Forms : URL Query String with Multi Select Dropdown

Mathieu Paquin

Is there a way to use URL query string to pre-populate a dropdown multi select with more than one value in a form?

Genevieve P.

Hi @Mathieu Paquin

To populate a Multi-Select dropdown list with multiple values using the query string, you'll just need to add an & and list the field again with the second value, like so:

?Multi=Apple&Multi=Orange

So if I had more than two values, I'd need to list the field each time:

?Multi=Apple&Multi=Orange&Multi=Banana.... etc

Let me know if this works for you!

Cheers,

Genevieve

Paul Newcome

Are you not able to do that using the "default value" portion for that field when building the form?

Mathieu Paquin

Yes, but not usefull in that case because the value will not always be the same.

Genevieve P.

Hi @Mathieu Paquin

To populate a Multi-Select dropdown list with multiple values using the query string, you'll just need to add an & and list the field again with the second value, like so:

?Multi=Apple&Multi=Orange

So if I had more than two values, I'd need to list the field each time:

?Multi=Apple&Multi=Orange&Multi=Banana.... etc

Let me know if this works for you!

Cheers,

Genevieve

Paul Newcome

Understood. In that case please see Genevieve's response above. You can also replace sections with cell references as needed.

="url_string?Multi=" + [First Option]@row + "&Multi=" + [Second Option]@row + "rest_of_url_string.com"