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Select Multiple Values From Dropdown

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Updated January 25, 2016

asked on August 1, 2014

I am creating a form that uses a collection so that someone can attach information on multiple pieces of equipment to the same form. The issue I am running into is that the customer has the request that one of the dropdowns within the collection, filled from a SQL lookup, allow the user to select multiple values. I don't believe this functionality is available in Forms 9.1.1. Usually in this situation I would use a table so they could add multiple rows however tables within a collection are also not available in Forms 9.1.1. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to overcome these limitations?

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replied on August 5, 2014

Hey Beau,

Not the most elegant workaround, but if you create multiple dropdowns and perform a lookup to fill the values for each of them, you can then use field rules to hide the additional dropdowns until theymake a selection for the previous dropdown.

So for example, let's say you make dropdown fields A, B, and C. When A does not have a value selected, hide B. When B does not have a value selected, hide C. Once a value is selected in the initial dropdown, that will show field B, and the same will happen from B to C.

Let me know if this doesn't work for your situation, and I'll see if there's any other workarounds available.

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replied on September 30, 2014

Rob, thanks for the suggestion. I ended up doing that as the department agreed on a maximum # of values they would select, adding that many dropdown boxes (e.g. Option 1, Option 2 Option 3), and hiding the ones they didn't need. I would still love the option of allowing multiple selections from a dropdown, as well as being able to put a table inside a collection, but until then this will do. Thanks again for the help.

Laserfiche,

Any chances of getting the ability to select multiple values from a dropdown and/or ability to put a table inside a collection in the upcoming versions of Forms. I didn't see them in 9.2 but am hoping it is in a future rollout.

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replied on January 25, 2016

I just ran into this... do you know if this feature has been added?

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