# Include and exclude questions in the potential analysis

You decide which questions feed into the potential analysis. On the potential analysis configuration page, every closed question in the questionnaire has its own checkbox — tick it to include the question, untick it to leave it out.

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The potential analysis only works with closed questions (for example scale, rating, multiple-choice or matrix questions). Open questions such as text fields do not appear on the configuration page.

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## Open the configuration page

1. [Open the review settings](/en/c/feedbacks/open-settings)
2. Scroll to the **Potential Analysis** section
3. Click **Configure potential analysis**

 ![The Potential Analysis section in the settings with the Configure potential analysis button](/attachments/feedbacks/fragen-in-potenzialanalyse-ein-und-ausschliessen/einstellungen-potenzialanalyse.png)

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If the questionnaire does not yet contain a closed question, a hint appears instead of the button. Add a closed question to the questionnaire first.

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## Include and exclude questions

In the **Potential values** area, you see every closed question in the questionnaire. Each question has a checkbox and its own potential-value input fields.

 ![Overview of the potential values with a checkbox for each question](/attachments/feedbacks/fragen-in-potenzialanalyse-ein-und-ausschliessen/potenzialwerte-uebersicht.png)

1. Tick the checkbox to the left of the question title to include the question in the potential analysis
2. Untick it to exclude the question from the potential analysis
3. Repeat this for every question you want to adjust
4. Click **Save** at the bottom of the page

 ![A checkbox shown for an included and an excluded question side by side](/attachments/feedbacks/fragen-in-potenzialanalyse-ein-und-ausschliessen/aktiviert-deaktiviert-vergleich.png)

After you save, easyreview recalculates the potential values for all participations automatically. The status on the settings page shows for how many questions the potential analysis is active (for example "Potential analysis active for 16 questions.").

 ![The Save button at the bottom of the configuration page](/attachments/feedbacks/fragen-in-potenzialanalyse-ein-und-ausschliessen/speichern-button.png)