Survey123 not saving. Giving me the error: "the question has not question component"

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I'm building a Survey123 in the online builder, and at first it would let me save just fine. But now when I try to save, it just gives me the error "the question has not question component."

The details say the same thing. It's really strange, and Google hasn't yielded any results. I don't want to simply refresh, because I most likely will lose all changes since the last save.

I'm on google Chrome Version 65.0.3325.181 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Has anyone seen this error before?

EDIT: I deleted the last two of my questions just fine (and that didn't fix anything) but it won't let me delete my third-to-last question. I'm assuming this is the issue.

EmelineRenz · Answer

I just lost an hour of work on a survey when this happened. It is often the case that, when creating smart surveys, questions are repeated. I know I had saved my survey several times, but when I tried to resolve this error, the app froze and I had to close the tab. I reopened the survey and the only question left was my first question.

I also noticed that after 20 questions, the question count started back at 2, so some of the early logic I had configured was acting really wacky.

Is there a recommended "order of operations" that will avoid this issue?

JamesTedrick · Answer

Hi Josef,

We have seen occasions where the copying question capability can cause issues; this can occur after several editing steps.

Josef_Strobl · Answer

are you suggesting not to use the copy question functionality?