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Questions from Question Bank Report: How to Export Question Bank Data

Summary

This guide explains how to access, create, and customize the Questions from Question Bank Report, including template configuration, generation options, and practical use cases for exporting all questions and answers from the Question Bank.

Introduction

The Questions from Question Bank Report pulls all questions and answers from the Question Bank. The report can be filtered by specific categories or include all categories. Whether you need to audit question bank content, review answer options, or export question data for offline analysis, this report delivers the data you need. For a complete overview of the Reports section, refer to Reports: An Overview of the Reports Section in LMS.

Steps to Follow

How to Create a Custom Questions from Question Bank Report Template

The Report Generation tab contains predefined templates that come with your KnowledgeCity LMS, along with any custom templates you have previously created. If the default Questions from Question Bank template meets your needs, you can run it directly. To create a new custom template with specific fields and settings, follow the steps below.

  1. Navigate to Reports > New Report Template.

  2. From the Report type dropdown, select Questions from Question Bank.

When you select Questions from Question Bank as the report type, the system automatically populates default fields, along with default template name, language, description, and title style, all of which you can customize to suit your needs.

  1. Configure your template:

Field

Description

Template name

Specify a unique name (e.g., "Full Question Bank Export")

Template language

Select the preferred language for report output

Description

Provide a brief description (up to 500 characters) to clarify the report's purpose

Title style

Format the report title using bold, italic, underline, font size, alignment, and title text and background color options

Include portal logo

Toggle to add your portal logo to the report output

Default Fields in This Report

  • Category: Classification category assigned to the quiz question.

  • Question text: Text content of the quiz question.

  • Answer: Text of the answer option for the question.

  • Is Correct: Indicates whether the answer is correct (Yes/No or True/False).

You can modify these defaults or add additional fields to tailor the report to your requirements. For detailed descriptions of all available fields, refer to Report Fields: A Complete Reference Guide for All Reports.

  1. Customize columns using the rows adjustment section:

    • Click Add column to include additional fields.

    • Drag and drop columns to reorder if required.

    • Click the Edit button on any column to format, style, or add conditional rules.

    • Click the Delete button to remove columns.

For detailed instructions on managing columns, refer to Report Templates: How to Manage Columns with Rows Adjustment and Formatting.

  1. Click Save template.

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An example illustration of the New Report Template tab with Questions from Question Bank selected.

How to Generate the Questions from Question Bank Report

  1. Navigate to Reports > Report Generation.

  2. Locate your newly created Questions from Question Bank template.

  3. Click Run report.

The Run report button opens a configuration window where you can set the following parameters before generating the report:

Option

Description

Category

Select a specific category to filter questions, or choose All Categories to include everything

  1. Click Create and proceed to the Reports tab, locate your report on the top of the list and click the Download button to export.

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An example illustration of the report generation popup showing all configuration options.

Example Use Cases

  • Audit question bank content: Generate a report for All Categories to export every question and answer in your question bank. Use this for content review and quality assurance.

  • Review category-specific questions: Select a specific category to export only questions from that category. This helps focus on particular subject areas or training modules.

  • Validate correct answers: Review the Is Correct column to verify that each question has the correct answer properly identified. This is useful for quality control and question bank maintenance.

Conclusion

You have successfully learned how to generate and customize the Questions from Question Bank Report. This report provides a complete export of all questions and answers from your Question Bank, with each answer appearing as a separate row. By creating custom templates with the fields that matter most, you can efficiently audit question bank content, review answer options, and export question data for offline analysis.

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