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title: Publish a HR survey
description: Publish a new survey so users can complete it.
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release: australia
product: HR Service Delivery
classification: hr-service-delivery
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [HR surveys, HR Administration, Configure, Case and Knowledge Management, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
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# Publish a HR survey

Publish a new survey so users can complete it.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_hr\_core.admin, or sn\_hr\_core.manager

## About this task

After a survey is published, you can edit it and it remains published. The **State** field on the Survey Definition form indicates whether the survey is published.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **HR Administration** > **Surveys** > **All HR Surveys**, and open the survey to publish.

2.  Click **Publish**.


## Result

If there are assigned users, the system automatically generates a survey instance. You can click **Send Invitations** to send a notification to the assigned users with a link. Assigned users can also navigate to **Self-Service** > **My Assessments and Surveys** to take the survey.

**Note:** A survey cannot be returned to the **Draft** state after it has been published. You can, however, deactivate a survey by clearing the **Active** check box.

## What to do next

If you want employees to receive a link to a survey, such as the HR Request Satisfaction Survey, create a notification. To get the URL of the published survey so it can be included in the notification, click the **View Survey URL** related link. You can copy the URL and paste it as a hyperlink in the notification.

**Parent Topic:**[HR surveys](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/hr-service-delivery/c_HRSurveysIst.md)