--- title: Add a List question to a single player microsimulation description: Add a List question to a single player microsimulation, set up its columns and row order, and see participants' structured answers in reports and exports. --- [Skip to content](https://help.iluminr.io/knowledge/add-a-list-question-to-a-single-player-microsimulation#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![iluminr logo](https://help.iluminr.io/hs-fs/hubfs/iluminr%20logo.png?width=227&height=48&name=iluminr%20logo.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Log in to iluminr](https://login.catalysttech.co/) [Log in to iluminr](https://login.catalysttech.co/) iluminr Knowledge Base - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Knowledge base](https://help.iluminr.io/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Manage Microsimulations](https://help.iluminr.io/knowledge/manage-microsimulations?hsLang=en) 3. [Single Player Content Management](https://help.iluminr.io/knowledge/manage-microsimulations?hsLang=en#single-player-content-management) # Add a List question to a single player microsimulation ## Everything you need to know about asking participants for a list, and seeing their answers, as an admin or microsimulation owner. A List question lets participants answer with a set of rows instead of a single answer. Use it when the answer is naturally a list, such as critical processes, key applications, dependencies, people and their roles, or the steps in a recovery plan. You no longer need one question screen for every item. Answers come back as structured rows, in the order participants gave them, rather than as free text. ### Add a List screen 1. Open your single player microsimulation in the builder. 2. Add a screen, or select an existing one, and choose **List** as the page template. You may need to scroll the template list to find it. 3. Write the question. The question carries the instruction, so a List screen has no separate description field. 4. Name your columns (see below). 5. Choose whether the order of rows is part of the answer (see below). ### Set up the columns A List screen can have up to six columns. Past that, participants are filling in a spreadsheet rather than answering a question. - Select **+** at the end of the column headings to add a column. - Rename a column by editing its heading. Renaming a heading doesn’t detach answers that have already been collected. - Reorder columns by dragging a heading sideways, or by selecting its grip and pressing the left or right arrow key. - Delete a column with its delete control. The column headings are what participants see above each field, and they also appear in the heading row of the reports. Every heading needs a name before you can save or publish. ![](https://help.iluminr.io/hubfs/kb-images/oct-2026/list-builder-columns.png) Columns hold plain text. ### Decide whether order matters Turn on **Learner sets the order** when the sequence is part of the answer, for example the steps of a recovery plan or a ranked list of priorities. - **On:** participants can reorder their rows, and the order is stored and reported with the answer. - **Off:** rows stay in the order they were entered, and participants can’t reorder them. Order is recorded, not marked. There is no correct order to score against, and a List question has no correct answer at all. ### What participants see - The screen opens with three blank rows. - Participants add as many rows as their answer needs with **+ Add**. Pressing Tab in the last field of the last row also starts the next row and moves them into it, which helps with long lists. - They can remove a row at any time, except the last remaining one. - When order matters, they can drag a row by its handle or use the up and down controls on the row. - They can paste a block of cells straight from a spreadsheet into any field. The list grows to fit, and the columns fill from left to right starting at the field they pasted into. - A row count shows below the list, named after the first column, for example “5 critical processes”. ![](https://help.iluminr.io/hubfs/kb-images/oct-2026/list-learner-blank.png)A List question in Learn Space with three columns and one blank row ready to fill in ![](https://help.iluminr.io/hubfs/kb-images/oct-2026/list-learner-filled.png) If AI feedback is switched on for the microsimulation, participants also receive feedback on their list after submitting. It looks at the rows they entered, for example a row with a missing value, or something a list of this kind would normally include. ### See the answers - **Activity tab:** each participant’s list shows as a small table, with their rows in the order they gave them. Distribution charts don’t apply to free-text rows, so none is shown for a List question. - **Reports and exports:** the rows are included as a table, not as a single block of text. In the data export, each list row is its own row of the file. If you rename a column after responses exist, answers that have already been collected keep their original headings. ### Limits to know about - A List screen can’t be a decision point, because there is no fixed set of answers to branch on. - A list has no set number of starting rows and no maximum row setting. - A List question isn’t scored. 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