Solution for using URL parameters to pre-fill a text field?

[frank_the_fish (Frank)]

I have searched the forums and seem to only find threads from a few years ago. I have a link when clicked from our website opens a monday form (aka a Questionnaire i believe - not sure if it’s a WorkForm per se) which is already being used and has been for a while. When the link is clicked from the website and the form is opened, the URL parameter is properly in the URL, and all i want to do is simply pre-fill a text field with it in the form.

I’ve done this as a web dev in other contexts but here it is not working. I did name the new text field the exact same thing as the url param (job-title). But using browser tools to inspect the new field when testing the form, i see the form fields do not have the name attribute, which is what’s needed to make the connection.

What workarounds are available if any? Is there a way to add JavaScript which i could write to add the name attribute to the text field?

Besides adding a text field, no other drastic changes are desired for the form.

If i missed any pertinent threads, feel free to point me there.

Thanks!

[jcfretts (Jeremy Fretts)]

Me too!!! I have a signup sheet for course reviews, and would like to launch the form (another board) and send the Course Name and Reviewer name or email address to prepopulate the form.

[Nachliel (Nachliel from Easyapps)]

@jcfretts @frank_the_fish

We just officially launched URL Parameters in our monday form builder Easyform, check out our community post here.

[DavidSchenkler (David Schenkler | monday ambassador cohort 7)]

Check out my article here where I discuss prefilling data into Workform URL:

Here's How to Pre-fill Column Data within Workform URL

Hi! If you didn’t know how to get prefilled-data into a Workform to save time and prevent potential errors, here’s how you can do it. For regular form links, at the very end, you’ll add “&[column ID]=[text you need]” For shortened form links, at the very end, you’ll add “?[column ID]=[text you need]” You can continuously add “&[column ID]=[text you need]” for each prefilled-data you need thereafter on both link types. Note: I cannot yet figure out how to get this to work for D…

See if it helps.

Happy to discuss if you need any help.

[shannon-cxmonday (Shannon Thao)]

Hey Frank! Shannon here with the monday team. I’m happy to share that within the question settings for WorkForms, users can now set pre-fill values! Please note that the “URL parameter” pre-fill option is only available to users on the Pro and Enterprise Plan tiers at this time.

Check out this article for more details about the feature: WorkForms question types > Default question settings. Let me know if you have any follow-up questions!