Is there a max limit on options in a dropdown?

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he...@greenpeaklabs.com

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Jun 27, 2019, 12:01:37 PM6/27/19
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I need to populate a form dropdown with ~4000 options, of which the end user can select only 1.

I set up my spreadsheet, created my range, and hit "populate question" but it does nothing.

Is there a max limit to what can be populated?  If not, how can I enable my FromRanger to work as expected?

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he...@greenpeaklabs.com

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Jun 27, 2019, 12:05:08 PM6/27/19
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Just saw in a different post that there is no limit, so not sure what my error may be.

For clarity,
  • I'm logged into 1 Google account
  • The sheet is on my drive (not shared or team)
  • It is a relatively small sheet (3 column, 4k lines)
Thank you.

he...@greenpeaklabs.com

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Jun 27, 2019, 12:11:20 PM6/27/19
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As a further followup, if I just test with 10 entries, it works just fine.

When I go back to my list with 3460 entries, it no longer works.

Any insight would be very helpful.

he...@greenpeaklabs.com

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Jun 27, 2019, 1:49:41 PM6/27/19
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With further googling, I saw that Google now has a 1000 limit on drop downs.  Bummer.

laura solano

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Jul 7, 2021, 11:27:03 AM7/7/21
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I have a list with less than 400 and it is not working.
If I try with 150 lines it works fine, but if I put more options on list, its not loading.
what can it be?

Joseph Schmidt

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Jul 7, 2021, 4:06:20 PM7/7/21
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I believe you can have 999 items.  The likely problem is you have duplicate entries in your list.  See the message at the top of the forum. https://groups.google.com/g/nv-form-ranger-add-on.



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sagar gupta

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Oct 21, 2021, 1:28:16 PM10/21/21
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i removed duplicate entries 
and it started working. 
Thanks !

sidney gomes soares

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Oct 29, 2021, 1:16:17 PM10/29/21
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Good afternoon,
I would also like to know how we can add over 1000 lines.
Em quinta-feira, 27 de junho de 2019 às 14:49:41 UTC-3, he...@greenpeaklabs.com escreveu:

Joseph Schmidt

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Oct 29, 2021, 2:49:23 PM10/29/21
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Purchase Google and have your company make a change.  I don't think there is a way.  The 1000 is a Google limitation. It isn't that hard to create two or more questions.

It is easy to combine the answers in the Responses sheet.
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