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The default value for the Element Name property is form. The root element name in the submission xml of a form created from the designer palette is determined by the value in this field. It needs to be a valid XML element name. The designer can now change the name of the form without impacting the element name.  Form schema and the generated xml file show the element name. If you want a form name with international characters, you must enter the international chars into the Element Name field. When the form name is updated, and 'Element Name' is kept the same, previous submissions can be initialized successfully.  When 'Element Name' is updated, previous submissions cannot be initialized.

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When your form loads it will send a page view event to your Google Analytics account if you enter your Google account tracking ID into this form property. Please refer to the Google's documentation for information about finding your Google Analytics tracking ID.

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Searchable fields configured for a form or flow are the fields that may be used to filter submissions in the submissions view. By default, all your data is saved as an XML document. This is the most efficient way to store/access your data both in terms of speed as well as storage. However, if you prefer to view your data via the submissions user interface, you can choose which fields are available to the user as search criteria in addition to the XML data.

Considerations when deciding which types of fields to configure are listed below.

  • Searchable fields are indexed for easy search of form/flow Submissions. They can also be used when searching Tasks on a user's Task List. You will see columns for the controls in your form/flow designated as Searchable fields in the Submissions table. This is helpful when trying to locate a particular submission from a long list. Searchable Fields are downloaded into the Submissions Download to a CSV file along with the submission default columns.

    • Cloud customers can configure up to 20 Searchable Fields.

    • In-house customers can change change the default value by adding the frevvo.max.searchable.fields configuration parameter to the <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost\frevvo.xml file.

  • Saved fields do affect performance as they are independently stored in addition to XML data. This can significantly reduce performance, especially for large forms and require additional storage in the repository. Saved fields are not rendered in the submission table and cannot be used as search criteria for submissions. The only reason to configure Saved fields is if you want to use the Export to Excel feature which is available on the Legacy Submissions view

    Warning
    The
    Legacy Submission View and the submissions Export to Excel will be removed in the next major release. The submissions Export
    Export of submissions to Excel feature has been replaced by the Download
    Submissions
    to CSV
    feature.Please begin using the redesigned submission view as soon as possible
    . If you have not used the Export to Excel feature in the past, we recommend that you become familiar with the Download to CSV .
    You can still use the Export to Excel feature by accessing it from the Submissions Legacy view. However, the Legacy Submissions view and the Export to Excel may be removed in a future release.

Designers should carefully consider which fields to designate as Searchable fields. The selection of the correct fields as search criteria can be very helpful with submission and Task List searches.

Clicking on the Click to setup Searchable fields link displays the setup wizard. This link is on the form's properties as shown below. If you have navigated away from the form's properties and instead see a control properties panel, just click anywhere on the toolbar to return to the form's properties.

Searchable Field wizard

The wizard displays the fields from your form/flow. Only controls that are considered form data will be listed. For Example, the link, signature, image, upload, trigger, section, PageBreak, Message, Form Viewer and video controls will not show up in the Searchable field lists as there is no value to save or query against. Also, group controls (tabs, panels, repeats) will not show up on the list of Available Fields.

Note
  1. We do not recommend using

fields
  1. columns from Tables

and
  1. or Repeats as Searchable fields. The data will be hard to interpret since there can be multiple data values for the same field.

  2. Searching submissions using a Repeat control from schema is not supported.

  3. If the value of a field contains the < sign, the data in the Submissions Table will be incomplete. For example, if the value = a<b only the "a" will show in the Submission Table.

Move the the fields listed in the Available Fields tab that you want to use as search criteria to the Searchable Fields tab. You can change the order of the fields when you move them into the Searchable Fields area. The order of the form fields will be reflected in the Submission Table and the export to a csv file once existing submissions are resubmitted or a new submission is created.

There are two ways to select/unselect or reorder Searchable fields :

  • Drag and Drop - You can drag the fields from the Available Fields list and drop them into the Searchable Fields list if you re using Firefox, Chrome or Safari browsers. Items may be dragged between lists and within the Searchable Fields list. Items may be dropped between existing items and before the top-most item and below the bottom item. Only a single item may be dragged. Currently, the drag and drop function will not work in the Internet Explorer browsers. This issue will be addressed in a future release.

  • Center arrow buttons

    • The > right arrow moves the selected field from the Available Fields list to the bottom of the Searchable Fields list.
    • The < left arrow moves the selected field from the Saved Fields list to the bottom of the Available Fields list.
    • The >> double right arrows move all the form fields in the Available Fields list to the Searchable Fields list.
    • The << double left arrow moves all the form fields in the Saved Fields list to the Available Fields list.

Click Finish to save. Selecting the X in the upper right corner cancels any changes. Remember to save your changes when you exit out of the designer.

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Controls are listed in the Available and Searchable Lists using control labels. If you change the label of a control in your form that was previously added to the Searchable Fields list the control will remain in the list reflecting the new label. In a flow, the label can be different for controls with the same name in different activities. Controls are listed using the control name. If the name changes, it will unset the Searchable field. The newly renamed control will now show on the Available list and the designer must move it to the Searchable List again.

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Note the first five fields in the Searchable Fields list are marked with double asterisks. These 5 searchable fields will be the key fields for the submission in the legacy view.

Maximum Number of Searchable Fields

Cloud customers can configure up to 20 Searchable fields. In-house customers can change the maximum number of Searchable Fields with a configuration parameter. 

When an attempt is made to add more than the maximum configured number of Searchable fields, an error message ("Maximum Number of Searchable Fields Exceeded!"). displays on the lower right of the screen and will disappear after a short time. Any fields in excess of the maximum configured number will not be allowed.

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Adding/Removing Searchable Fields

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If you add or remove a field from the Searchable Fields tab, the change will only affect new submissions. In-house customers can manually run the Insight Batch job to update older submissions so the field can be used as search criteria.

Saved Fields tab

You will see a Saved Fields tab in addition to the Searchable Fields tab. This tab displays only when the Legacy Submissions view is configured as it is in the cloud. The only reason to configure Saved Fields for a form/flow is if you want to use the Export to Excel which is only available in the Legacy Submissions view. Remember, Saved Fields are stored in the database when the form/flow is completed. This can significantly reduce performance, especially for large forms and require additional storage in the repository.

Warning
The
Legacy Submission View and the submissions Export to Excel will be removed in the next major release. The submissions Export
Export of submissions to Excel feature has been replaced by the Download
Submissions
to CSV. If you have not used the Export to Excel feature
.Please begin using the redesigned submission view as soon as possible
in the past, we recommend that you become familiar with the Download to CSV .
You can still use the Export to Excel feature by accessing it from the Submissions Legacy view. However, the Legacy Submissions view and the Export to Excel may be removed in a future release.

In-house customers can choose to hide the Legacy Submissions view with a configuration parameter. If the Legacy submission view is not visible, the Saved Fields tab is not displayed in the Form/Flow designers and the Export to Excel feature is not available.

Refer to Submissions Stored Inside of Live Forms - Legacy View for the details about the Legacy Submission view and the Export to Excel feature.

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This feature helps to protect your forms against spamming by automatic submitters. By selecting captcha, an image is displayed when a user submits your form, containing a string and also an audio recording. The user must enter the string into the specified input box. If the string is correctly reproduced, the form submission will be processed as usual. If it is not a new string is displayed and the user may try again. Click the  to cancel.

Save/Load

If you check this checkbox on the flow level and on each step in the flow a  Save button will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. If you don’t want users to be able to save/load your form, uncheck the checkbox on the flow level or on specific steps so users will not see this buttonthis checkbox, a Save button will be displayed at the bottom of your form.

This feature is useful for lengthy forms where your users may not have all the information required to complete the form in a single session. By clicking on save the Save button a copy of the form with all the current values is saved on the  form server. Later the user can re-open the form from their task list; see see Perform a task for more information. The form will populate the fields from with the saved values.

Users You can repeat the save/load steps save your partially filled in forms as many times as they wishyou want.

Currently the the Save for Later button for label for forms cannot be customized like it can for for flows. The ability to change the Save button label for forms will this may be available in a future release.

See the Save and Load feature, for full details.

Show in History

If this checkbox is unchecked, tasks for the form or flow will not appear in Tasks history searches. If you want them to appear, make sure this box is checked. Checking or Un-checking it affects all tasks including ones that were created prior to the action.

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This property is currently ineffective for tenants with the default delegating security manager. However the delegating security manager may support SSO in the future.

Accessible

Live Forms can be used to build accessible forms/flows that meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards. Check the Accessible property to turn on this feature. Refer to this documentation for the details.

Decorated

Decorated is checked by default when you create a new form. If  you uncheck Decorated at the form level, newly added controls will have their control level decorator property unset -- meaning no decorator. It will NOT remove the decorator from all controls already in the form. The decorated property can also be set at the flow level. The designer can select a decorator for each of the steps in a flow that will display on the navigation bar.