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Process improvement: update of dropdown list across multiple files

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
November 29, 2023
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Hello Guys,

I created a fillable form with a drop-down list of the employees's names and licenses. This drop-down list is used in multiple different forms. Every time I have a new employee hired/leaving I update each form dropdown list. I am wondering if there is a way to make this process faster or even to automate it. Any suggestions?

Thank you.

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Another solution is to place employees's names and licenses in a CSV file attachment.

So you will update all PDFs just by replacing the attachment.

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Hi,

If the drop-down list field has the same name on all forms, it's possible to write an JavaScript action wizard to modify all the forms.

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Daniela BarrosAuthor

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Thank you, bebarth. I am pretty new to Javascript. Would you have any content/courses to suggest?

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The dropdown fields have the same name in all the forms?

Do you know how action wizards operate?

Could you give me an example of the items (and export values) for the dropdown field... and its name!

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