How do I prevent questions hidden by conditional formatting from showing up on the form submission?

  • jricheson
    Asked on April 23, 2014 at 7:50 AM

    I have a number of questions that are currently hidden by conditional formatting.  However, when the form is submitted, it is still showing the questions (with no responses) and it is cluttering up the appearance of the form submission.  Is there a way to get the submission to only show the questions that were answered?  Below is a link to my form.

     

  • jonathan
    Replied on April 23, 2014 at 10:09 AM

    Hi,

    You can use the option in the form's Submissions Page, Auto Hide Empty Fields.

    Refer to the image below where to do this

    How do I prevent questions hidden by conditional formatting from showing up on the form submission? Image 1 Screenshot 20

     

    Please inform us if you need further assistance.

    Thanks!

  • jricheson
    Replied on April 23, 2014 at 10:15 AM

    I have already checked that.  When I look at the submissions online the hidden fields do not show up.  However when the submission is emailed, the hidden fields show up as blank.  Is there a way to prevent these hidden fields from showing up in email?

  • jonathan
    Replied on April 23, 2014 at 10:17 AM

    Please refer to this guide for how to on the e-mail

    http://www.jotform.com/help/256-How-to-Hide-Empty-Fields-on-Email-Alerts

    Thanks.

  • jricheson
    Replied on April 23, 2014 at 10:21 AM
    I have already checked that. When I look at the submissions online the hidden fields do not show up. However when the submission is emailed, the hidden fields show up as blank. Is there a way to prevent these hidden fields from showing up in email?
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  • jricheson
    Replied on April 23, 2014 at 10:31 AM
    I did this and when I tested it, it still included all of the blank fields in the form.
    Any help is appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Jason Richeson
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  • Welvin Support Team Lead
    Replied on April 23, 2014 at 12:12 PM

    Hi Jason,

    Is that an actual test made to the live form view? Please confirm.

    Also, the Auto Hide Empty Field function would only work for email notification that has the default email body formatting. If you add something to the email body, you have to remove that or you have to click LOCK Data Table button so restore the default formatting:

    How do I prevent questions hidden by conditional formatting from showing up on the form submission? Image 1 Screenshot 20

    I hope this helps.

    Thanks