Filtering results using a hidden field

Hi @Eladvolman It isn’t possible to filter by hidden fields yet, but I know the product team is working on improvements to the table. I don’t have any specifics as to when/if that might happen, but in the meantime, you could use the Google Sheets integration to narrow down by hidden fields. 

Got it.

Thanks.

Not a problem, @Eladvolman ! Let us know if you think of any other questions. 

Hi @Liz , is the “filter results by hidden field” functionality available yet? thanks z

I’m afraid not, but we’ll post any updates here, @zoetrickle . 😀

Hi @Liz is there any update/discussion on this feature?

Right now I’m planning to use the `query` parameter to filter on a specific hidden field value, but since it also looks for every answer I might get false positives that I would need to filter a second time on my side.

Thank you!

@invoxiaaco Nothing yet, but as always, if there are any updates, I’ll post them here. 😁

Two years passed since original question and it is still not possible to filter by field?

Any suggestion for any workarounds? Like maybe there is some kind of way to set tags by hidden field provided?

Hi @uniqusername While we haven’t built this feature, I’d definitely suggest integrating your forms with Google Sheets! This would allow you to filter your results exactly as you’d like for any field. 

Is this feature not implemented yet?

We want to send a single form to multiple customers and multiple events.

Since we can pass hidden field values to forms, why on earth are e not able to filter results using that same hidden field?

This is a no brainer feature!

@yiureiuyirueytre - have you considered connecting your form(s) to Google Sheet? that way the data is captured there as well as in Typeform and you have much more capability at your fingers to sort and filter the data in Sheets

just a thought

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Nooooooo! Was hoping this was already available when I tried it this morning - the primary segmentation of responses in our use case is by client name, stored in a hidden field 😞 Google sheets isn’t a viable option for us sadly in this case.

Hi ​@parkersweb!

Unfortunately, filtering responses by URL parameters (hidden fields) isn’t supported. But you can use the search feature in your responses. In the screenshot below, I created a form with the hidden field First Name. Then I searched for phoebe in the responses and I’m able to see all my responses with that first name. You could try searching your responses by your client name.

Thanks ​@Phoebe VA  - unfortunately it’s the summary reporting that’s the essential part - filtering the response table only gives us the raw data. Thanks for the suggestion though and +100 to the feature request!

Thanks ​@parkersweb for the feedback! We’ve added this to the feature request board and hope this can be picked up in the future.

I’d also love to be able to filter by hidden fields in the summary! This would save me a lot of hassle of external analysis when I just want to quickly look at the survey responses broken out by segments that are only captured only in hidden fields. 

Thanks for sharing your feedback ​@carries I’ve added your upvote to the feature request 🙏

Thanks for sharing this. I’m running into the same limitation with hidden fields in Typeform — you can pass the value using URL parameters (aka hidden fields) and the data gets recorded. Typeform+2help.typeform.com+2

However, it appears that filtering the results or slicing the summary reports by hidden-field value isn’t supported yet. community.typeform.com+1

As a workaround:

• If you’re comfortable using an integration (e.g., Google Sheets) you can export or sync the responses and then apply filters there.

• Use the API’s query parameter to search for a specific hidden-field value. According to the docs it will match hidden fields too. Typeform+2Stack Overflow+2

• If you embed the form, you can pass visible tags via hidden fields and then tag/segment responses externally (CRM/integration) for filtering.

If you like, I can check and share whether a roadmap item has been created for full hidden-field filtering (so you could up-vote it), and we can also look at a sample implementation of the API query method to make sure it works for you.

Thanks so much ​@Phoebe VA - that sounds great. Unfortunately I don’t seem to be able to see the URL parameters in the dropdown list of our existing survey. Am I missing something?

I can’t see the url parameters/hidden fields yet, either. Are you sure the feature has been fully deployed? 

Am I looking in the right place? Here’s what I see:

Hi ​@parkersweb and ​@carries,

I’m checking with our product team and will get back to you. I thought it was released but I might be mistaken.

Hi ​@parkersweb and ​@carries,

So sorry for the delay here. I just checked with one of our product managers and it was just released today. Could you try again and let us know if you see it?

Yes! I see the ability to filter by hidden fields now! Thank you! 🎉🎉🎉

Please give a big high five to the product team!

Hurray! I’m so happy you’re able to use it now. Let us know how you like using it!