After previewing a survey in the Survey123 website, but before you deploy it, you need to publish it.
Publish a new survey
Complete these steps to publish a new survey that you created in the Survey123 web designer:
- Open the Survey123 website and sign in to your ArcGIS organizational account.
- Select the survey from the gallery and go to the Design page.
- Optionally, click Modify schema to change the name and maximum length of a field in the underlying feature layer, which are otherwise set automatically.
A table view opens that contains all the fields in the survey. Once published, changes to the name and field length are not allowed on existing questions. This is because feature layers are generated during publication, and editing of existing feature layers can be complex or, in some cases, impossible. The new name of the field is not visible in Survey123 or other apps, which display the label provided when the survey was created.
- Click the Publish button at the top of the page.
A message appears for you to confirm information or data applicable to the survey before publishing.
- Click Publish to create the survey's items.
When you publish a survey, the following occurs:
- The form is saved as an item in ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise.
- A feature layer is created to store form responses.
- A _form feature layer view is created for submissions.
- A _result feature layer view is created for sharing survey results.
Note:
If the survey is created from an existing hosted feature layer, you can opt not to create the _form and _result feature layer views. In this case, the source feature layer gets shared when you share the survey or its results. If the survey is created from a feature layer view, these views are not created.
The survey can be sent to users for completion in the web app and for download and use in the Survey123 field app. You can also click the Share survey button 
at the top of the page, which provides a QR code and a link that opens the survey in the web app.
Immediately after being published, the survey is only available to you. To allow others to download and use the survey, see Share surveys.