Hi All, 

Not sure if this is the best forum but wanted to raise it so it doesn’t get overlooked.  The issue was highlighted in the comments to the blog post Pre-fill Responses in Your Microsoft Forms.  Prefilled URL parameters are ignored when used to access a Form that has already been accessed via a prefilled URL.  The original parameters are continually applied and new parameters are ignored.  This seems to be a caching issue as emptying the cache resolves the problem (although this is not a practical solution).  This kind of negates the use of pre-filled parameters in many users situations.

It is also not possible to prefill branched questions – you can fill them, but their values are not preserved when the form is submitted if the question has not been viewed.  I’m sure many Forms users have tried to pass session information in this manner, only to discover that it doesn’t work.  I can’t believe that MS have still not provided any mechanism for passing session information – this would be so much more useful that prefilling answers that can easily be changed by users.

The obvious solution to all of this is to roll a power-app but this seems like a lot of work to overcome a simple limitation on MS Forms.

It would be good to know if either of these issues have been acknowledged and if there is a timeline for resolution.

Many thanks

Mike

​Hi All,  Not sure if this is the best forum but wanted to raise it so it doesn’t get overlooked.  The issue was highlighted in the comments to the blog post Pre-fill Responses in Your Microsoft Forms.  Prefilled URL parameters are ignored when used to access a Form that has already been accessed via a prefilled URL.  The original parameters are continually applied and new parameters are ignored.  This seems to be a caching issue as emptying the cache resolves the problem (although this is not a practical solution).  This kind of negates the use of pre-filled parameters in many users situations. It is also not possible to prefill branched questions – you can fill them, but their values are not preserved when the form is submitted if the question has not been viewed.  I’m sure many Forms users have tried to pass session information in this manner, only to discover that it doesn’t work.  I can’t believe that MS have still not provided any mechanism for passing session information – this would be so much more useful that prefilling answers that can easily be changed by users. The obvious solution to all of this is to roll a power-app but this seems like a lot of work to overcome a simple limitation on MS Forms. It would be good to know if either of these issues have been acknowledged and if there is a timeline for resolution. Many thanks Mike  Read More

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