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# Customize Survey Items

Within survey items, you can change how the survey response data is displayed when looking at reports. Changes that you can make include:

* Removing a question(s) from reports
* Removing a custom question score from the overall dimension score
* Hiding potentially sensitive questions from Restricted Report Viewers
* Changing a scale to show as nominal data, and
* Inverting a scale

To access the survey scale option, please follow these steps:

1. From the Compass dashboard, click **Surveys.**
2. **Please Note**: the Admin option is only available to your organizations Compass administrator(s).
3. Click on the title of the survey you would like to make changes to.

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3. Click **Survey Items** in the left column.
4. Under **Default Scales**, you can change the scale type for all questions using the same scale within the questionnaire.

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5. To make changes to an individual item, click on the question within a dimension. To change the reporting options, choose one of the radio button option and/or checkbox. To change the scale click **Override Default** and update the scale using the dropdown list.

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6. When making a change from the default setting, a flag will appear to the right of a Scale or Item. Changes will be automatically updated for reporting.

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