https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-pass-user-meta-data-to-pre-populate-reservation-form Gravity Support Forums Topic: How to pass user Meta data to Pre-Populate Reservation form en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:21:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-pass-user-meta-data-to-pre-populate-reservation-form#post-171334 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:26:46 +0000 echristoperj 171334@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello. Can you provide me on instructions on how to proceed? Thanks. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-pass-user-meta-data-to-pre-populate-reservation-form#post-156804 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:07:02 +0000 Chris Hajer 156804@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>No, the merge tags are not processed in the shortcode like that. Seems like a catch 22. Let me ask the development team about this one to see how you can pre-populate those additional fields. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-pass-user-meta-data-to-pre-populate-reservation-form#post-156032 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:12:18 +0000 echristoperj 156032@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Following the instructions for short code version would i just use this:<br /> <pre><code>[gravityform id=3 name=UntitledForm title=false ajax=true field_values=&#39;prefix={user:prefix}&amp;first={user:first}&amp;last={user:last}&amp;suffix={user:suffix}&#39;]</code></pre> <p>to pull the values from the signed in user profile? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-pass-user-meta-data-to-pre-populate-reservation-form#post-155897 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:39:43 +0000 Chris Hajer 155897@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>For fields where you cannot set a default value, you could use dynamic population to fill in the value. </p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Using_Dynamic_Population" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Using_Dynamic_Population</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-pass-user-meta-data-to-pre-populate-reservation-form#post-154402 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:55:11 +0000 echristoperj 154402@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks for that help. That worked, but not on Drop Down items or items like the Address and full name. How do I set the default value for those? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-pass-user-meta-data-to-pre-populate-reservation-form#post-151984 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:01:58 +0000 Chris Hajer 151984@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>To add a default value to a field which is available in the logged in user's profile, you can use a merge tag like this (from your screenshots):</p> <p>{user:airport}<br /> {user:game}<br /> {user:smoking}<br /> {user:room}<br /> {user:special}<br /> {user:dob}<br /> etc.</p> <p>Use that format merge tag for the "Default Value" on the advanced tab for your field, and the value should be populated when the user is logged in and attempts to access your form. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-pass-user-meta-data-to-pre-populate-reservation-form#post-150234 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:12:35 +0000 echristoperj 150234@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Ok, I'm having a tough time making the final connection with pre-populating of a reservation form ( <a href="http://www.pairadicetravel.com/reservations/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pairadicetravel.com/reservations/</a> ). This is what I have so far.</p> <p>1. Using Gravity Forms User Registration Add-On to replace default wordpress register function. (works great)</p> <p>2. Created a register form that gets the info that I want to populate in another form. (<a href="http://www.pairadicetravel.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pairadicetravel.com/contact-us/</a>) Works fine.</p> <p>3. In the reservation form, I've added all the parameter names to the fields that will be pre-populated. Those names match the names of the same fields from User Meta. </p> <p><a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/caaccf36-d325-4d25-ab94-cfc598c4a631/6e81d1d1cfc8fada52080047aa58c58e/deep/0/Screenshot%202/19/13%209:55%20AM.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/caaccf36-d325-4d25-ab94-cfc598c4a631/6e81d1d1cfc8fada52080047aa58c58e/deep/0/Screenshot%202/19/13%209:55%20AM.jpg</a><br /> <a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/52c1f0b6-8037-4550-a9f2-f8e678757a71/0c325ad929b4e4a0581c93f7e60ffeb8/deep/0/Screenshot%202/19/13%209:54%20AM.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/52c1f0b6-8037-4550-a9f2-f8e678757a71/0c325ad929b4e4a0581c93f7e60ffeb8/deep/0/Screenshot%202/19/13%209:54%20AM.jpg</a></p> <p>What I want to happen is once the user registers and provides the needed information about their room preferences, it's stored on their profile. It's currently doing this step. Next once that user logs into the site to make a reservation that meta information is populated into the form. I've tried going through the help pages, but get lost on the parameter names. Can this be done by shortcode? </p> <p>Thanks. </p>