# How do I update a text field from workflow

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-update-a-text-field-from-workflow/6835>\
**Category:** How do I?\
**Created:** [February 5, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-update-a-text-field-from-workflow/6835 "2024-02-05T22:19:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![dingan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/dingan/32/10624_2.png) [@dingan](https://community.weweb.io/u/dingan)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-update-a-text-field-from-workflow/6835/1 "2024-02-05T22:19:07Z")

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I have 2 text input boxes . When I click button , I want to run a workflow and populate the boxes with values which user can edit if they want.

how can i do it ?  
I dont see the options in workflow

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/c/c86a4d21d7c9be5d5ca78a8671e10b23c7c6d1b7.png)

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**Author:** ![Broberto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/broberto/32/5918_2.png) [@Broberto](https://community.weweb.io/u/Broberto)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-update-a-text-field-from-workflow/6835/2 "2024-02-05T22:29:05Z")

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You actually need to use variables to store your workflow results, and then bind them to the text “init value” 🙂