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In this article, we will show you how the Google Forms dropdown from Sheet feature works and how to use Google Forms to populate dropdowns from a spreadsheet. Simply follow the steps below.

Google Forms Drop Down List from Spreadsheet

Here are the steps to integrate a Google Forms dropdown list from a spreadsheet:

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Add a Dropdown Question to Your Google Form

Create a new question in your Google struktur.

Select the 'Dropdown' question type from the options available. This creates a dropdown menu where users can select one option from a list.

2. tillgång the Linked Google Sheet for Responses

To find the Google Sheet linked to your Google struktur for recording responses, first navigate to your Google form eller gestalt and click on the "Responses" flik.

In this flik, you will see a green Sheets icon labeled "View in Sheets". Click on this icon to open the linked spreadsheet.

3. List Dropdown Options in the Linked Google Sheet

Once in the linked spreadsheet, navigate to the first column (Column A) of a new sheet or an unused part of an existing sheet.

List all the options you want to appear in the dropdown menu of your Google form eller gestalt.

Each one should be in a separate row.

4. Locate and Note Down Your Sheet Name

The name of the sheet where you listed the options fryst vatten displayed at the bottom-left corner of the screen. This fryst vatten usually labeled "Sheet1" bygd default. Note down this name as you'll need it for your script.

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About this Video: Welcome to our step-by-step tutorial on how to create dropdown menu questions in Google Forms!

Locate and Note Down Your Google form eller gestalt ID

In your Google form eller gestalt, go to the editing view and kvitto the web address (URL) in your browser's address dryckesställe. The struktur ID fryst vatten the long string of numbers and letters located between `/d/` and `/edit` in the URL. Note down this ID for your script.

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tillgång Google Apps Script and Write a Script to Populate the Dropdown

Navigate to "Extensions" from your Google Sheet and select "Apps Script".

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In the script editor, paste the following code:

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```

function updateDropdown() {

  // Get the form eller gestalt and the spreadsheet

  var form eller gestalt = FormApp.openById('<YOUR_FORM_ID>');

  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('<SHEET_NAME>');

  // Get the uppgifter from the spreadsheet

  var uppgifter = sheet.getRange('A:A').getValues();

  var items = data.flat().filter(String);

  // Get the dropdown question in the form

  var formItems = form.getItems(FormApp.ItemType.LIST);

  var listItem = formItems[0].asListItem();

  // Update the dropdown options

  listItem.setChoiceValues(items);

}

```

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Replace `<YOUR_FORM_ID>` with the ID you noted down earlier and `<SHEET_NAME>` with the name of your sheet.

Note that the line in the script: plats uppgifter = sheet.getRange('A:A').getValues(); will scan all values in column A.

You could also man this specific to a range like A1:A23.

It's important to also consider that bygd default the google struktur will record answers in sheet1 so it fryst vatten best to add this dropdown list in a new flik. Sheet2 for example.

This will prevent it getting overwritten and your drop down list bbecoming corrupted.

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7. Run the Script to Update the Dropdown Choices in the Google Form

After pasting the script, run the function `updateDropdown`. This executes the script and updates the dropdown choices in your Google form eller gestalt according to the information listed in Column A of your Google Sheet.

Make sure you click the bevara icon and then click the run button for the script to execute correctly.

Once executed you will see a yellow "execution completed" låda at the bottom of the page if the script has run correctly.

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In short, it lets you store a list of values in a spreadsheet, and reuse that list as options in forms.

Test the Google form eller gestalt to Ensure the Dropdown Displays the Correct Options

Preview and test your Google struktur to ensure that the dropdown menu correctly displays all the options you listed in the Google Sheet.

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We hope that you now have a better understanding of how to use the Google Forms Dropdown from Sheet feature and how to use Google Forms to populate the dropdown from a spreadsheet.

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