New Question to existing project

[fayez_70]

I want to add a new question to an existing project that already has hundreds of submissions with photos. Will adding the new question affect the current data?

[Kal_Lam]

@fayez_70, adding a completely new question to an existing form or project will not affect the data currently stored in your account or server. However, please be cautious when modifying existing questions, especially their choices (names and XML values). The post we discussed earlier should be helpful for you:

Altering options for a deployed form

@rafglobal, sharing a quick test I made to demonstrate the post I shared above. I have created a question with the following choices (please note both the labels and the XML values): [Image 1] I deployed the form and made a test submission selecting both choices. [Image 2] I then made a slight change to the choices in the same project. Please note the updated labels and XML values: [Image 3] I redeployed the form and made test submissions again. [Image 4] Here you can see that the l…

I strongly recommend trying this out on a dummy project first to observe how it behaves.