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url: "https://questionstar.com/help/dashboard/completions-widget/"
title: "Completions widget"
description: "With the completions widget in QUESTIONSTAR, keep track of participation numbers, channels, devices and quotas — all at a glance in the dashboard."
lastmod: "2026-07-08"
type: "help"
---

# Completions widget

## About the completions widget

The completions widget shows the most important participation metrics for your survey at a glance. It helps you quickly grasp how many people have started and completed your survey, which channels the responses came through, and which devices your target audience is answering on.

## Where does the widget appear?

The widget is enabled by default and appears automatically **below each survey in the dashboard** as soon as the survey has been started.

![Completions widget dashboard](/api/media/file/1.-Ruecklauf-Widget-Dashboard.png)

Beyond that, it's accessible **in all other views** via the **status menu in the top menu bar** — through the colored status indicator (e.g. a green dot for “active”) to the left of the survey name.

![Completions widget from other views](/api/media/file/2.-Ruecklauf-Widget-von-anderen-Ansichten.png)

## Overview: the components of the completions widget

The widget is made up of several graphically displayed sections:

- **Completions:**
 Shows how many people have fully completed the survey.

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> Example: “6,504 of 8,257 (78%)” means that 6,504 out of 8,257 participants completed the survey in full.

- **2 Weeks Trend:**
 Presents the daily completions of the last 14 days as a bar chart.
 On mouseover, the exact number of completed surveys per day is shown.
- **Channels:**
 Shows which channels participation came through — e.g.:**Public Link:** a general survey link, e.g. on a website or in a newsletter**Email invitation:** a personalized participation link, sent directly to defined recipients**Social media publication:** e.g. via Facebook, LinkedIn or X (formerly Twitter)**QR Code:** e.g. on printed materials, posters or packaging
- **Devices:**
 Provides insight into the device types used:**Desktop****Tablet****Phone**
- **Quota fill level:**
 If you use quotas in your survey, the **current fill levels of the quotas** are additionally shown in the widget.

## How should the values be interpreted?

The number under “Completions” refers to the **people who fully completed the survey**, relative to **those who started filling it out**.

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> **Important:**
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>  The percentage does not show the ratio to the number of people invited, but to the number of actual participants who opened the questionnaire.

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> **Example**:
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>  If 1,000 people started the survey and 780 completed it, the response rate is 78% — regardless of how many people were originally invited.