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Your questionnaire is ready: time to collect. Everything happens in the Data collection / Sample tab of your survey. There you declare where respondents come from, frame the sample, open fieldwork and follow responses as they come in. This page sets out the basics. Each feature (sample sources, quotas, redirections, progress) then has its own page.

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The shortest path to launch

Opening fieldwork takes only four steps.
1

Create a sample source

Declare where your respondents come from: a panel, a contact file or social networks.
2

Set the quotas

Set the number of respondents you are aiming for per profile. Quotas are set in individuals.
3

Get the URL

In the Launch tab, get the URL of your sample source: as many URLs as there are sample sources.
4

Launch

Move the survey into fieldwork and share the URL.
This is the minimum needed to launch. The rest — fine-grained redirections, detailed progress monitoring, quality checks — matters, but it is not blocking for opening fieldwork.

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The three stages of data collection

Data collection runs in three stages. Before launch, you frame. When the time comes, you open fieldwork. During collection, you follow.
Consider a soft launch: start with a small batch, check it, then open fieldwork fully. This is the best moment to check the filters and the screen outs.

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Data collection landmarks

A few terms come back at every stage of data collection.
Do not confuse Data collection, the stage of the journey where you configure and steer everything above, with Fieldwork, the phase where responses are collected live. You open fieldwork from data collection.
Last modified on August 24, 2026