Populate email based on selected name, then send autoresponder to the email.

  • HRSSJotform
    Asked on May 25, 2018 at 5:29 PM

    Hi, is there a way to add a field where users pick their name and we can somehow associate an email to this? 

    So if I have the following data and the user selects a value, how would I be able to send an automated response to Name at the Email for the selected person?

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  • Vanessa_T
    Replied on May 25, 2018 at 5:49 PM

    For associating an email into a name, you could have 2 options.

    Option 1:

    You could make use of Form Conditions to dynamically populate the email field based on the selected name.

    Option 2:

    On the other hand, you could also use Dynamic Dropdowns widget where a second dropdown is populated based on the value selected on the first dropdown.

    Here's a sample using both of the options above: https://form.jotform.com/81446381921963

    Feel free to clone the form and check out the setup.

    However, if you would like to send an autoresponder automatically, then I would suggest Option 1 since an autoresponder email by default is automatically created once an email field is detected to be present on the form.

  • HRSSJotform
    Replied on May 25, 2018 at 7:55 PM

    Thank you, if I wanted to use the fields in a Dynamic Dropdown uniquely, can you tell me how i would get the values? So if I create an email, how could I use the name as a field? Here is the clone I created: https://form.jotform.com/81447018796971

  • John_Benson
    Replied on May 26, 2018 at 12:34 AM

    To my understanding, you want to pass the data from the Dynamic Dropdown widget to another field.

    Is that correct? If yes, that is not possible. I suggest using Option 1 if you want to pass the data to another field properly.

    I hope this information helps.