Feedback by UserVoice
Forms Support Forms Tech Community Office Blogs

I suggest you ...

← Welcome to Microsoft Forms Suggestion Box!

Allow pre-populated data via URL parameter

It would be helpful to be able to add a GET value to the share link to provide default answers to questions. E.g., ?q1=default&q2=default2

2,471 votes
Sign in
(thinking…)
Sign in with: Facebook Google
Forgot password?
Create a password
Signed in as (Sign out)
Close
Close

We’ll send you updates on this idea

Tanner Jotblad shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

197 comments

Sign in
(thinking…)
Sign in with: Facebook Google
Forgot password?
Create a password
Signed in as (Sign out)
Close
Close
Submitting...
An error occurred while saving the comment
  • Juho commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This feature would be useful for forms, hopefully it can be moved up on the backlog

  • Joe Burns commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Either implement this or give up to Google and implement Google forms into Microsoft flow so at least we can benefit from the power of Flow and Google.

  • Hugh commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It is frustrating that many of 'must' features are missing and not been updated.
    I know there are low hanging fruits that MS can easily add and fix, but there are 'must' functions to be able to utilize tools like Forms. There is currently no way of setting a default value to a question.

  • Ahmed commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    For me it is the reason why i am not using Microsoft form (although I would like to) but another provider (Typeform ...and I am paying for the service).

    We need this feature as soon as possible. Do we know whether this is work in progress or not at all?
    Thanks.

  • Jenny commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Holding up several solutions by not having this. Great potential for analytics but need to have this feature. Please hurry up!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'm currently using Survey Monkey because this features is not in MS Forms. Makes a lot of sense to add this capability and given the number of votes for this suggestion it looks like a lot of others agree

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please, add this feature... our company is paying for O365 and has to use different products for surveys though.

  • someone commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We are also waiting for this feature.. please microsoft, give us some feedback!

  • Vincent CORNIL commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Would definitively be helpful, eventually together with the possibility to 'hide' or 'lock' some questions to decrease the chance the information get manually changed (know it is possible to change it in the URL, but less obvious)

  • Frederick Lin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Remember HTML 3.0 days when Perl and CGI-BIN reigned supreme? Yeah this was possible then along with tables, animated gifs, midi music, and endless Ryu and Ken hadukens on under construction pages. Please put in this feature and align it with 2019.

  • Fredrik Sætre commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    How is this still not a feature? It should be pretty simple to add... :( I need to pass a standard variable through a predefined URL because then I can see who used what QR code to access the form. I don't need them to fill it out them selves... Need to get this from URL. :(

  • Jennifer Robertson commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Dynamic data, create the QR code to match each product. Scan the code and it prepopulates the product number and you answer questions on the product for the rest of the form.

  • Peter Behler commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I see Forms Pro has the ability to personalize the question using URL parameter. But we really want the ability to populate a variable/readonly answer field with a personalized parameter. Using it for a satisfaction survey with a reference ID to the help desk ticket that is related.

1 2 3 5 7 8 9 10

How it works

  • Create a user account if you want to add a new suggestion or vote on existing suggestions.
  • Select one of the feedback forums listed.
  • Check out the ideas others have suggested and vote on your favorites.
  • Be sure to search for your suggestion but if you can’t find something similar enough, you can submit your own.
  • Keep suggestions focused on a single idea per post and limited to 25 words or less.
  • When you post an idea to our forum, others will be able to subscribe to it and make comments.

Welcome to Microsoft Forms Suggestion Box!: Sharing

Categories

Feedback and Knowledge Base

(thinking…)

Standard Disclaimer

Please note that the Forms Suggestion Box is moderated and is a voluntary participation-based project. If your submission is not a product feature suggestion it may be removed. Please do not send any novel or patentable ideas, copyrighted materials, samples or demos which you do not want to grant a license to Microsoft. Your submission is subject to the UserVoice License Terms.