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Asked: 2026-06-17T16:23:53+00:00

I’m adding 4 new checkboxes to an entity and its form. There are already

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I’m adding 4 new checkboxes to an entity and its form. There are already instances of this entity created in production. I need to have these checkboxes defaulted to checked on these existing entity instances. I set the default value of the field but apparently this only gets used when a new instance of the entity is created. Is there an easy way to set these on all the existing instances?

I could use a one-off workflow, but I don’t know how many instances of this entity there are and due to auditing requirements I can’t access the production environment.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could create execute some JavaScript on the load of the form. Of course, this wouldn’t update all of the values in the database, but it would update it before a user is able to view it. Do you need all the values in the database defaulted, or will java script work?

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    Your best options are either an update multiple ( you can increase the number of records an advanced find returns to 250 records per page) and continue to update all records manually, or perform a batch update. See this related SO question.

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