Tracking Form Submissions

  • MichelleCavanaugh
    Asked on October 19, 2019 at 12:18 AM

    Each of our clients  complete multiple forms and we need a way to track which forms have been submitted by a particular client.


    If we could then format that data into a professional document for clients so we could then periodically send updates to clients.  

    Suggestions?

  • jherwin
    Replied on October 19, 2019 at 1:30 AM

    How about using a unique code/ID for each client?

    Please take a look at this guide: How-to-Add-Custom-Unique-IDs-to-your-Form-Submissions

    Let us know if that could work for your requirements.

  • MichelleCavanaugh
    Replied on October 19, 2019 at 2:50 PM
    I understand how to embed a custom ID. Thank you for the link. It was
    helpful. Clarification: If I use a customer ID, I can then create a
    report for that ID for all forms completed. I could then export it to say,
    Google sheets or Excel and customer the look of it so that it could be
    customer facing. Am I correct in that?
    ...
  • jherwin
    Replied on October 19, 2019 at 2:58 PM

    I'm sorry, but I don't fully understand your requirements. Can you please further explain what you're trying to or the reports you're referring to?

    You can give us a visual so we can better understand your needs.

    Looking forward to your response.

  • MichelleCavanaugh
    Replied on October 19, 2019 at 6:50 PM
    Thank you for help. Here's what I'm trying to do......
    - A client submits multiple forms over the course of 6 weeks (Some of
    our clients may submit up to 20 different forms)
    - It is my job to send periodic status reports to the client showing
    which form is complete and which forms still need to be done.
    - If Jotform could sort by client's email, name or custom ID (any of
    these will work) then I would be able to easily create a report in Jotform
    for each client. I don't know if Jotform can do this. Clearly I can see
    which submissions have been made for each different form, but then I have
    to do all the sorting manually. Can I get a listing by client? Perhaps
    there is an appropriate integration for this?
    If I could get a report by client, then I might figure out a way to make
    that report client-facing ( maybe an excel spreadsheet or a google sheet)
    it would save me time. Currently I open the sbmissions for each form and
    keep a manual spreadsheet of clients' submittion. I then transfer that
    information manually into a word doc for the client.
    I hope I am being clear about our business model and my role. I am hoping
    Jotform can help me be more productive. Right now, I am looking to hire a
    freelancer with Jotform experience and expertise to help me over the next
    couple of months.
    Thanks again for your help with this new platform.
    Michelle Cavanaugh
    Senior Customer Service/Support Administrator
    Hytropy.com
    7515 Jefferson Highway #5
    Baton Rouge, LA 70806
    customerservice@hytropy.com
    ...
  • jherwin
    Replied on October 19, 2019 at 10:06 PM

    Hello Michelle - There are two options to easily achieve your requirements.

    First Option:
    You can use the new submissions page/sheets view to view your submissions data and filter the submissions using the email. To open your submissions page on sheets, please replace the "submissions" in the link into "sheets".

    For reference:
    https://www.jotform.com/submissions/92915701205957
    https://www.jotform.com/sheets/92915701205957

    Second Option:
    You can integrate your forms into google spreadsheets and then combine all of their submission data into just one spreadsheet file.

    Please review this article for more details and instructions: https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/2019/08/22/google-sheets-ways-to-combine-multiple-sheets/