InfoPath can use data from SharePoint and other sources, such as web services, to populate choices in data-driven controls such as drop-down menus. In this recipe, we will create a simple SharePoint list to provide data to InfoPath for the next recipe, adding a drop-down menu to InfoPath using SharePoint list data.
Follow these steps to create our SharePoint list:
Navigate to the SharePoint site in your preferred web browser.
From the Settings menu, select Site contents.
Select Add an app and then click on Custom List.
Provide a name such as
Categoriesfor the custom list in the Name field.Select the newly created list on the Site contents page.
Add new items to the list such as
Customer Request,Internal Request, andAutomated Request.