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When creating a Power Pages site, if your form has a lookup column it will look a bit odd in the website for end users. It’s a very common scenario to prefer to display these types of columns as dropdowns instead. In this blog we will show you how to update the form configuration to replace lookup search with a nice and simple dropdown.
Step 1. Create the form that you will display in the Power Pages page
Add the lookup column in the table and in the form you want to link in the Power Pages site
Step 2. Add the form in the Power Pages page
Link the page to the form by using the “+” icon in the Power Pages portal and then selecting the type of form you will add
Step 3. Locate the form in the Power Pages Management portal
Open the Power Pages Management portal
If basic form: you will find it under Basic Forms
If multistep: you will find it under multistep forms and then by selecting the relevant step
Click on the form to
Step 4. Create a metadata record
Open form metadata
Click on New
Set the screen as follows:
- Control Style: Render Lookup as Dropdown
- Type: Attribute
- Attribute Logical name: Lookup column in your form
Step 5. See magic happen!
Go back to the Power Pages editing page, sync configurations and test the changes.
Conclusion
With the help of Power GI, you can quickly convert lookup columns in Power Pages into dropdown menus, improving form usability and end users’ experience on the website. This fast setup simplifies site interactions and improves data selection.
