How can I insert a password protected section on my form?

  • lwright4481
    Asked on January 20, 2017 at 10:05 AM

    This will be an application for a student into a school and a section of the form must be completed by a counselor with private information. Is there a way to add a section and include the need for a password to enter that section?

  • Charlie
    Replied on January 20, 2017 at 12:06 PM

    UPDATE (August 20, 2019): Password protection feature is available now. 

    Here is how it works:

    1. Open the Form Builder and find the Enable Password Protection option under the Settings tab. 

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    2. If you select this option, you should set a password for the form. If you don't set any password, the Enable Password Protection option will be unselected.

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    3. When you set a password for the form, a person who wants to open the form will see this page:

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    4. If the person enters the incorrect password, s/he cannot open the form and will see this warning:

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    5. If the person enters the correct password, s/he can open the form and submit it. However, if you (form owner) change the password after s/he opened the form, s/he cannot submit the form and will see this warning:

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    6. You can reset the password by clicking on the RESET PASSWORD button or unchecking the Enable Password Protection option.

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    I'm sorry, but we do not allow forms that has fields or labels like "passwords" or any login credentials that may act as a phishing. This is against our Terms of Use. Please check our terms page here: http://www.jotform.com/terms/ 

    Instead of a password field, you could use a different label like "access code". You can use Conditional Logic to hide sections or skip on pages depending on a user input. To learn more about this, you can check the following guides:

    https://www.jotform.com/help/57-Smart-Forms-Using-Conditional-Logic 

    https://www.jotform.com/help/297-Show-or-Hide-multiple-fields-at-once-using-form-collapse-tool 

    https://www.jotform.com/help/350-How-to-Skip-Pages-Using-Conditional-Logic 

     

    I hope that helps. 

  • Nur Karabağ JotForm Developer
    Replied on August 29, 2019 at 4:08 AM

    UPDATE: Password protection feature is available now. 

    Here is how it works:

    1. Open the Form Builder and find the Enable Password Protection option under the Settings tab. 

    How can I insert a password protected section on my form? Image 10

    2. If you select this option, you should set a password for the form. If you don't set any password, the Enable Password Protection option will be unselected.

    1566296147Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 10 Screenshot 21

    3. When you set a password for the form, a person who wants to open the form will see this page:

    1566296207Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 10 Screenshot 32

    4. If the person enters the incorrect password, s/he cannot open the form and will see this warning:

    1566296231Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 10 Screenshot 43

    5. If the person enters the correct password, s/he can open the form and submit it. However, if you (form owner) change the password after s/he opened the form, s/he cannot submit the form and will see this warning:

    1566296247Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 10 Screenshot 54

    6. You can reset the password by clicking on the RESET PASSWORD button or unchecking the Enable Password Protection option.

    1566296263Screen Shot 2019 08 20 at 11 Screenshot 65