Have a field automatically filled out based on who is filling out the field

Bradley Jouty

When my team is entering in projects, each engineer enters his own project. Currently we have to select our own name from a drop down, but having it be editable but already filled out in the form would help.

Adrian Mandile CHESS

Hi @Bradley Jouty,

This can currently be achieved using URL query string to pre-fill values into a Form.

See: Use a URL query string to prefill different default values for the same form | Smartsheet Learning Center

it would take the form of something like:

https://SmartsheetURL/FormUniqueID?Column=Manager

Where:

Column = the Column Name or (over-ride Label used in the Form), with "%20%" in place of any spaces

Manager = your Project Engineer's name, with "%20%" for any spaces

For example:

https://SmartsheetURL/FormUniqueID?Project%20Engineer=Bradley%20Jouty

Andrée Starå

Hi @Bradley Jouty

I hope you're well and safe!

If you set the form, so the users have to be logged in to Smartsheet to see the form, you can collect the submitter with the system column, Created By, and then use a formula to translate that to what you need.

Make sense?

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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