Getting started

Your first form¶

Click on the "New form" icon, enter the new form's name, and choose a URL.

When the new form is created you see the form's Configuration page.

Use this page to configure the publicly visible parts of your form.

The editor may seem new at first but take a moment, it is a practical way to style HTML text. Use the 'Learn more' link.

Add, move, and edit the fields to solicit data. See the Inline help for more info.

If your form solicits personal information, create a statement. The wizard can help write the legal text.

When you have answered the questions, Copy the result and finish the statement configuration.

Preview the statement and save.

See the form as it is seen on the Internet.

Use the "Edit" button to edit the different parts of the form, and style the form's look and feel.

This option lets you personalize the form with images and colors.

See the form's URL on the 'Options' page.

A form cannot be made public when:

You say that the form solicits personal data, but you have not added a privacy statement
The form has expired
An administrator has disabled the form

Publish, share, expire, delete, etc.

Use this page to manage your form.

Options are divided into categories, each explained in the Inline help.

When you edit a public form's fields, the form is made temporarily unavailable. People will see a 'Come back soon' message.

You may add, edit and delete form fields.

You cannot edit form fields that have already been answered.

The answers that correspond to deleted form fields are themselves not deleted, and can be consulted on the 'Answers' page.

Use the Answers page to view, filter, edit, delete and export the answers

You may edit answers, one field at a time.

The people who answer your form can "Go back to the form and change the answers" when you enable that option.

All editions are recorded in the form's log. Follow the log entry link to see a complete history of the changes made to an answer.

Click on the check box to bookmark answers for your convenience.

When you have finished collecting data from the form, there are two good reasons to delete the answers.

Data protection
Unused copies of your user's data are strongly discouraged.
Disk usage
You have a limited assigned amount of disk space. Deleting form attachments saves space.

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