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Pulses give you the ability to ask your team a custom set of questions on either a recurring or one-time basis.

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How Pulse Surveys work

Pulse Surveys let you collect feedback on anything—from lunch orders to job candidates, off-site events, and all-hands meetings. They take a minute to set up and give you valuable insights delivered directly to your inbox. They’re faster than Google Forms and more flexible than traditional employee engagement platforms.

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Creating a Pulse Survey

To create a Pulse Survey:
  1. Choose any team, department, or group to include in the pulse (you must be an Admin or that person/team’s manager)
  2. Input your questions into the text box—ask anything you want of your team
  3. If you want to ask multiple questions, easily edit the flow of the conversation in the Discussion Guide
  4. Choose your survey type (recurring, one-time, manual, or calendar-based)
  5. Set your expiration—once the pulse expires, your report will be generated
  6. Select your response visibility—you can make responses public or anonymous depending on the topic

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Survey types

Recurring Runs on a regular schedule. Use this for ongoing check-ins or regular engagement surveys. One-time Runs on a one-off basis. Use this for event-specific feedback or one-time questions. Manual Runs on demand whenever you want to trigger it. Use this for ad-hoc questions when you need quick feedback. Calendar-based Runs based on calendar events detected via the Google Calendar integration. Use this to survey attendees after specific meetings or events.

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Response visibility

When creating a Pulse Survey, you can make responses public or anonymous: Public responses Pulse creators can see who said what. Anonymous responses Responses are collected without attribution. Use this for sensitive topics like manager feedback or company culture where anonymity encourages candor.

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Multi-question surveys

You can ask multiple questions in a single Pulse Survey. Edit the flow of the conversation in the Discussion Guide, and Windy will ask them conversationally, one at a time.

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Reports

Once the pulse expires, your report and all of the responses from the team will be delivered directly to your inbox or via Windy on Slack.