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title: "Pre Selecting Items in a Checklist "
slug: "pre-selecting-items-in-a-checklist"
updated: 2021-03-12T15:05:26Z
published: 2021-03-12T15:07:04Z
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# Pre Selecting Items in a Checklist 

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## Overview

| ## Example Lab Details |
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| **Version** | 6.9.2 |
| **Root Folder** | Example Lab - Checklist |
| **Modules** | None |
| **Dependencies** | None |

This Example Lab project demonstrates how to display a checklist in a form with specific values pre-selected.

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## Explanation

This Example Lab project works by running a **data Flow** to get the specific values that will be pre-selected. The checklist uses the Form component "**Check Box List**", this component has an option under output called "**Selected Item(s)Data Name**". Here a data Flow can be run, and in this example that data Flow will use a **C****reate Data step** to determine which values in the checklist get pre-selected.

Reference Articles[Data Flows](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/using-flow-data-form)  
[Create Data Step](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/using-the-create-data-component)  
[Creating Forms](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/creating-your-first-form)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-213.png)

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[ExampleLab[Checklist].zip](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/ExampleLab%5BChecklist%5D.zip)

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