Hi all,We are trying to import/build a survey with Scoring capabilities using the Qualtrics API.Upon creating each question with the API, we would like to also define the answer choice values used for scoring for those questions. This can normally be done manually for each question by going to Survey Options > Advanced > Scoring, but it would be a lot more efficient if we could do this through the API when we create each question.How would we do this or is it even possible?

Tested this myself and wanted to add some additional notes to save future readers some time:The ‘SC_01HL...’and ‘SC_cV07...’stringswithin ‘Grades’in @vgayraud’s screenshot are scoring category ID’s. I was confused by this at first butIf you have used the UI before, you will know that you have to have at least one scoring category before you can start assigning point values to answer choices.The default UI name is “Score” but it will have a scoring category ID tied to it as well, similar to those in the screenshot. I created a question andgave it Score values manually through the UI, then used the Get QuestionsAPI call to extract my scoring category ID (each question willhave the same ‘GradingData’ piece in the response as well).Note: If you are building an exam from scratch with the API, you can define your scoring category when you first define the survey usingthe survey definition and scoring definition schemas (links to the documentation for those schemas arein @vgayraud’s first response).Finally, to add answer choice point valueswith the API, you can insert the ‘GradingData’ Key + value as shown in the screenshot (or captured by your Get Questions API response)into the body of yourCreate Questionpost request.You just need to ensure the scoring category ID matches that of an existing scoring category for it to work.Note: I was not able to find‘GradingData’anywhere in the Qualtrics API, neither as an option for the Create Question post request body message,nor as aschema like the scoring definitions schema.I was, however, able to successfully add it to the Create Question Post request just like the other body message options,and validated that it worked by going onthe UI and seeing the new question with the uploaded answer choice point values.Hope this adds some clarity

I suggest you build a simple survey and either export the qsf or get it with the Get Survey API to provide you with an example. You’ll want to look for GradingData in the questions definition. You should see something similar to this that should help you build what you want : "GradingData": [ { "ChoiceID": "1", "Grades": { "SC_0lHL6Wk3TbESpWC": "10", "SC_cV07JqyAmSIIS1g": "1" }, "index": 0 }, { "ChoiceID": "3", "Grades": { "SC_0lHL6Wk3TbESpWC": "30", "SC_cV07JqyAmSIIS1g": "3" }, "index": 1 }, { "ChoiceID": "2", "Grades": { "SC_0lHL6Wk3TbESpWC": "20", "SC_cV07JqyAmSIIS1g": "2" }, "index": 2 } ] }

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