How can you run a report of total monthly submissions?

Since you never mentioned what format you need for your reports, I'll just cite a guide below that will discuss all of them in detail.

Complete guide: How-To-Create-Form-Reports-in-JotForm

It's also worth mentioning that you can download your Submission Data in XLS, CSV or PDF format and you're free to decide on the timeframe too.

Related guide: How-to-Download-Form-Submissions-as-Excel-CSV-PDF

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