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Prefill Answers

  • Sep 24, 2024 11:32 AM UTC
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Hello!
I was wondering if it’s possible to prefill answers? 


E.g. the survey running will be done twice a year to track progress, and is a multiple choice survey. I was wondering if it was possible to prefill the answers from a persons previous survey so that it’s easy for them to remember what was chosen last time and to then evaluate what their progress has been?

I know it’s possible in Google Forms, and was hoping it is also possible here.

 

Thanks!

Best answer by Liz

Hi @emmahi100 Happy Tuesday! I hope you’re having a good one. While we don’t have this feature available, a workaround could be to use hidden fields to pass the data through. For example, if you have the data stored somewhere like a CRM system, you could do this. 

Then, you could use the recall feature to show those previous answers. 

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  • Sep 24, 2024 3:29 PM UTC

Hi @emmahi100 Happy Tuesday! I hope you’re having a good one. While we don’t have this feature available, a workaround could be to use hidden fields to pass the data through. For example, if you have the data stored somewhere like a CRM system, you could do this. 

Then, you could use the recall feature to show those previous answers. 


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  • Sep 25, 2024 1:51 AM UTC

I was about the ask the same question, but I saw this support article: https://www.typeform.com/help/a/preselect-answers-through-form-links-for-advanced-users-4410202791060/

That looks a lot like what Google Forms supports? Could we embed the answers into the form URL that we send to survey takers?

Cheers!


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  • Sep 25, 2024 9:27 AM UTC

Hi Liz and Ryan! Thanks for your replies!

From what I can understand, would the hidden fields only pass the data through via a link. But would that only apply for the question that you have linked, or is it possible to prefill the entire survey based on the previous survey round taken earlier? 


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  • Sep 25, 2024 3:31 PM UTC

Hi @emmahi100 You would need to pass the values in through a link, so it’s best to store that information somewhere like a CRM and then send an email from that database to pass the information into those hidden fields!