How to view summary of google forms responses?

This is a common question from Google Forms users with many responses. For example, reading them one at a time will not tell you which product most people ordered. Counting the answers by hand is slow and easy to get wrong. Google Forms draws the summary on its Responses tab as a pie chart, bar chart or a list of answers, but you cannot change those charts. With Formfacade, you can open your responses in Google Forms from the Responses tab and see the summary there. Even better, you can sync the responses to Google Sheets to make your own chart with pivot tables and share it with your team.

Let's start. Create your form and follow the steps below.

How to get your responses into Google Forms?

  • On the page that opens, name your form, click Embed form and click Proceed. It can take about a minute.
  • You will land on the form's "Share" tab, on Embed. The top bar may say "Blank Formfacade form" until you reload the page.
  • Click on "Responses" tab
The tabs Edit, Preview, Share and Responses, with Responses marked
  • Click Submit to Google Forms
  • "Submit responses to Google Forms?" popup will be displayed. Click Proceed
The Responses tab open at Google Forms with 3 responses, with Google Forms and the Submit to Google Forms button marked
If the button already says View in Google Forms, your responses are already going to Google Forms. Only the responses submitted after you click Proceed will reach Google Forms.
  • Click on "Share" tab
The tabs Edit, Preview, Share and Responses, with Share marked
  • Click Link, then click Open to open your form
  • Fill the form and submit it, so that you have a response to see

How to view the summary?

  • Click on "Responses" tab
  • Click View in Google Forms. Your form's responses will open in Google Forms
The Responses tab open at Google Forms with 3 responses, with Google Forms and the View in Google Forms button marked
  • Click Summary. Depending on the question type and the form responses, the summary is displayed as a pie chart, bar chart or just a list of answers.
The Summary tab of a Milk order form with 3 responses, showing a pie chart for Whole Milk, with the Responses tab and Summary marked

⚠️ Important

If you want to analyze the form responses or create a custom summary / chart, you can sync your form responses to Google Sheets and use the explore or pivot table option in Sheets.

Summary

If you want the overall picture of your responses, counting answers by hand is slow. With Formfacade, you click Responses > View in Google Forms > Summary and the answers are displayed as a pie chart, bar chart or list, depending on the question type. Create your form and complete the steps above. If you have any questions, write to support.

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