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[Sharing your questionnaire](https://help.pointerpro.com/share-results?hsLang=en#sharing-your-questionnaire) # Contact List ## A Contact list includes the people to whom you will email a questionnaire invitation and it allows you to send your questionnaire to a lot of people simultaneously, using the same invitation. ##### You'll need this: - One of these Pointerpro plans: ![](https://assets.pointerpro.com/custom/help-guide/Pointerpro+icon+Orange.svg)  Professional         ![](https://assets.pointerpro.com/custom/help-guide/Pointerpro+icon+Orange.svg)  Enterprise         ![](https://assets.pointerpro.com/custom/help-guide/Pointerpro+icon+Orange.svg)  ReportR         ![](https://assets.pointerpro.com/custom/help-guide/Pointerpro+icon+Orange.svg)  DistributR    --- ##### On this help guide page: 1. [Add contacts](https://help.pointerpro.com/contact-list#add-contacts) 2. [Create lists](https://help.pointerpro.com/contact-list#create-lists) 3. [Make changes](https://help.pointerpro.com/contact-list#make-changes) 4. [Contact owner](https://help.pointerpro.com/contact-list#contact-owner) --- NOTE   Benefits: - Before launching your questionnaire or campaign, uploading contacts will allow you to subsequently make a [unique link](https://help.pointerpro.com/migration/knowledge/url-parameters?hsLang=en) to the questionnaire which will allow the system to automatically identify each respondent.  - If the campaign has a number of different questionnaires, the respondents will be directed to the active questionnaires without having to enter their personal details every time. - You can track contacts' progress and [pre-fill](https://help.pointerpro.com/migration/knowledge/pre-fill-intro-fields?hsLang=en) certain parts of the questionnaire with their data - always a good idea to save people time! #### 1. Add contacts 1.1 [Individually](https://help.pointerpro.com/contact-list#individually) 1.2 [Uploading from a .csv File](https://help.pointerpro.com/contact-list#uploading) Click the Distribution menu and select Contacts from the dropdown menu.  ![Contact List - dropdown menu](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20dropdown%20menu.png?width=500&height=373&name=Contact%20List%20-%20dropdown%20menu.png) You can then choose to add contacts individually (click on the Create contact button) or upload a .csv file with the information of the people you would like to send the survey to (click Upload contacts). The system will automatically assign a unique identifier to each respondent. ![Contact List - create contact](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20create%20contact.png?width=600&height=120&name=Contact%20List%20-%20create%20contact.png) ### 1.1 Individually Click on the Create Contacts button. A box will pop up where you can enter information for First and Last name, Email, Personal ID, and Custom data and specify to which list you would like this person to be added.  ![Contact List - create individual contact](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20create%20individual%20contact.png?width=600&height=526&name=Contact%20List%20-%20create%20individual%20contact.png) DEFINITION   Personal ID is an optional field and can be used to identify each person with an ID of your choice. This could be an employee number or an ID of an in-house CRM system or other application. Click Save and close when you’re done. ### 1.2 Uploading from a .csv File Click on the button Upload contacts. A pop-up window will open, where you can download a CSV template to enter your contacts' information. ![Contact List - upload contacts](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20upload%20contacts.png?width=600&height=430&name=Contact%20List%20-%20upload%20contacts.png) Depending on your plan, you will download a different template. The following information is the same for everyone: - First Name - Last Name - Email - Personal ID - If you do not want to enter a Personal ID, leave this column empty.  - Custom Data - List (optional) WARNING   It's really important to keep the headers in the same order as they were when you downloaded the file. If you change the headers' order, then the upload will fail or the data will be entered into the wrong fields.  Here's an example to demonstrate how to set up the spreadsheet with the columns in the correct order: ![Contact List - csv example](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20csv%20example.png?width=650&height=121&name=Contact%20List%20-%20csv%20example.png) Specifying to which list each person belongs will enable you to send out the questionnaire to a named group of people. If you want to add someone to two groups, separate the groups by a '|', for example, example1|example2. The list will be created once you upload the file if it does not yet exist.  Here's an example of how to specify whether someone should be part of two lists (top row) or one list (bottom row): ![Contact List - two lists](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20two%20lists.png?width=300&height=192&name=Contact%20List%20-%20two%20lists.png) If you're on the Enterprise or ReportR plans, you can add as many columns as you require after the List column. For example, you can add columns to include information about the company or role, as seen below. ![Contact List - csv example ent](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20csv%20example%20ent.png?width=650&height=88&name=Contact%20List%20-%20csv%20example%20ent.png) If you're on the DistributoR plan, then you will have to fill in some additional fields. ![Contact List - csv example distributr](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20csv%20example%20distributr.png?width=650&height=49&name=Contact%20List%20-%20csv%20example%20distributr.png) More specifically: - Create account: This is a mandatory field. If you would like to create an account for the contact, then you should type 1 in this field; otherwise, you should type 0. - Send invitation: If you would like to send an invitation to this contact, then you should type 1 in this field; otherwise, you should type 0. - Template: This field is optional; when it is left empty, the default template is used. To use one of your templates, you need to type in this field the name of the template - Company (optional) - Role (optional) TIP   Make sure that the top row contains all the titles. The first entry should be in the second row. NOTE   Set up [Intro Fields](https://help.pointerpro.com/migration/knowledge/intro-fields?hsLang=en) with the corresponding External Field names to get the contact information pre-filled for you.  NOTE   If you're on the Enterprise or ReportR plan, you can use [Save contact details](https://help.pointerpro.com/migration/knowledge/save-contact-details?hsLang=en) to automatically add people to your list. Once you enter all the information into the spreadsheet, save it as a CSV file. Read [here ](https://help.pointerpro.com/migration/knowledge/convert-csv-to-excel?hsLang=en)for more details about converting Excel files to CSV. TIP   Before uploading all your contacts, it is recommended to import a file with only the header row and 1 row of data (1 contact). After confirming that all the data is in the correct column, you can then import the whole file. Then click on Upload contacts, select the file you want to upload, and click Upload and close. The system will then upload your entire file. ![Contact List - upload contacts drop file](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20upload%20contacts%20drop%20file.png?width=500&height=363&name=Contact%20List%20-%20upload%20contacts%20drop%20file.png) WARNING   The maximum number of contacts that can be imported at a time is 50.000. If you want to import a file that contains more than 50.000 rows, we recommend splitting it up over multiple imports. After you have uploaded your contacts, you can click **Edit** to see more information. If you have added additional columns will be added to the bottom as External fields. ![Contact List - edit contact](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20edit%20contact.png?width=500&height=484&name=Contact%20List%20-%20edit%20contact.png)   #### 2. Create lists 2.1 [Adding existing contacts to a list](https://help.pointerpro.com/contact-list#existing) 2.2 [Adding new contacts to a list](https://help.pointerpro.com/contact-list#contacts) DEFINITION   A list can be based on departments, areas, companies, job functions, or any other way you want to group the people you want to send the questionnaire invitations to. Click on Create list, give it a name, and click on Save and close. ![Contact List - create contact list](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20create%20contact%20list.png?width=500&height=193&name=Contact%20List%20-%20create%20contact%20list.png) ### 2.1 Adding existing contacts to a list Select individuals by ticking the box to the left of their name and then click the button on the top menu Add to list. ![Contact List - add to list](https://help.pointerpro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Contact%20List%20-%20add%20to%20list.png?width=600&height=344&name=Contact%20List%20-%20add%20to%20list.png)   A white box will appear, and by clicking the down arrow, you will be able to choose a list. Click **Save and close,** and your selections will be added.   ### 2.2 Adding new contacts to a list If you haven't uploaded a file yet, you can immediately add them to a list while uploading your file as explained earlier.  #### 3. Make changes Once you've uploaded your information, you can always make changes to it.   1. Edit - click on the pencil to edit details of a particular person or click the "X" to delete specific respondents. The "..." offers you the option to add them to a certain List or delete them. 2. Delete multiple contacts - click here to delete everything, or select certain people by ticking the box next to their names, and this button will delete only the ones you selected. 3. Download - This button will download all the information you have for your respondents. This can be useful if you've changed the details that you uploaded in the software and now you want to have an updated version in a file. The downloads that are 5000+ are split into queues. #### 4. Contact owner If you are the organization admin and your organization has multiple users, you have the option to move contacts from one account to another. This is very useful for example if one of your team members leaves your organization and you want to transfer his contacts to another team member. You can find the contact owner dropdown by clicking on the edit (pencil button).     By default, the contact owner is the person who created the contact in the system.  #### What's next? - [Limit the responses of your questionnaire](https://help.pointerpro.com/migration/knowledge/limit-the-responses-of-your-questionnaire?hsLang=en) - Using the Limit the responses of your questionnaire feature, you can control the number of respondents that are taking your survey. Read below to see two ways how to prevent multiple responses from the same respondent. - [Require Contact](https://help.pointerpro.com/migration/knowledge/require-contact?hsLang=en) is a feature that allows you to control who can access your survey and makes the questionnaire only accessible to contacts. If validation fails, the participant is not able to fill in the survey but a configurable message will be displayed instead. - [Email invitations](https://help.pointerpro.com/migration/knowledge/email-invitations?hsLang=en) are messages sent to your saved contacts containing a link to your questionnaire and are fully customizable. 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