builder that writes to Notion can fill those gaps. nDBForms has rating and scale questions mapped to Notion properties, and on Pro adds conditional logic and analytics with drop-off by question. Its Free plan allows 3 forms and 100 responses a month. For a ready-made starting point, see the feedback survey template guide or browse the form templates.
FAQ
Does Notion have a rating question for surveys?
Notion’s help pages don’t document a dedicated rating or scale question. Use a Select question with numbered options if you want charts, or a Number question if you want an average.
Can people answer a Notion survey without a Notion account?
Yes. Share the form with Anyone on the web with link. Those responses are automatically anonymous, so ask for a name or email as a question if you need it.
How do I close a Notion survey?
Open Share form and change who can fill it out to No access. The form stops taking responses and your existing answers stay in the database.
Can I export Notion survey results?
Not from the Form view itself. Notion says to export questions and responses from a Table view of the database instead.