Overview

This article will show you how to create a new option set. Option Sets are a way for you to populate form selections automatically from a list of items returned from your APIs. 

Instructions

1. Navigate to Option Sets
   
   
2. Click the + button in the bottom right corner
   
3. Choose the source for your option set
   
   
   • Custom URL: Enter your own custom URL
   • Hosted API: Choose a CivicPlus hosted API
4. Add an Options Set Label
   
   
   • Note: This is the name the user building the form will see when they add it to a form so we recommend keeping this short but descriptive.
5. Choose the appropriate Environment
   
   
6. Enter the URL or API
   
   
   • Note: This field will differ depending on the Lookup Source you chose
7. Click Save