Web forms answers web-forms-answers

Response storage fields response-storage-fields

Answers to forms can be saved in a field of the database or temporarily in a local variable. The storage mode for answers is chosen during field creation. It can be edited via the Edit storage… link.

For each input field in a form, the following storage options are available:

Storing data in the database storing-data-in-the-database

To save the data in an existing field of the database, click the Edit expression icon and select it from the list of available fields.

Storing data in a local variable storing-data-in-a-local-variable

You can use local variables so that even if data is not stored in the database, it can be reused on the page or the other pages, for example to place conditions on the display of a field or to personalize a message.

This means that you can use the value of an unsaved field to authorize the display of a group of options on the page. In the page below, the vehicle type is not stored in the database:

It is stored in a variable which must be selected when the drop-down box is created, or via the Edit storage… link.

You can display existing variables and create new ones via the Edit variables… link. Click the Add button to create a new variable.

The added variable will be available in the list of local variables when the page’s input fields are created.

Example of local storage with conditioning

In the above example, the container that includes data concerning private vehicles is displayed only if the Private option is selected from the drop-down list, as indicated in the visibility condition:

If the user selects a private vehicle, the Web form offers the following options:

The container holding the data concerning commercial vehicles will be displayed if the Professional option is selected, as expressed in the visibility condition:

This means that, if the user selects a commercial vehicle, the form offers the following options:

Using collected information using-collected-information

For each form, the answers provided can be re-used in the fields or the labels. The following syntaxes must be used:

Saving Web forms answers saving-web-forms-answers

To save the information collected in the pages of a form, you need to place a storage box in the diagram.

There are two ways of using this box:

By default, the data is imported into the database by an Update or insertion operation: if it exists in the database, the element is updated (for example, the selected newsletter or the email address entered). If it does not exist, the information is added.

You can, however, change this behavior. To do this, select the root of the element and select the operation to be performed from the drop-down list:

You can select a search folder for reconciliation and the creation folder for new profiles. If these fields are empty, the profiles are searched for and created in the operator’s default folder.