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SharePoint Forms Enhanced Logic

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SharePoint Forms Enhanced Logic

One of the things we learned from customers was that it can sometimes be a bit cumbersome accounting for all permutations when configuring field show/hide logic.

For example, a dropdown with 3 options (A, B, C) should only show the “Mobile Number” field when option B is selected.

Unless you have explicit logic to show the field, the enhancement now honors the “Mobile Number” field default display setting, which would be “hide” in this example.

Therefore, when option A or C are selected, the “Mobile Number” field will revert to its default display status of “Hidden” and you are no longer required to explicitly account for Option A (to hide the field), and then Option C (to hide the field).  You simple default the filed display to “Hide” and tell Option B to show the field.  When Option B is not selected, the filed will revert back to hidden without you having to tell it to do so.

This can be a huge time-saver when building SharePoint forms with conditional logic, particularly when your dropdowns have several options.

SharePoint Forms with Conditional Logic
Illustration shows a SharePoint form that will only display the IT Positions dropdown when the user selects “Information Technology” from the Department dropdown, and likewise hide IT Positions and display Finance Positions when user selects “Finance”.