Dropdown of Things is not referencing in create taks

Adam.NY · 2025-04-04T03:00:07.868Z

Hi guys,
Could you please guide me in the right direction?
I have a data type task. I have a data type role and datatype goal.
Now when creating a new task, I have a dropdown, that searches for all roles and for all goals. I can see my roles and goles(both user created, not an option set). In workflow, tasks_role and tasks_goal should be populated with corresponding choice in the dropdown, however, no matter if I set the field types on task object to text or to object(role/goal) I can’t get it to populate.

ademiguel · 2025-04-04T08:34:24.598Z

You’ll need to show some screenshots of DB tables, workflows and debugger to get some help.

Adam.NY · 2025-04-04T21:25:45.953Z

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goal dropdown924×759 52.7 KB

role dropdown680×736 43.3 KB

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datatype_trole960×633 48.9 KB

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Adam.NY · 2025-04-04T21:27:19.180Z

I thought may be the issue is with the privacy rules, and knocked all of them out.
Tried to pass the value as text - didn’t work

ademiguel · 2025-04-06T10:20:52.498Z

Please check, with the debugger, what’s the value that Make changes to task action is trying to use to populate those Task fields.

Adam.NY · 2025-04-07T16:05:36.861Z

Both evaluate to Role and Goal

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role463×239 13.8 KB

ademiguel · 2025-04-07T16:09:56.726Z

I’m talking about the actual value, not the datatype. You must use the debugger to see it.

Adam.NY · 2025-04-07T16:19:51.778Z

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It dowsn’t even show those dropdowns, also I don’t have “role1_text” at all

Adam.NY · 2025-04-07T16:22:49.005Z

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Adam.NY · 2025-04-07T16:25:15.945Z

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Adam.NY · 2025-04-07T16:25:51.039Z

So it actually sees the name of the role, but still says null

ademiguel · 2025-04-07T16:26:35.204Z

Have you selected an option in the dropdows?
The dropdown’s placeholder does not serve as dropdown’s value.

With the debugger’s Inspect tool, check those dropdowns and verify that they have a value

Adam.NY · 2025-04-07T16:29:29.731Z

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ademiguel · 2025-04-07T16:36:02.759Z

You aren’t inspecting any dropdown there, but thePopup Task v_4 element.

Either click on the Dropdown element or look for in the right side dropdown, next to the Stop button.

Either way, I believe you haven’t selected any value in the Input Role Dropdown or Input Goal Dropdown. That’s why the value does not show up in the action.

You might want to use the Default value option for the dropdowns if you want to have a default selection. The Placeholder option won’t set any value. That’s why it isn’t working.

Adam.NY · 2025-04-07T16:39:20.478Z

Yes, you are right. The value’s of Dropdown is empty even when selected

Adam.NY · 2025-04-07T16:45:37.111Z

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Thank you!!!

I’ve changed both default values and now when editing the task through the same popup, I can set both role and goal, but not when creating task - still returns empty. And if I do auto-binding, then I can create task with roles and goals, but not edit them

ademiguel · 2025-04-07T17:10:03.472Z

Adam.NY:

but not when creating task - still returns empty.

Please send screenshots of

The debugger’s inspector over one of the problematic dropdowns
The debugger on the specific value the Create action is using to populate the record.

It just don’t make sense that you have selected a value in the dropdown and then it does not show up in the workflow.

Adam.NY · 2025-04-07T18:30:45.769Z

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What do you mean by debugger on Create Action?

ademiguel · 2025-04-07T18:42:51.508Z

That’s not the correct Dropdown. It’s named Dropdown Role, while the Dropdown you are using in the workflow is named Input Role Dropdown

Adam.NY · 2025-04-09T01:41:53.853Z

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The same - Value’s there