Populating dropdown field on monday.com
6 min
in this tutorial, learn how to automate the populating multiple values in the dropdown field on monday com prerequisites before you begin, ensure the following connections are established connection between engini and monday com learn how to connect monday to engini https //help engini ai/mondaycom#connecting engini to mondaycom initialize variable to get started, let’s initialize a variable that will later hold the multiple values from monday name click on the empty field and choose from the tooltip a name for the variable for example “group leaders” type choose from the drop down the “string” option value leave it empty the variable will be filled later in the workflow get sub items add a new activty of monday com, the get sub items populate the empty field with one of your boards in your monday com account for each loop add a new activity and choose the “for each loop” activity of engini click on the empty field and the tooltip will pop up showing contents from the previous activities which you can choose in the pop up window that appears, click on “dynamic content” in the top toolbar, then navigate to the “get” activity property and choose the array value for example, “get subitems of it” set variable now, inside “for each loop” block, add a new activity and choose the “set variable” activity of engini click on the drop down and choose the name you gave the variable you initialize for example “group leaders” click on the empty field next to the “value” and the tooltip will pop up showing contents from the previous activities update item add a new activity and choose the “update item” activity of monday com fill the “board” field item id – the unique identifier of the specific item that will be updated fields – the board columns (fields) that you want to update, along with the values that will be assigned to them click on the drop down and choose the field you want to update for example “group” click on the empty field and the tooltip will pop up showing contents from the previous activities press on the “dynamic content” located on the topof the tooltip, then go to “variable – group leaders” activity and choose the “group leaders” value