Taking this approval one step further, can we integrate with a payment

  • scott313
    Asked on January 22, 2021 at 7:14 AM

    Taking this approval one step further, can we integrate with a payment processor for those forms that are approved after been edited? e.g we are enrolling students into courses they have to pay for however some have outstanding fees from the previous course.

    So once enrolled our finance dept need to check if any O/F apply and adjust the tool cost and payment schedule. Then approve the form, this then needs to be sent back to the student to be signed and paid for through an integrated payment processor or API and payment provider??

    Is this currently possible.... formstack have approvals built-in but cannot trigger a payment processor after approval.

  • Girish JotForm Support
    Replied on January 22, 2021 at 7:35 AM

    Do you want to edit an already paid submission or do you want students to make a new payment (that they did not do while submitting the form the first time)?

    Please note that when you edit a submission you replace the existing submission and not create a new submission.

    However, based on what you have mentioned, I think this can be achieved when the students edit their submissions. You can make changes to the form and send the students an edit submission link such as https://www.jotform.com/edit/<submissionID>

    Here is how you can get a submission ID for a submission: https://www.jotform.com/help/549-where-to-find-the-submission-id

  • scott313
    Replied on January 22, 2021 at 7:44 AM
    The payment would be the last step after approval, as the amounts could change if they have outstanding fees. Plus they may want to pay over longer to keep instalments affordable. So form submission, approval, back to possible amended form, finish form, sign and pay.
    Make sense?
    Kindest Regards
    S
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  • VincentJay
    Replied on January 22, 2021 at 8:09 AM

    Hi,

    Unfortunately, you cannot edit the payment field while editing the submission. It is disabled because Payment API doesn't support changing the payment terms.

    We can create a feature request and send it to our developers if you want. Let us know if you need further help.

    Thank you!