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problem mapping Custom Field OPTIONS - appear in GF but only parent in CM

  1. univiz
    Member

    I have a Gravity Form set up and working on a Wordpress Installation.

    This form includes a MULTI-CHOICE field with options that correspond to a MULTI-CHOICE CUSTOM FIELD on Campaign Monitor with choices and segments matching the options of the Gravity Forms Multi-Choice field.

    When I come to map the list fields from Campaign Monitor to the form fields in Gravity Form, only the parent custom form field name (Areas of Interest) is showing on the CM list and not the choice options / segments. Whereas Gravity Form is showing all the choice options but not the parent name

    Unless there is a fix for this (or I've set it up wrong), it looks like I won't be able to use the multi-choice field option in GF

    Many thanks for any help

    Edit - I've contacted Campaign Monitor who have referred me to here as GF is apparently the developer of the integration plugin

    This is using:
    GF 1.5 / GF Campaign Monitor Addin 1.4 / Wordpress 3.1

    Posted 13 years ago on Monday March 28, 2011 | Permalink
  2. Are you talking about Checkbox Fields or Multiple Choice Fields? Because a Multiple Choice Field is a Radio Button field and is a single value field not a multiple value field. Checkboxes, however are multiple values. Gravity Forms displays them individually.

    Make sure you are trying to match up the right type of field between GF and Campaign Monitor because a Multiple Choice field doesn't have multiple values, it's actually a single selection (from multiple choices).

    Posted 13 years ago on Monday March 28, 2011 | Permalink
  3. univiz
    Member

    Hello Carl - Thank you for your reply.

    In GF I'm using Checkboxes which, in the field mapping with CM, are showing OK. (Ironically, I'm having to use 'checkboxes' as opposed to 'multiple value' field as checkboxes seem to be the only option to allow users to select multiple values i.e. more than one option from the list)

    In Campaign Manager, I've set up a corresponding 'custom field' with options that match the options of the checkboxes in GF.

    However, when trying to map the fields, GF is correctly showing all the options ready for mapping, but in the Campaign Manager field list, only the parent custom field is showing, not the options.

    I contacted CM and they referred me to you.

    I can't see how to get the options from CM to appear in the mapping list

    Posted 13 years ago on Monday March 28, 2011 | Permalink
  4. It sounds like a mix match in how we have these implemented. They want the checkboxes passed as an array most likely and we are trying to do them individually. We'll take a look at it and see about adding an option for the entire checkbox group. We've done similar things in other Add-Ons where we ran into the same issue. It's going to take a little bit of time to look into it and see what we need to change as it will also require an updated release of the Add-On.

    Posted 13 years ago on Monday March 28, 2011 | Permalink
  5. univiz
    Member

    Hello Carl - Thank you for your update and I appreciate you looking into this!

    In the interim, I'm thinking to leave as is, without the mapping of the field in question, the other fields seem to be working OK.
    GF is collecting the correct info which, I assume, I'll be able to update in CM manually.
    Unless you have any other / better workarounds that will integrate with however this gets resolved in future updates (without loosing any data).

    Many thanks again for your most prompt response.

    Posted 13 years ago on Monday March 28, 2011 | Permalink
  6. univiz
    Member

    Carl - I see there has been an upgrade but it hasn't included / resolved this issue. Any Update / new please?

    Posted 13 years ago on Saturday April 30, 2011 | Permalink
  7. digcreative
    Member

    Hi Carl,

    I have run into the same issue as univiz and was just wondering if there had been any progress on sending across the full array of options to Campaign Monitor?

    Cheers,

    Nick

    Posted 13 years ago on Monday May 16, 2011 | Permalink
  8. Just want to note that I also need a fix for this too. Thanks.

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday June 10, 2011 | Permalink
  9. We will be releasing an update to the Campaign Monitor Add-On soon that will resolve this.

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday June 10, 2011 | Permalink
  10. AB
    Member

    How soon? I am running into a similar issue when using Checkboxes in GF and trying to map them to CM.

    Posted 13 years ago on Tuesday June 21, 2011 | Permalink
  11. I just talked to our lead developer and he is going to take a look at it this afternoon. We'll try to get an update released today or tomorrow.

    Posted 13 years ago on Tuesday June 21, 2011 | Permalink
  12. We have released an update to the Campaign Monitor Add-On that corrects the checkbox integration. Now you can map a Campaign Monitor Checkbox Field to your Gravity Forms Checkbox field. Just be sure to map it to the main Checkbox field on your form. Checkboxes will appear as the name of the group as well as the individual checkbox fields themselves. So be sure to pick the main group by it's Field Label.

    Details here:

    http://www.gravityhelp.com/gravity-forms-campaign-monitor-add-on-v1-7-released/

    Posted 13 years ago on Wednesday June 22, 2011 | Permalink
  13. mmtrav
    Member

    Also, you need to use the [square brackets] in the field checkboxes in order for the values to be received by campaign monitor in the custom fields. I had this issue but managed to make it work.

    Posted 13 years ago on Sunday October 16, 2011 | Permalink
  14. I'm trying to do this but I can't seem to get it to work...

    I have the following fields to pick from GF:

    -Name of the group
    -Option 1
    -Option 2
    -Option 3

    I'm trying to sync it to "Name of the group" which is the name of my checkbox list on CM. If I sync the two and save the box remains blank.

    I wanted to try what mmtrav suggested but I have no idea where he means for me to add the square brackets, does he mean the admin label for the group or each individual checkbox? Any documentation on how this works?

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday October 24, 2012 | Permalink
  15. does he mean the admin label for the group or each individual checkbox?

    I believe that's what he means. Did you try it already?

    That bracket issue is not documented on our end:
    http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Campaign_Monitor_Add-On

    I'm not sure where that information came from, but it seems useful to have if it is necessary to sync the fields.

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday October 24, 2012 | Permalink
  16. Maybe I forgot to do something? I feel like I followed the steps correctly but it still won't sync and I tried adding the brackets around both the checkbox admin labels and the group admin label. I took screenshots of my values currently to show what I'm working with, maybe you can tell me what I'm doing wrong:

    My custom field in CM: http://i.imgur.com/VX6y3.png
    My checkbox list in GF: http://i.imgur.com/FyW11.png
    Me trying to sync them: http://i.imgur.com/z4y0J.png

    Do you see anything blatantly wrong?

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday October 24, 2012 | Permalink
  17. I wonder if accented characters have anything to do with it? Can you try with simpler names, just as a test, to see if something is getting lost in translation with the accented characters?

    Posted 12 years ago on Thursday October 25, 2012 | Permalink
  18. I changed the lists to have no special characters and I was able to link them so I'm guessing GF doesn't use the same encoding as CM. Would it be possible to have this fixed?

    Posted 12 years ago on Monday October 29, 2012 | Permalink
  19. Actually I think it was the single quote that was breaking it. My custom field was called "liste d'envoie" and it wouldn't sync but once I changed it to "subscription list" it worked.

    Posted 12 years ago on Monday October 29, 2012 | Permalink
  20. Sounds like it's working for you now?

    I'll bring this topic to the attention of the developers to see if there is anything we can do.

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday October 31, 2012 | Permalink
  21. @impeka, I have an updated version of the Campaign Monitor add-on if you would like to install it and give it a try with your original field name with the single quote. Please email me at chris@rocketgenius.com if you would like me to send you the new version. Please include a link to this topic so I know what we're talking about. Thank you.

    Posted 12 years ago on Thursday November 1, 2012 | Permalink