Previous Repeatable Question

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Available from Central 4 onwards

Mapping a repeatable to a repeatable

Repeatables can be mapped from one repeatable to another using Prefill Tags, enabling automatic population of repeated data structures across a form.

To do this:

1. Add a Prefill
2. Using the Add Form Data hyperlink either search for the repeatable question to prefill, or navigate to it by Page, Section and Question.
3. Press Confirm then Done
4. Choose the Value to Prefill the repeatable with from the selection of Repeatables or Logics that support Prefills.
5. Press Save.

When creating the Repeatable question:

1. Toggle the Prefill tag option.
2. Set the Prefill tag to enable mapping between the Repeatable questions.

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Only alphanumeric characters can be used for Repeatable Question Prefills. You will need to ensure validation is set for any fields you would like to use as Prefill values.

Use of duplicate tags is discouraged as the Repeatable question will prefill from the first match it finds.

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Multiple tags can be mapped to a single field to allow pre-filling of multiple questions within a Repeatable using the same Logic source.

Prefill support for components within a repeatable

Prefilled From	Textfield	Textarea	DropDown	Radio button	Checkbox	File upload	Matrix	Location	Hidden fields	EventBooking	Integrated component
Textfield	Yes	Yes	Yes - values show in summary row	Yes - values show in summary row	Yes - Comma-separated list for multiple values	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	First field only
Textarea	Yes	Yes	Yes - values show in summary row	Yes - values show in summary row	Yes - Comma-separated list for multiple values	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	First field only
Dropdown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes - Single value	No	No	No	Yes	No	First field only
Radio button	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes - Single value	No	No	No	Yes	No	First field only
Checkbox	Yes - comma-separated	Yes - comma-separated	Single value	Single value	Yes	No	No	No	Yes - comma-separated	No	First field only
File upload	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Matrix	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes - values show in summary row	No	No	No	No
Location	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Hidden field	Yes	Yes	Yes - values show in summary row	Yes - values show in summary row	Yes - Comma-separated list for multiple values	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	First field only
EventBooking	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
IntegratedComponent	Yes - first comma-separated value	Label	Label	Label	No	No	No	No	Label	No	Yes

OnBase

Repeatable rows can be prefilled directly from Keyword Groups on an OnBase Document, or the results of an OnBase WorkView Filter. This allows automatic population of multiple rows and columns based on existing records.

Predefined Logics for Repeatable components

There is an extension point for developers to create Predefined Logics which allow for Repeatable components to be prefilled using data from other sources / systems.

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In Central 4, the Repeatables component was refactored to rely more on JavaScript rather than server-side rendering. Full details.