Quick intro to the Q&A

The Q&A is a structured question-and-answer tool built into Data Rooms. It allows one group of people to ask questions and another group to answer them, all in one secure, trackable place. 

It is used when buyers and their advisors are reviewing documents and need clarification from the seller and their advisors. 

During a deal, questions can arise from many people. Without structure, these questions end up scattered across emails, calls and messages. This makes them hard to track and easy to miss. 

The Q&A solves this by:

• Keeping all questions and answers in one place
• Ensuring questions are reviewed before being sent
• Ensuring answers are checked before being shared
• Creating a complete audit trail 

Note: The Q&A is active when there is at least one Q&A Coordinator (Answer group) and one Question Submitter (Question group) in the Data Room. In case users need to be invited, but the Q&A shouldn't start yet, assign a No Q&A role to the users in the Question group.

The Q&A is divided into two groups:
Buy side (ask questions)	Sell side (answer questions)
Every Q&A starts with a question:	Every question arrives at a Q&A Coordinator:
Both Question Submitter and Question Drafter can draft a question. A drafted question can only be submitted by the Question Submitter, which means the Question Drafter needs to assign the question to a Submitter.	The Q&A Coordinator can choose to draft an answer, assign it to another Q&A Coordinator, or assign it to an Answer Drafter. An Answer Drafter can draft an answer and has to assign it back to a Q&A Coordinator. The Q&A Coordinator is the one who decides if an answer gets disclosed or not.

Q&A Tip: Learn more about the different roles in the Q&A in the article: Roles in Q&A.