Set Unique Values on the form

  • EDU_Recruitment
    Asked on July 7, 2021 at 10:51 PM

    Good afternoon,


    I just have a couple quick questions I am hoping you can help me out with. I have searched the forums and the answers I have found are from a few years ago, so was checking to see maybe there has been an update.


    Data Validation on Unique Values

    Currently the only way I can work out to check unique values is only on submission. I was wondering if there was a way to check prior to submission. If not is there a way so that when the from is submitted and the message comes up to say its a unique value, that it lets the user go back to the form and change the value, rather than resetting the form and having the user to enter all the other fields again.


    Look up Tables

    On creation of a form, then going to Jotform tables, and creating an addition tab for another table to be used as a Look up, is there a way to to let the form table reference the lookup table, and if so is there something similar to a vlookup from excel, so you can look up a value in the form table find it in the lookup table and link data that is connected.


    Thanks for your assistance,


    Have a nice day.

  • Bojan Support Team Lead
    Replied on July 8, 2021 at 6:48 AM

    Greetings.

    Data Validation on Unique Values

    You can implement the Unique Question option from the form settings to achieve this. This way, your users will see an error if they submit a value that already exists. In this case, they can click back from the browser and all their fields will be filled. For this to work, Allow Browser AutoComplete option needs to be enabled:

    Allow Browser AutoComplete Screenshot 10

    To learn more about unique questions, please visit the following link:
    https://www.jotform.com/help/223-how-to-set-form-limits-based-on-a-unique-question

    Look up Tables

    This question has been moved to a new ticket. We are working on a reply, and you will receive it soon at the following link:
    https://www.jotform.com/answers/3208224

    If you have any additional questions, please post them to related tickets.

    Thank you for your cooperation.

  • EDU_Recruitment
    Replied on July 8, 2021 at 9:42 PM

    Good mornings,

    Thanks for your response, much appreciated.

    This setting was already on when we tried it. I will do some more testing and see if maybe there was something we missed.

    Have a nice day.