Form Recipes

Formula Quick Question/Answer Reference
Below is a list of common scenarios that involve the use of a formula to achieve. This is purely a quick reference guide in a Q & A format. For mor...
Thu, 18 Oct, 2018 at 10:07 AM
Showing and Hiding Fields (Visibility)
There are many situations where you may want to show/hide fields (or even whole pages) based on the answer to a previous question. For example say w...
Thu, 26 May, 2016 at 12:58 AM
Dynamic Answers & Calculations (Dynamic Values)
Often you may need to display some text or calculate a value in a dynamic fashion. For example, you may want to show different text in a field based o...
Thu, 26 May, 2016 at 12:58 AM
Dynamic Titles and Hints
Sometimes you may want your field's Title or Hint text to dynamically include a value from a previous field. This is useful in cases where the a...
Thu, 26 May, 2016 at 12:58 AM
Cascading Choices (also know as Parent-Child)
Often the answer to one Choices field should populate or filter the options available in a subsequent field. We call this "cascading choices&qu...
Thu, 26 May, 2016 at 12:58 AM
Conditionally Required Fields (Required Condition)
The standard Required and Read Only option on the Form designer lets you define fields that are always required or read only respectively. However someti...
Thu, 26 May, 2016 at 12:58 AM
Allowing Users to Jump Pages (Custom Form Navigation)
By default every Form you create has automatic navigation buttons in the form of arrows that appear at the top of your Form in the title bar of the app. T...
Thu, 26 May, 2016 at 12:59 AM
Generating a Unique Number/Code
Often you will need to generate unique number or code as part of a particular Form screen's data output. This is common in cases like order numbers, ...
Thu, 26 May, 2016 at 12:58 AM
Workflow A Form Entry Between Users (Process Steps)
Often a business process will require more than one person to be involved to get the job done. For these scenarios, just capturing a Form entry is not enou...
Wed, 22 May, 2019 at 7:18 PM
Creating, Updating and Deleting Rows in a Data Source
Often you may want to allow the user to create, edit or even delete rows on your Data Sources. This is supported on our platform by setting up a Form in t...
Tue, 17 Nov, 2020 at 9:49 AM