Questions tagged [cognito-forms]
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Review results field
I want to post on the form a field that and only a Editors permission user can modify and a none permission user can see, for example the result of a evaluation of a specific document uploaded.
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Cognito Dynamic Choices/Lookup
I have a form where on page 2 there is 28 items that the submitter has 3 choices for for example Choice 1 is good, 2 is bad, 3 is NA.
On page 3 the submitter then has to list each item they selected ...
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Date Range and Specific Dates
Having trouble with the Date function. I'm using the form to confirm a date range and specific dates within that range. I see that Date Range is an option but not sure how to assign Date Values and ...
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How do I add a form to a WordPress page?
When trying to place the form onto a page I get this pop up message:
No key present
Please click on the "Cognito Forms" link in the menu on the left and log in to register this plug-in with ...
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Do I need an SSL certificate?
Do I need an SSL certificate for my website if I'm using Cognito Forms?
My media person is trying to sell me an SSL certificate as Google is going to mark HTML pages with forms as "insecure", but I'm ...
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Unavailable Date in a Date Range
I created a form with fields to enter a start date and an end date. The form successfully rejects any dates that fall on or between a specific date range: 03/05/2023 to 10/05/2023 (dd/mm/yyyy). But, ...
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Age at January the First
Calculating Age in Cognito Forms.
Age in years:
= DateTime.Today.Year - BirthDate.Year + (
if DateTime.Today.Month < BirthDate.Month or
(DateTime.Today.Month = BirthDate.Month and
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Cognito Forms - Customise Receipt Number
I need to have a customized receipt number and not use the auto generated F - number.
How do I do that?
I want to change it from F6E62T1 to KB00001 for example.
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Submission time removal
I am looking for a way to remove the submission date/time from the items seen when looking at entries in the Cognito forms. I have multiple employees that I am ok with them working after hours but the ...
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Cognito Form change checkbox choices using JavaScript
I have a requirement to load checkbox choices dynamically so I need to set the form field options via JavaScript, after Cognito.load(). I realize I can pre fill the choices which selects the existing ...
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Cognito Forms: Query across repeating sections by ItemNumber
Is there a way to lookup by ItemNumber across repeating section?
This can really help the design when you have large sections that are bound by the number of items but should be logically separate in ...
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Limit discount code to once per person
I've created a referral discount code, I will personally hand out the discount code when someone refers someone else and that person orders. I Only want that person to be able to use that code once. (...
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Cognito Form disabled due to suspicious content
This appears:
Our apologies, this form has been disabled due to suspicious content. If you believe you have received this message in error, please contact the original form author.
How can I ...
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Use calculation to provide the next Friday based on submission date
I will have our users input "today's" date on a form, and I want the next field to auto-populate to the next Friday:
So if the submission date is 9/25/2017, the calculated field would be 9/29/2017.
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Need a date field in Cognito Forms that displays just the Month & Year in the date-picker
Is there a way to format a Date field in Cognito Forms to just display 'Month & Year' and not the calendar day in the Date-picker?
I am asking the user to mention the Expected Project Completion ...
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Calendar calculation in Cognito Forms
I am trying to work out how the future date displays in the calendar option for future reservation.
At this moment it even shows the past days and years. The calendar should start from the date when ...
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Validate text field to hold only digits
Is there a way to check whether a textbox field contains just digits and not alphabetic or special characters? I need to have the user enter a player's Uniform Number, but need to allow the user to ...
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Cognito drop down menu calculation
In Cognito forms I have a table where users can select a product from a drop down menu. On the following Performance drop menu, if a user selects and adds more than 1 item can it calculate the total ...
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Specify particular caldender dates only for selection
I run a class every thursday, id like my visitors to be able book on future thursdays only. Is there a day to do this via the date field? So it only allows them to select a future thursday
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Choice list autocomplete
If I have a long choice list and I'd like the user to be able to 'search' the choices. This is in part possible with the 'Allow Fill in' option, as it shows choices as you type. However, this allows ...
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Styling Content Fields in Cognito Forms
I have several Content fields in my Cognito form which is embedded in a web page on my site.
I want to use CSS styling to change the font colour on one of them to red but can't see a way to ...
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Cognito forms Question - can you view the page url the form entry was submitted from
Im not sure if this is possible but here goes.I want to add a ask a question form to a courses section of my website.I can add the javascript embed to courses template and the form will appear on all ...
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How to validate Cognito Form using existing data on another application
I am very much interested in using Cognito Forms for our school application process. However, we would like to incorporate a validation, which can pick an existing parent, whose ward/wards have been ...
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Field edits that are exported automatically in Cognito Forms PDF attachment?
Can I edit the specific fields that are automatically attached in the PDF when selected in the notification email section? I want most of them but a few of the consents make the output crowded. Also, ...
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Is there a way to eliminate options when quantity hits 0?
I'm building a form that involves class times. When a certain class time his 0, will that option disappear, or is it going to be up there even if the quantity is empty?
For example, if this class ...
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Is there a way to number uploaded files (specifically photos) in Cognito Forms?
Is there any way that uploaded files (specifically photos) have an uploaded number?
1 being the oldest, 2 being the newest.
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Is there any way to disable a calculation field?
It would be nice if users were not mislead into thinking they could change totals.
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Edit multiple entries in Cognito Forms
Is it possible to edit multiple entries in Cognito Forms?
For example it would be helpful to mark multiple entries as "Complete".
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Is there option to download all the attached documents of the Cognito form entries?
How to download all the attached documents of Cognito form entries? Is there any plugin to do that ?
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Can you change the status of multiple entries in a Cognito form?
Is it possible to change the status of multiple form entries at the same time? It would be very time-intensive to change statuses or delete entries one-by-one, but I haven't been able to find an ...
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Fields on form blank after viewing web link
I have put a web link in a form. When someone clicks on the link to view the website and clicks the "back" arrow, it will go back to the form but all of the fields that were previously filled out are ...
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Cognito Forms Notifications
I have made a rather complex form using Cognito forms.
Basically, I want to setup a notification to send when a field is updated after submission using the edit shared entry link.
For example, say I ...
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Select case conditional logic
I have a quiz that I have created with Cognito Forms. I want to be able to display one of four different answers to the user when he/she finishes the quiz. I have two conditional fields that sum up ...
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Dynamically displaying content entered into a repeating section on a subsequent page
I'm creating a form where organizations can report on a number of different training positions which they provide. These training positions are called 'posts'.
On the first page of the form, users ...
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Send the document export to SFTP using Microsoft Flow
I would like to send the generated PDF document to an SFTP server by sending it through Microsoft Flow. Here is my best guess at the setup:
The problem is that the file shows up empty, so the size is ...
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Merging PDF upload
I have created a form that asks for someone to upload a PDF of a letter of recommendation as a field when they fill out the form.
Is there a way to automatically merge the Cognito form with the ...
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How can we get the referring URL value in a Cognito form?
We would like to know where our clicks are coming from when a customer signs up. How can we do this?
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Making a condition on a question to only be asked to a certain amount of people
I have to say that this is the first time that I am using Cognito Forms. I really like it, but I can't find a way of referencing forms that have already been answered to make a condition logic.
For ...
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Organize / categorize forms into named folders?
Is there any way to create folders for categorizing and organizing all of our forms? We're starting to get a larger number of these, and as we create more it will be a long list to scroll through.
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How to add persistent submit button to multi page forms?
I have a form that has six sections where I put a page break in between each section. Currently when the user is on page 3, for example, they will see two buttons: Back and Next.
Is there anyway I ...
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Pulling up and re-using historic data after a payment is made
I see that with Entry Sharing it is possible for the data to be revisited by the form filler - but then I notice that if there is a payment attached to this form the data does not appear to be able to ...
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How do I send confirmation emails to multiple respondent addresses when entries are submitted in Cognito Forms?
I have a need to email a form submission to two respondent addresses each time the form is submitted. In a perfect world I would be able to place two email fields on the form and select both in the ...
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How to include URLs of attachments in exported spreadsheet
We'd like to include the URL of attached images, PDFs and other files as columns within the exported spreadsheet.
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Maintaining user submitted entries state so it can be viewed when page reloads in Cognito Forms
I’m trying to make a Yes/No form and I would like when they select yes and hit submit, to keep the state of the selection when the get back to the page. Any way to do this?
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Line break in question label
Can I get a line break in a form question label? I want to list the answer question and then put "(please check all that apply)" underneath in smaller font italicised.
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Can I change text on "Save" button for Save & Resume Feature
My users are confusing the "Save" button with "Submit" when only part way through the form. Can I change the text so I can clarify "Save & finish later" or some such? I turned off the feature ...
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Calculation Field referencing field in an separate form
Is it possible in a Calculation Field to reference a field in a different form rather than just within the same form?
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Select drop down field in one Cognito Form where the values come from another form
Can I select from a drop-down field, a field in another form?
For example:
I want to select from a dropdown field the name of a customer stored in another form called Clients.
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Form entries not appearing
I've stumbled across an issue with one of my forms. You see the information from it does not show in the table.
Seems to be the same issue when i try to customize the notification with fields from ...
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Conditional File Attachment
As I complete a form, is it possible to add attachments to the resulting confirmation email based on responses?
For example, when I have a form space that requires a YES result but the result is no, ...
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