Open old submissions and save it as new

  • AdamAbdelkarim
    Asked on June 26, 2019 at 12:53 AM

    Hi,

    We are using JotForm for housing inspections. Sometimes if we need to do a second or third inspection, there is not much difference from the first one. So I was wondering if we can open old submissions, make small changes and then 'save as', as a new submission.

     

    I would also like to know if it is possible to time stamp individual photos taken on a single form. For example, if one photo was taken at 3pm and then another at 3:15pm, it would show the difference.

     

    Thank you very much for your help.

  • jherwin
    Replied on June 26, 2019 at 3:48 AM

    We are using JotForm for housing inspections. Sometimes if we need to do a second or third inspection, there is not much difference from the first one. So I was wondering if we can open old submissions, make small changes and then 'save as', as a new submission.

    It's possible to open the old submission through edit link. However, you can not save it as a new submission. If you would like to open the old submission and edit it, go to your submission page and click edit.
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    I would also like to know if it is possible to timestamp individual photos taken on a single form. For example, if one photo was taken at 3 pm and then another at 3:15 pm, it would show the difference.

    I think that is possible. Could you let us know how many file upload you will add to your form? By the way, you can use the "Get visitor location" widget for that and then get the value using substring widget.

  • AdamAbdelkarim
    Replied on July 14, 2019 at 8:38 PM

    I am so sorry for the delay. 


    We are planning to upload up to 10 (aprox) photos for each submission.

  • Kiran Support Team Lead
    Replied on July 15, 2019 at 2:08 AM

    I would also like to know if it is possible to timestamp individual photos taken on a single form.

    I am not sure if I understand your query correctly. Are you referring to 10 photo uploads for each submissions and you want to display the time difference for each file upload on the same submission? If so, we are sorry to let you know that it is not possible and it seems that our colleague may have confused with your requirement. The 'Get Visitor Location' can capture the location related information only.

    Let us know if you are referring to something different. We will be happy to take a look again. 

    So I was wondering if we can open old submissions, make small changes and then 'save as', as a new submission.

    To address your question, though it is not possible as a direct feature to save the old submission as a new submission you may achieve this requirement by passing the form filled data to the same form using URL parameters and send the link to be able to submit it as a new submission. Please refer to the guide below that can help you with this.

    https://www.jotform.com/help/351-How-to-Automatically-Pass-Form-Data-to-Another-Form

    Please give it a try and let us know if you need any further assistance. We will be happy to help.