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Set Values in a Choice - Multiple Control on a Start Form in Nintex Workflow Online

  • June 18, 2026
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bamaeric
Nintex Partner
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I am using Nintex Workflow online and configuring a Start form. I am trying to set the default value of a Choice - Multiple control on the Start form with the choices selected in a multi select column from an existing item in a SharePoint online list item.

Is this possible?

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  • Nintex Employee
  • June 30, 2026

hi ​@bamaeric

If you are using a multi-select SharePoint column as default value for Forms Choice-Multiple Control, form designer will receive SharePoint multi-select choice column as a single encoded string. This will cause the forms mult-select choice control to show multiple values for individual options. Is it possible to transform the data to a single select type data? 


Simon Muntz
Nintex Partner
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  • Nintex Partner
  • July 1, 2026

Hi ​@bamaeric,

I recently had the same issue.
You can pass a workflow collection variable to a Choice Multi control, but if it’s a start form, there is no way to create a form collection variable to pass to the Choice Multi control.