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title: "Set Control Visibility if Data Exists"
slug: "set-control-visibility-if-data-exists"
tags: ["Create Flow", "Forms ", "active form flows"]
updated: 2025-11-19T16:09:53Z
published: 2025-11-19T16:09:53Z
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# Set Control Visibility if Data Exists

| Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 9.11 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 9.11 |
| **Location** | Form Rules |

### Overview

The **Set Control Visibility** step enables Users to **show** or **hide** a control's visibility within an [Active Form Flow](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/active-form-flows-overview), depending on whether another control contains data. An example use case for this step is showing/hiding a textbox when a checkbox is selected.

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## Properties

#### Controls

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Selected Controls | This property displays a list of all controls added to the associated Form. Users can select the checkmark next to the controls that will be **visible****/hidden**. | -- |

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Data Element to Check for Null or Empty | Allows Users to choose which control will be checked for data. This will ultimately determine if the previously selected controls are **visible/hidden**. | Object |

## ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2025-11-13_16h09_23.png)

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## Example

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## Step Changes

| Description | Version | Date | Developer Task |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Added four new Active Form Flow steps. | [9.11](https://documentation.decisions.com/v99/docs/version-911x-release-notes?highlight=DT-044247) | May 2025 | DT-044247 |