Auto display of data from external file

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Hello,

I am trying to pull data from an external file to display it on the form. I have uploaded the external file through media upload and trying to pull data from it.

I have followed the syntax for pulldata which is explained in the community.
pulldata(‘Schools’,‘School_Leader_Name’,‘School_Name’,selected-at(${School_List},position(…)))
One difference is that, in this case , the School_List is a “Select one from file” type question. But I am not able to pull the school_Leader_Name in this case. Am I doing it right? Please help.

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Welcome to the community @veluthedan! Would you mind sharing your xlsform and the csv file so that the community would be bale to help you out.

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Thank you @Kal_Lam.

I am not able to upload files here. Says new users can’t upload files.

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Would you mind giving another try by refreshing your page? You should be able to upload.

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Instead sharing the screen shots of the xlsform and csv here.

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And below is the School_List csv used for drop down list of Schools.

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Yes. Thank you!
These are the files.

Schools.csv (140 Bytes) School_List.csv (52 Bytes) aE6UyXVMC95ASKhdxFRX6u.xlsx (16.7 KB)

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Hi @veluthedan
I have had a look at your form and I recommend the following changes which should solve your issue.

  1. Include a School_Code within your Schools CSV file

  2. I recommend that you slightly amend your main file image

Please find attached the files.
School_List.csv (52 Bytes) Schools.csv (154 Bytes) aE6UyXVMC95ASKhdxFRX6u.xlsx (17.0 KB)

Regards,
Stephane

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@stephanealoo

Thank you for the help. I tried this solution, but getting an error while deploying the form.

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Hi @veluthedan
I have seen the issue, apologies. Kindly use this form. aE6UyXVMC95ASKhdxFRX6u.xlsx (17.0 KB)

Stephane

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Thank you so much. @stephanealoo @Kal_Lam

It works now! I have been trying for this since yesterday.