Using initialData in a calculated field

[c329825]

Hi all!

I have a rather particular use case. I'm using a repeater component to gather some data that needs to have a default number of rows created based on some other field value. All good up until this point, we have added a calculated value on the repeater and it works fine.
But I need to be able later on to populate the form via initialData and because of this calculated value the form is not getting prefilled correctly.

I have tried something like this:

`const {databases} = form.data;
if(databases) {
return databases;
}
else {
const n = parseInt(form.data.numberOfDatabases || 0);
return Array.from({ length: n }, () => ({}));

}`

but the initialData is not reflected in the form.

Is there a way to access the initialData values? Or how can we manage this case?

[ashalugin]

Hi @c329825,

The values from initialData should be accessible through data. Could you prepare an example form so that we can help you? Remember that each element inside a Repeater is like an isolated form.

https://formengine.io/documentation/using-repeater/