Settings for notifications to only display completed fields?

  • fastlanetravel
    Asked on October 6, 2014 at 1:30 PM

    I have a very long form.  Is there a way that only the info that has been filled out is sent in the notification email?

    I thought I saw a post on this before, but cannot find and not sure how to search for that.

     

    Hope you can help.

    Christine

  • David JotForm Support
    Replied on October 6, 2014 at 2:19 PM

    Hi,

    To disable the inclusion of empty fields in your notifications, you need only change one setting:

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    Here is our full guide on how to makes the changes:

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

    Let us know if this is not what you were looking for and we will be happy to see what else we can find.

  • fastlanetravel
    Replied on October 6, 2014 at 3:31 PM
    Thank you… that worked great except for where I used your “date” selectors… so, if someone doesn’t use it, like for birth date, etc., it defaults to today’s date.
    Is there any way around that?

    Otherwise… works ok.

    Christine

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  • David JotForm Support
    Replied on October 6, 2014 at 3:56 PM

    Hi,

    Unfortunately with anything that has a default value, that value will be included in the submission.  Only the fields that have no value associated with them will be excluded from the notification.  Removing the default time from the date/time field should resolve this however:

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    Let us know if you have any further questions and we will be happy to help.