Multi-select as part of collection list not saving data in any variable

[garcilaso]

Hello,

I’m having a problem with a couple of multi-select element that are included in a collection list. (Screenshots below)

It looks like they are not associated with any variable to store the current selection. I can’t find any “currentSelection” variable associated to the element and moreover when I look at the log / variables after performing a change, nothing changes there.

Any idea why this is happening? How can I associate the multi-select to a new variable so I can store the selected items?

Thank you very much in advance!

Here you can see that I have the multi-select as part of the collection list:

And you can see that the variable that was supposed to be updated when making changes is not adding any values to the list. Moreover, the variable should be called “actions - currentSelection” which is the name of the element.

[dorilama]

Select dropdown in collection list

When inputs are in a repeated element (collection list, columns ecc) you need to keep track of the values (in your case the selected values) using variables and workflows. This guide explains how to do it. This example is similar, but using checkboxes. You can adapt the sam principle to work with the select or any other input.

[Broberto]

I see this so often, yet I have to find out how to transmit this to people so they understand it

[dorilama]

Usually once you see the tutorial you get it, but you need to hit the problem first. It’s more like a natural step in the path of learning the platform if you never worked with a nocode tool that let’s you manage lists

[garcilaso]

A thousand thanks for this, I don’t think I’d ever get to find the solution without this tip

Thank you!