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# Find Patterns Fast Using the Strella Responses Tab

> Search, filter, and query every participant response line by line. Use Ask Strella for instant AI insights or export filtered data to Excel.

The Responses tab gives you a line-by-line breakdown of every participant interview in your project. Use it when you want to move beyond synthesized themes and look directly at the raw data — searching for specific words, filtering by participant characteristics, or zeroing in on a particular segment before asking Strella a targeted question.

## The Responses workflow

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Responses tab">
    Navigate to **Results > Responses** in your project. You'll see all participant responses displayed line by line, organized by question and participant.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Apply filters to narrow your data">
    Click **Filters** to open the filter panel. You can filter by:

    * **Screener response** — show only participants who gave a specific screener answer (e.g., respondents who said they use your product weekly)
    * **Session tags** — show only sessions you've tagged with a particular label (e.g., "New Users" or "Enterprise")
    * **Custom criteria** — combine multiple conditions to create a precise segment

    Select your filter options and the Responses tab updates immediately.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Search by keyword">
    Use the **keyword search bar** to filter the visible responses down further. Type any word or phrase, and Strella highlights only the response lines where that term appears. This is useful for quickly surfacing mentions of a specific feature, competitor, or concept.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask Strella for instant insights">
    Once you've narrowed responses to a useful segment, click **Ask Strella** — located next to the Filters button. Type a question about the filtered data and Strella returns AI-powered insights drawn exclusively from the responses currently in view.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export to Excel">
    To share or work with the filtered responses outside of Strella, click the **download icon** to export the current view as an Excel file. The export reflects whatever filters and search terms you have active.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Combine a session tag filter with a keyword search for highly targeted queries — for example, filter to "Power Users" and search for "onboarding" to see exactly what that segment said about the topic.
</Tip>

<Note>
  Ask Strella operates on the filtered set of responses currently displayed, not your entire project. Apply your filters first to make sure you're asking questions about the right data.
</Note>

## Filter types at a glance

<Accordion title="Screener response filters">
  Filter responses to include only participants who gave a specific answer to a screener question. For example, show only participants who answered "Yes" to "Have you used this product before?" This is useful when you want to compare experienced users to new ones without manually sorting through sessions.
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Session tag filters">
  If you've added tags to individual sessions (see [Segmenting Sessions](/results/segmenting-sessions)), those tags appear here as filter options. Select a tag to instantly restrict the view to that participant group.
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Custom criteria">
  Combine multiple filter conditions to build a precise segment. For example, filter to participants from a specific screener response *and* a specific session tag at the same time.
</Accordion>