Lookup

Pick from options an approved automation supplies, as a dropdown or type-ahead search.

Stores: an answer. Can go: the form page, inside a panel, inside columns, as a table column. Field key prefix: field.

How it looks

The first picture is the question’s settings panel in the builder. The second is the question as the person filling in the form sees it.

Question settings for the Lookup question

The Lookup question as the person filling the form sees it

Options

Option	What it does	Kind	Default
Question label	The text the responder sees. On a page break it is the page title, on a panel the heading, on a button its text, on a consent its statement. Also available on a table column.	Text	Blank
Help text	A line of guidance under the question. On a page break it is the page description.	Long text	Blank
Required	The responder must answer before they can continue. Also available on a table column.	On or off	Off
Field key	The name expressions use: answers.<key>. Letters, numbers and underscore, not starting with a digit, unique in the form. Also available on a table column.	Text
Save answer to field	A custom field on the destination share that the answer is saved to on each submission file, so it can be searched and filtered. Also available on a table column.	A choice
When this answer changes	Actions that set, toggle or clear form variables when the answer changes. On a button they run on click.	Actions	None
Data source (automation)	The approved automation that returns the options. It receives the current answers, so it can filter or cascade. Also available on a table column.	A choice	Blank
Display as	Type-ahead lets the person search as they type; the automation receives the typed text. Best for long result sets. Choices: Dropdown, Type-ahead search.	A choice	Dropdown
What to capture	Capture the whole object to read its properties in other questions, e.g. answers.customer.email. Choices: The selected value, The whole selected object. Also available on a table column.	A choice	The selected value
Display property	Which property of the object to show in the list. Leave blank when rows already use label and value. Also available on a table column.	Text	Blank
Key property	Which property uniquely identifies a row, used to track the selection. Also available on a table column.	Text	Blank

Logic and validation

Each of these takes an expression, written by hand or with the logic builder.

Setting	What it does
Show this question when	Shows the question only while the expression is true.
Required when	Makes the question required only while the expression is true.
Valid when	Refuses the answer unless the expression is true.
Computed value (read-only)	A value worked out by the server from other answers; whatever is submitted is ignored.
Default value (editable)	Pre-fills the question; the responder can change it.