Solution: Survey app missing in SharePoint

Once in a while, you’ll want to use the survey web part for one reason or another. There are awesome tools like Yammer polls, Microsoft Forms, etc. but sometimes the only tool suitable for a specific use case is still the out-of-the-box SharePoint survey app.

If you search for it when adding a new app and get “We didn’t find a match here, but check out…” don’t fret. It’s tied to a site feature that apparently isn’t activate on your site. This applies to both on-prem and online/O365 environments.

To get the survey app as an option on your site, you’ll need to be a site owner who can activate the Team Collaboration Lists site feature (settings wheel > Site settings > Manage site features).

Once you activate it, your site will now be able to add these apps:

  • Document library
  • Custom list
  • Tasks
  • Picture library
  • Issue tracking
  • Survey
  • Discussion board
  • …and much more

Here’s a quick GIF demonstrating activation of the required feature:

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