You can remove the default value set for a dropdown, radio button form fields by adding, deleting dummy PV or updating the form XML file.
Below listed are the options to remove the default value 'Not specified' from the drop-down field 'Suffering from other cancer?' of the form 'Cancer Details'
Option-1: Add dummy permissible value (PV)
- Go to edit page of the form 'Cancer Details'
- Edit the field 'Suffering from other cancer?'
- Add a dummy permissible value to the field
- Set the dummy permissible value as the default value
- Delete the dummy permissible value
Option-2: Update the form XML file
- Go to edit page of the form 'Cancer Details'
- Click on 'Export' button to export the form XML file
- Open the downloaded form XML file in a text editor (If the zip file is downloaded, unzip the file and open the form XML file in a text editor)
- Remove the value 'Not Specified' from the tag '<defaultValue><![CDATA[Not specified]]></defaultValue>'
- Save the form XML and import back. (If the downloaded file has the permissible values folder, then zip updated form XML file along with the PVs folder and import back)
- Refresh the browser, the 'Not specified' value will not be the default value for further data entry
Refer wiki page for more details on export/import of a form
Reimporting the form will not affect the existing data.