Dropdown Default

[JohnMcConalogue]

I have a drop down in a survey and I want to set one of the values as a default when the survey opens first.

[JamesTedrick · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

You can do this by supplying the name of the choice you want to be default in the 'default' column in an XLSForm.

[JohnMcConalogue]

Thanks for the reply James.

If I wanted to change the default periodically I will need re-publish the survey.

Just wondering if this will overwrite any data I have captured already?

[JamesTedrick]

Hi John,

Yes, changing the default will require republishing.  So long as questions are not added or question types changed, the survey data will not be overwritten.

[JohnMcConalogue]

Thanks for your help James.

I tried this out and thankfully the data was not overwritten.