How to prepopulate values in the dropdown field using parameters

  • PKMM
    Gefragt am 27. Januar 2025 um 08:14

    Hallo zusammen,

    ich habe ein Problem, ich habe ein Dropdown erstellet und diese verborgen, das Werdet des Dropdown übermittle ich über den Linkt mit ?team=team1 aber diese werden mir nicht in der Antwort Tabelle angezeigt, warum?

  • Mary Eden Jotform Support
    Geantwortet am 27. Januar 2025 um 21:36

    Hi Duhlaku,

    Thanks for reaching out to Jotform Support. Our German Support agents are busy helping other Jotform users right now, so I'll try to help you in English using Google Translate, but you can reply in whichever language you feel comfortable using. Or, if you'd rather have support in German, let us know and we can have them do that. But, it might take a while until they're available again.

    Now, coming back to your question, I’ll need a bit of time to look into this and work out a solution. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

    Thanks for your patience and understanding, we appreciate it.


  • Mary Eden Jotform Support
    Geantwortet am 28. Januar 2025 um 09:38

    Hi Duhlaku,

    After confirming this, I found that if you plan to repopulate an answer to a hidden dropdown field, the query parameter that you're currently using is wrong. Instead of using

    ?team=team1

    it has to be

    ?team=Team%20PKM, ?team=Team%20Leverkusen, ?team=Team%20Essen

    and so on.  Check out the screencast below to see my results:

    How to prepopulate values in the dropdown field using parameters Image 1 Screenshot 40

    Also, to make sure that these form field entries will show up in Jotform Tables, since it's hidden, make sure that your Clear Hidden Field Values is set to  Don't Clear. Let me show you how it's set up:

    1. In Form Builder, in the orange navigation bar at the top of the page, click on Settings and then click on Show More Options.
    2. Then, look for the Clear Hidden Field Values. 
    3. Lastly, change the selection from Clear when submitted to Don't Clear.

    How to prepopulate values in the dropdown field using parameters Image 2 Screenshot 51 Check out the screencast below to see my results:

    How to prepopulate values in the dropdown field using parameters Image 3 Screenshot 62 Give it a try and let us know if you need any help.

  • PKMM
    Geantwortet am 30. Januar 2025 um 05:56

    Thenks that was what i needed, have a nice day