[en] Drop Down Tool

[en] One Tool Example

[en] Drop Down has a One Tool Example. Visit Sample Workflows to learn how to access this and many other examples directly in Alteryx Designer.

[en] Use Drop Down to display a single selection list in an app or macro to an end-user. The end user's selection passes downstream.

[en] Configure the Tool

[en] Use these options to configure the Drop Down tool:

[en] Enter the text or question to be displayed: Instruction text displayed to the end-user.
[en] List Values: Drop down selection to determine how the end-user list is populated.

[en] List Value	[en] Description
[en] Field Types	[en] Populates the list with the Designer-supported field types.
[en] External Source	[en] Populates the list with values from a specified file or database connection. [en] Properties [en] Specify the file location of the External Source File. [en] Format the file to contain the Name field in the first column and the Value field in the second column. [en] The end-user selects a name from the list to generate the corresponding value. The file can be a relative path to the saved workflow, but the end-user must have the external source file saved to the same path.
[en] Fields from Connected Tool	[en] Populates the list with the fields found in a connected tool. A tool must be connected to the optional input anchor. [en] Properties [en] Show only fields of the following types: Select the field types to populate the list for end-user selection. [en] Include [None]: Include "None" as a valid end-user selection.
[en] Manually set values	[en] Populates the list with manually-entered values. [en] Properties [en] Enter one data pair per line in the format `Name:Value`. If no Value is specified, Name is returned as the Value.
[en] Allocate Datasets [en] Geocoder Datasets [en] Drivetime Datasets [en] Behavior Analysis Datasets [en] Reference Base Maps	[en] Select a dataset to populate the list. [en] If the end-user does not have access to the dataset, the workflow displays an error when the application or macro runs.
[en] File Browse in this Analytic App/Macro	[en] Populates the list with the fields found in the connected File Browse Tool. A File Browse interface tool must be connected to the optional input anchor. [en] Properties [en] Show only fields of the following types: Select the field types to populate the list for end-user selection. [en] Include [None]: Include "None" as a valid end-user selection.
[en] Fields from Macro Input	[en] Populates the list with the fields found in the connected Macro Input tool. A Macro Input tool must be connected to the optional input anchor. [en] Properties [en] Show only fields of the following types: Select the field types to populate the list for end-user selection. [en] Include [None]: Include "None" as a valid end-user selection.

[en] Default Selection Name: Specify a default value for the Drop Down window. End-users can change the selection from the default. This is an optional control.