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Copper Contributor

May 14, 2020

Adding a long drop-down list

I'm creating a Form and have a long list of employees in an Excel file already. I'd like to be able to copy that list and paste it in MS Forms instead of having to input each name one-by-one. Is ther...

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RobElliott

Silver Contributor

Mar 10, 2021

ruiestves Olga Melo having hundreds of items in a dropdown list is a terrible experience for the user. You would be better to use Power Apps where you can have cascading dropdowns or have a search box to filter the list based on the letters you type. It's a much better user experience.

Rob
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Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User

ruiestves

Copper Contributor

Mar 17, 2021

We can embebed Power Apps in a Form 365?

RobElliott
Silver Contributor
Mar 17, 2021
ruiestves No, you create the form in Power Apps and then either give your users the weblink to it or embed it in a SharePoint page with the Power Apps web part.

Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User
- ruiestves
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 17, 2021
  Thank you.
  But to publish (to general public) by an URL is not free?
  - RobElliott
    Silver Contributor
    Mar 17, 2021
    No it's not, as the users would be outside your organisation you can't just give them the web link because it won't work, it has do be done with Power Apps Portals which is not free.