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Set Drop Down Value with Partial Name

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Posted on by Microsoft Employee

Is there a way to set a drop down value based on a partial name?  The drop down is dynamic and contains a NAME  and a UNIQUE ID and it's a different set of values every time.  Basically, I want to omit the name and just select the value that contains the UNIQUE ID.

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    If the dropdown contains value with name in the beginning and unique id at the end, you can add ***unique id in the dropdown value field. This will omit the beginning words and check the last char in the dropdown field.

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    Thank you!!!!!!  I would have never guessed that!

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    So you just add 3 asterisk?

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