> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/shared-sessions-surveys/sessions.md).

# Sessions

## 👥 What are sessions ?

Session will hold a single set of answers to your survey that can be shared among multiple users. Unless otherwise specified the default session will always be the session that is used and to be shared when the respondent loads up the survey. 

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Each of the session will store all the answers of your survey questions and answers&#x20;

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While looking at the [respondent grid ](/form-management/respondents-management.md)you will also notice that the each row relates to the session that its been linked to.

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## How to switch sessions

You can choose which session a respondent will use based on the [deployment link](/form-management/publish-deploy.md).

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The deployment link will get a new suffix that indicates which session based on the *ngs\_ssid* querystring parameter and the session id


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