UiPath Forms Create dynamic Select Box from list/array

[young.a.robert]

I have a list coming from a google sheet that i want to be able to edit as needed, which the bot can use to dynamically populate a list of select box options with UiPath Forms Activity. I can manage the list dynamically via a dropdown list but i need the user to be able to select multiple options, so i need to use the select boxes options of UiPath Forms. There does not appear to be an easy way to do this:-( Help ASAP as in a time crunch!

[andrey.egorov]

Welcome to the forum Robert
Look at the following workflow:
GenerateCheckBoxes.xaml (14.5 KB)
For more detailed explanation look at:

UiPath Form with Checkboxes to be filled with multiple values

Hi This could be achieved with some json manipulation. Current documentation for Form Activities Pack is very sparse and incomplete, probably there is a more convinient way, but the solution below has worked for me: Here I am using Select Boxes element that can hold any number of checkboxes inside and aligns them horizontically (I have community UIPath and 1.1.6 version of Forms Activities Pack): Basically, what we see on the form is rendered from a json that contains all information about ea…

[young.a.robert]

OK! I got it to work with my sheet! but do you have or know of example that helps parse the output?

[andrey.egorov]

Deserialize form output and then convert the json object to a dictionary of string and boolean.
outputCheckBoxes is a key name assigned to Select Boxes component:

Ctype(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(formOutput), JObject)("outputCheckBoxes").ToObject(Of Dictionary(Of String, Boolean))

[faheem14 (FAHEEM HUSSAINI)]

Hi Andrey, thanks for the solution. Is there a way to display these dynamic checkboxes in a new line?

[c.ciprian (Ciprian Constantinescu)]

Hi @andrey.egorov
What do I do wrong here? Should work similar for dropdown…
Sequence.xaml (10.1 KB)