How can I backup my data of the forms?

  • JonasAI
    Asked on September 19, 2017 at 12:52 PM

    Hi everyone,


    How is it possible to backup my form data? 


    The backup should be continous and at least once a day the a backup should be done.


    What options are available ?


    I tried zapier and ifttt but both dont work somehow.


    best

  • Kevin Support Team Lead
    Replied on September 19, 2017 at 1:16 PM

    JotForm has backup feature, you will find more details about it here: https://www.jotform.com/help/374-How-to-Export-All-of-Your-Data-at-Once 

    But you will need to manually request the exported file, currently the process cannot be scheduled, if you want we could open a request for this, please let us know. 

    You may also use the Reports to Cloud app that will help you to get updated reports on your Dropbox account, the app can be found here: http://reports2cloud.jotform.io/ 


  • JonasAI
    Replied on September 27, 2017 at 8:18 AM

    Hi 

    thanks for your answer. 


    I think a backup function is something very important. Maybe you can make the request that the data of a form can be stored automatically to a cloud service. 


    I know thats kind of possible with Zapier, however, in my case we have a lot of fields (100+) and setting that backup up manually every time is a huge pain. 


    So the perfect solution: the form data can be exported automatically once a day to a connected cloud platform (dropbox, gdrive etc.).


    Best

  • Kevin Support Team Lead
    Replied on September 27, 2017 at 9:29 AM

    Please note that you can backup your data on Google Drive  and Dropbox, here are the guides that will help you doing so: 

    https://www.jotform.com/help/77-Upload-to-Dropbox-with-JotForm 

    https://www.jotform.com/help/192-How-to-Integrate-a-Form-with-Google-Drive 

    This way you have your submission information as well as uploaded files sent yo your Dropbox/Google Drive account.