# Pre-Populating A Status for Calendar Events

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/pre-populating-a-status-for-calendar-events/5848>\
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**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pre-populating-a-status-for-calendar-events/5848 "2020-03-25T18:20:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/pre-populating-a-status-for-calendar-events/5848/2 "2020-03-25T18:24:29Z")

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Here is my guess…when you pre-populate, how are you doing it? An array formula?

When you make a new item in your calendar and save it, where does it save? Does it save way at the bottom below all the pre-populated fields?

Because you have pre-populated it as you have, it’s seeing all those rows as filled already and making a new item far at the bottom.

Would be helpful if you linked your sheet instead of a screenshot.

and did you see this thread?

> [@Choice component default](https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-default/1369):
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> Hello Glide community. Here is my latest conundrum. I am wondering if the Choice component can have a default choice other than “blank.” Scenario: I have a Supply Order Form in my app and one of the options is to view the status of the order. When an order is submitted the first time, the default choice would be “Under Review,” to allow the person processing the order to look at the order and yada yada. Then the choice could be changed as the order is being processed, yada yada. Suggestions? …

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