Populating information into another field

  • Amberly Chirolla
    Asked on May 24, 2019 at 6:41 PM

    Hi! I am creating a form to collect contact information for families of students who go to a charter school. 

    https://form.jotform.com/91367243477161

    There are 3 sections. Parents may want to fill out all the sections, or just one or two of them.  I was wondering this ... Is there a way to auto-populate a field if the same field has already been filled out? For example, I will have phone number as a field in each section. That way, if someone only wants to fill out that section, we will have the number. But if someone fills out all three sections, they will have to put their number in, which is a pain. What is the best way to avoid that?

    Thank you!

    Amberly

  • achirolla
    Replied on May 24, 2019 at 6:42 PM

    That was supposed to say "they will have to put their number in 3 times, which will be a pain".

  • Alan_D
    Replied on May 24, 2019 at 7:25 PM

    We can create a condition to automatically populate the other fields if the user just wants to update his submission. We will check this question. Populating information into another field Image 10If the user is updating the information, the form will automatically populate other fields. I have added test fields to show that. 
    1. These are my test fields. 15587398031a Screenshot 212. I created these conditions to copy values to the next field. Please inspect that carefully. Populating information into another field Image 32 Populating information into another field Image 43Populating information into another field Image 54The conditions must seem like that. Populating information into another field Image 65
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  • Alan_D
    Replied on May 24, 2019 at 7:27 PM

    On the other hand, I think this article may help you. 
    Guide: How to Let Users Update Their Form Submissions at a Later Date