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title: findAnswersByAssessment()
slug: findanswersbyassessment
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createdAt: 2026-04-28T17:54:10.015Z
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Returns individual form answers for a specific question scoped to a specific assessment cycle, optionally filtered by date range.

This is the answer-level equivalent of `findResponsesByAssessment()` — useful when you want to aggregate scores or values from a single question across all participants in a given review cycle.

### Syntax

`findAnswersByAssessment(question, assessment[, from][, until])`

### Parameters

| **Parameter** | **Type**                                  | **Description**                                          |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `question`    | [String](docId\:Ujw2AQAktel5uukLuP73S)    | Name or ID of the question/field to retrieve answers for |
| `assessment`  | [String](docId\:Ujw2AQAktel5uukLuP73S)    | Name or ID of the assessment cycle                       |
| `from`        | [Timestamp](docId\:j1uFZtC3_yprDI3uCIn3u) | Starting point of the date range to traverse (inclusive) |
| `until`       | [Timestamp](docId\:j1uFZtC3_yprDI3uCIn3u) | Ending point of the date range to traverse (exclusive)   |

### Return Type

[List](docId\:xWH_cUkHj9waqaEfb7H71) \<[FormAnswer](docId\:pjyHWzHYK83aOSCqV_K6l)>

### Examples

`findAnswersByAssessment('managerReviewRating', 'Q3 2024 Performance Review').mean{answerValue}`

Returns the average manager review rating across all participants in the Q3 2024 cycle.

`findAnswersByAssessment('managerReviewRating', 'Q3 2024 Performance Review').groupBy{target.department}.mean{answerValue}`

Breaks down the average manager review rating by department for the specified cycle.