❗ Note: Q&A is currently a beta feature. It is only available on Team plans and above. View plans |
When enabled, Question & Answer (or Q&A for short) allows anyone in the data room to submit questions to be answered.
Only data room owners and co-owners will be able to manage these questions.
Here's a quick demo:
Choose who guests can submit questions to
Based on the Q&A setting, guests will be able to submit questions to either:
Owners & co-owners only;
Owner, co-owners and other guests in the same Group as them; or
Everyone
Here's a quick breakdown on the key differences between the three settings:
| Owners & co-owners only | Owner, co-owners & people in the same group | Everyone |
Will a guest be able to see questions from other guests? | 🚫 No. | 🔸 Yes, but only questions from guests in the same Group. | ✅ Yes, they can see all questions (& related replies) from all guests. |
When submitting a question, will a guest be able to add other guests to their question? | 🚫 No. | 🔸 Yes, but only guests who are in the same Group. | ✅ Yes, they can add any guest in the data room. |
Will guests be able to see who else has been invited to my data room? | 🚫 No. | 🔸 Yes, but only the list of guests who are in the same Group. | ✅ Yes, they can see the entire list of guests in the data room. |
Get email notifications every time there's a new question
If you're a data room owner or co-owner, you'll receive an email notification every time a new question is submitted in your data room's Q&A section. Here's an example:
Question authors will also receive an email notification every time someone replies to their question. Here's a sample:
