Linking Two Forms With Pre-populated Data

I am trying to link HR two forms together. These forms are an adaption from a single paper-based form that a manager would fill and sign alongside an employee returning to work after a sickness-related absence. As only one person can fill a form in at a time, I figured the best way to duplicate this on Jotform would be if the first form would be the employee's section and the second form would be the manager's section.

I would like the manager's form to have a pre-populated (and not editable) copy of the employee's completed form above the section the manager completes. So, Page 1 of the second form should be pre-populated and unchangeable. Page 2 should be what the manager completes. Ideally, the signature widget from the employee would  also be pre-populated where it appears for the employee on the form.

I am struggling, however, to use the guide to make this happen. The forms are below:

First Form: https://eu.jotform.com/build/90873709615365

Second Form: https://form.jotform.com/200494079309357

Can someone please help make this happen? If this is something that JotForm can do, I have a significantly longer and more complicated form that I would like to apply this method to, which similarly required both the employee and manager to complete sections on what was originally a single paper form. A video tutorial would be useful.

Please allow me some time to check this. I'll get back to you.

Thanks.

Here is the URL to pre-populate the second form's first page:

 https://form.jotform.com/200504565288961?name[first]={name:first}&name[last]={name:last}&jobTitle={jobTitle}&department={department}&natureOf={natureOf}&totalNumber13=11-06-2019&hoursAbsent14=fvg&managerName[first]={managerName:first}&managerName[last]={managerName:last}&managersEmail={managersEmail}

Steps to generate the URL:

1. Generate the Form 2 URL with the Pre-populate app:

https://prepopulate.jotform.io/

The generated URL would be in this format:

https://form.jotform.com/200504565288961?name[first]=tjvklvh&name[last]=kjvbdkb&jobTitle=sfvb&department=fsvb&natureOf=tegsfjav&totalNumber13=11-06-2019&hoursAbsent14=fvg&managerName[first]=bvkhbv&managerName[last]=kvbkdfv&managersEmail=test%40hmail.com

2. Next insert unique id of the fields of the first form into the words marked in bold.

Hope this helps!

Thanks.

Thank you very much! I am not familiar with apps in JotForm. How do they work and where would I find them? As I would like to build more forms with pre-populated data in the future, what would I do with it specifically to replicate this functionality?

You may check this guide to pre-populate the form with the data:

https://www.jotform.com/help/71-Prepopulating-Fields-to-Your-JotForm-via-URL-Parameters

https://www.jotform.com/help/528-How-to-Pre-Populate-the-Same-Form-with-Data-from-a-Previous-Submission

You can find the Pre-populate app here:

https://prepopulate.jotform.io/

You can follow step 1 and step 2 as defined in my previous post. Please let us know specifically in which step do you require our guidance. We will gladly assist you further.

Thanks.

Hi again.

I was having a play with this form and noticed two things:

1

I have moved your second concern to a separate thread:

https://www.jotform.com/answers/2225479

We will address it shortly.

Thanks.