Customizing columns in form lists

When viewing form responses, you may not always need every piece of information at once. Customizing your columns lets you focus on what matters most—whether that’s student details, choices, or submission status.

With column customization, you can:

• Add or remove columns to see only the data you need.

• Save and reuse your preferred view for faster access.

This flexibility helps you analyze responses more efficiently, reduce clutter, and tailor the list to different tasks—like verifying documents, managing enrollment, or exporting data.

How do I customize columns in form lists?

In any form list you have access to, click on View columns. You'll have a set of shortcut columns to pick from, as well as Advanced view settings. Use Advanced view settings to customize more specific columns, like specific questions in your form, or particular student or guardian data.

Advanced view settings work just like customizing columns in Custom Exports. The columns are grouped by the kind of information they show. 

First, you'll see form details. Then, you'll see information about guardians and students. If your form has verifications, you'll see those next. At the end, there are special columns that depend on the questions in your form. You can search for a question by name to find it faster.

Any columns you don’t choose won’t show up in the file. If this is a repeating export, those columns will be left out every time. Some columns might also be empty, like “Tiebreaker” or “Waitlist position,” if your form doesn’t use Lottery & Offers.

How do I save my view for later?

Whenever you customize columns on a form list that is not a Saved view, it will persist on your browser as long as you don't close the window or log out. If you'd like to preserve it further, we recommend creating a Saved view. Learn more about saved views, or watch an example: 

I changed my form — what happens to the new questions I added?

If you saved a view, and later added new questions or verifications in the form builder, those changes won’t be added to the view automatically. Don’t worry — it won’t break anything. To add them, create a new saved view.

I made new tag groups — will they show up in my saved view?

Yes! If you picked “Tags” as a column when creating your saved view, any new tag groups you create will be included. They’ll show the tags that were added to each form.