---
title: Form responses
description: >-
  View, analyze, and manage form responses using Datadog Sheets, dashboards, and
  response settings.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Actions > Forms > Form responses
---

# Form responses

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## Overview{% #overview %}

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   source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/actions/forms/forms_responses.81416b2d4a599c6c2238a3b5648b5ab8.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850 1x, https://docs.dd-static.net/images/actions/forms/forms_responses.81416b2d4a599c6c2238a3b5648b5ab8.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850&dpr=2 2x"
   alt="Example of viewing form responses in Datadog" /%}

After respondents submit a form, Datadog automatically stores their answers and makes them available for review, analysis, and visualization. You can view raw responses in a table, get AI-generated summaries and visual analytics by question type, or query response data in a dashboard.

## View responses{% #view-responses %}

To view form responses, from the [Forms](https://app.datadoghq.com/forms) page, click a form, then click Responses.

Each component displays a corresponding response analysis block, which may include an AI-generated summary, raw individual responses, and visual analytics that vary by component type (for example, bar charts for dropdowns and checkboxes, distribution charts for ratings).

**Note**: Datadog stores responses in [Datastores](https://app.datadoghq.com/actions/datastores).

## Open in Datadog Sheets{% #open-in-datadog-sheets %}

You can open form responses in Datadog Sheets to filter, sort, and analyze them in a spreadsheet view. To open responses in Sheets:

1. From the [Forms](https://app.datadoghq.com/forms) page, click a form.
1. Click Responses.
1. Click Open in Sheets.

## View in a dashboard{% #view-in-a-dashboard %}

To visualize form responses in a dashboard:

1. Navigate to the [DDSQL Editor](https://app.datadoghq.com/ddsql/editor).
1. In the Data tab, click Actions Datastores.
1. Select the datastore associated with your form, then click Insert into editor.
1. Optionally, click the query's title to rename it.
1. Click Save.
1. [Create a dashboard](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards.md#get-started), then [add a widget](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards/widgets.md#add-a-widget-to-your-dashboard). All widgets except Timeseries are supported for forms.
1. When [defining the metric](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards/querying.md#define-the-metric), select DDSQL Editor and the datastore query you created earlier.
1. Finish [configuring your widget](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards/widgets/configuration.md), then click Save.

## Response settings{% #response-settings %}

To configure response settings, in the Fields panel, click the gear 
{% icon name="icon-cog-2" /%}
 icon and select an option:

| Setting             | Description                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Accepting Responses | Toggle to enable or disable response collection. You can also set an end date to automatically stop accepting responses on a specific date. |
| Anonymous Responses | When enabled, respondent emails are not stored.                                                                                             |

## Further reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Forms](https://docs.datadoghq.com/actions/forms.md)