---
type: "operation"
title: "extension-operationdefinition-allowed-type $populate"
resource: "extension-operationdefinition-allowed-type"
operation: "populate"
---
# operationdefinition $populate

Populate Questionnaire

**Description:** Limited implementation of the Populate Questionnaire implementation

**Comments:** Only implemented for Labs and Medications so far

**System:** false

**Type:** false

**Instance:** true

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/example


## Parameters

- **subject** [in] 1..1 Reference — The resource that is to be the *QuestionnaireResponse.subject*. The [[[QuestionnaireResponse]]]      instance will reference the provided subject.  In addition, if the *local* parameter is      set to true, server information about the specified subject will be used to populate the      instance.
- **local** [in] 0..1 Reference — If the *local* parameter is set to true, server information about the specified subject will be used to populate the instance.
- **return** [out] 1..1 QuestionnaireResponse — The partially (or fully)-populated set of answers for the specified Questionnaire