Dynamic Drop down list in KoBoToolbox

[vicks88]

I want when my survey man goes to the field, he can have dynamic drop downs , this dynamic dropdowns will come from a google sheet coulmn, can this be done on KOBO

[Kal_Lam]

In KoBoToolbox, you could create a cascading select question as outlined in the support article Adding Cascading Select Questions. In addition you could also have a look at some of our workarounds discussed in the community:

Weird behaviour in cascading select

Hi @sumankhanal, Welcome to the community! Seems like you have some coding error within your xlsform. I tried at my end with the information you provided and i got it correct. For details, please see the images below: In the survey tab of your xlsform: [Image 1] In the choices tab of your xlsform: Please note, you may not see all the choices in the image as i have hidden it to save space. But you should find all the choices in the reference xlsform shared at the end of this post. [Image 2] …

Maybe this workaround discussed previously should also help you better understand the logic of cascading select question:

How to create a multi layer cascading select question?

Hi @PALASH9698, Please see the revised/updated cascading selects based on your added information. In the survey tab of the xlsform: [Image 1] In the chocies tab of the xlsform: [Image 2] Data entry screen as seen in Enketo: [Image 3] Reference xlsform: Palash Selected Villages.xlsx (18.0 KB) Have a great day!

[vicks88]

Thanks. Issue solved