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I'm exposing several Advanced Forms in Power Pages. Some of these Advanced Forms contain a multiple choice field. These fields are currently being rendered as a dropdown field; is it possible to render these fields as checkboxes instead (preferably rendered horizontally)?

I already had a look at the Advanced Form Metadata section, but the type 'Attribute' doesn't seem to support multiple value choice columns.

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ragavanrajan 7,044 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @TVGAFAM

I wrote a blog for this a while ago. Please have a look

https://ragavanrajan.medium.com/how-to-implement-multiselect-aka-multi-check-box-selection-in-powerapps-portal-6dc04cddfca7

Hope it helps.
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eugenevanstaden 441 on at

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@TVGAFAM

if you have a Multi choice option then you can implement in portal as per this post I did sometime back. It was still in preview then - but wont be checkboxes
The multi choice has arrived in Powerapps Portal - just in time! (eugenevanstaden.com)

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TVGAFAM 6 on at

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I'm aware of this, but this renders my field as a dropdown. A checkbox is preferred from a user interface perspective though.

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TVGAFAM 6 on at

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Thanks for the quick response! Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work.

I'm using Advanced Forms (whilst your blog refers to Entity Forms), so I'm not sure if this makes a difference.
I couldn't find the column type you are referring to (Two-option fieldsets), are you referring to the Choice > Yes / No column? If you are referring to the Yes / No column; how and where do you manage your actual choice options (e.g. Option 1, Option 2, Option 3).

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ragavanrajan 7,044 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @TVGAFAM

1. You can apply the same technique to Advanced Forms> Steps > Related > Metadata

Then please follow my article.

2. Currently it is a choice column. Choose the Data type as "Choice" then under "Sync this choice with" choose New Choice and build your own choice.

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TVGAFAM 6 on at

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Can you provide me with a step-by-step guidance? I get stuck on creating the Advanced Form Metadata, as this doesn't support multiple choice fields. I have followed these steps:

Added a column of the type Choice named CheckboxTest, allowed multiple values and linked it to a choiceset (see details below).
Added a new section to my form, which contains the field created in step 1.
Tried to add new Advanced Form Metadata to the Advanced Form step that is associated with the form section mentioned in step 2. I get stuck though, as I can't select the choice field created in step 1.
Your feedback is much appreciated.

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Bharath106 8 on at

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Any update on how this can be achieved?

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GWham1 on at

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As far as I'm aware there is no way to turn a multi choice into checkboxes via metadata. You will find that you cannot select the attribute from the dropdown list of type choice/multi. You might be able to style the existing control to look like checkboxes, but it would be a considerable amount of effort 🙄

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