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# Survey piping

Piping allows you to display a previously collected answer later in the survey. If you move questions, you will need to update the piping equation. It is best practice to put a piping question **on a new page**.

## Pipe an answer into options

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
Create a new element.

Create a new element **on a new page** which contains options (e.g. Dropdown, Single Select, Checkboxes, or Matrix).
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Click **Add piping options**.

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/T7fhyut5rrQHwe5QRGot/blobs/DjSpTrZGFzXHTmCFiiX0/37073243014804)
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Select a previous question.

Select a previous question you'd like to pipe into this question.

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/T7fhyut5rrQHwe5QRGot/blobs/O480Xt9yvHbi49P9eI0H/37073302502420)
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Review the result.

Your result will look like this.

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/T7fhyut5rrQHwe5QRGot/blobs/Niv2N68VdDoxDBC0RFA2/37073302503060)
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

## Pipe an answer into a question

To insert piping, you can click the **More** button to the right of the Question input field, and then click **Insert Piping**.

You can also do it manually using the equation **{pg=1,q=1}** for the answer from Question 1 on Page 1. To insert the answer from Question 4 on Page 5 you would use **{pg=5,q=4}**.

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/T7fhyut5rrQHwe5QRGot/blobs/Lb4ZExYrVaGn08P3MLLg/37073302505748)

This is what it will look like in the survey:

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/T7fhyut5rrQHwe5QRGot/blobs/FsFl83tfnRxZpn1MOy3R/37073302506644)

## Question types you can pipe

* Short Answer
* Long Answer
* Number Input
* Dropdown
* Single Select / Radio
* Checkboxes
* Range
* Rating
* Date
* Matrix

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** Private Panels was previously managed outside of Dscout, so you may see a different logo and URL in some places. If you have any questions, contact <support@dscout.com>.
{% endhint %}


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