Collect date from first form then redirect to second form?

  • kauseway
    Asked on November 26, 2014 at 9:53 PM

    I want to be able to collect email address if someone abandons the form.  I was trying to use formstack and their solution was to create 2 forms. The first would pass the data to the second.  So if a person submits the first form with their email address they go to the second form. I collect the email then if they abandon the second form. 

    Is there a solution for this with you guys?

  • Charlie
    Replied on November 27, 2014 at 9:21 AM

    Hi,

    We can also do this by using 2 forms. You can check the guide that I made below.

     

    Brief description: We want to have 2 forms, Form1 and Form2. Form1 has the initial field of email to capture or collect it, we also have a button in Form1 which is a Submit button but is displayed as a "Next" button because we want the user to be directed to Form2 or the second form. The email that was input in Form1 will then be prepopulated to Form2.

    1. Create 2 forms, mine are named Form1 and Form2. In my Form1 I added one field, named Email, and a submit button named "Next". We want to redirect the user to the 2nd form or Form2 when they click "Next".

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    2. In the "Thank You Page Wizard" we choose Custom URL.

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    3. Here you will add your custom URL link. Here is mine:

    http://form.jotformpro.com/form/43304083580954?email4={email3}

    Pink Highlight: This is the Form URL of Form2.

    Green Highlight: This is the field name of the "Email" field in Form2. See screenshot below to see how to get.

    Blue Highlight: This is the field name of the "Email" field in Form1. See screenshot of below to see how to get.

     

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    4. To get the values we need to form our Custom URL link, I then navigate to my 2nd form or Form2. This is how it looks like, it has a lot of fields but the "Email" field is still there and we want to pre-populate it.

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    5. To get the name of the field of Form2, click the gear icon->Properties->under "Field Details" take note of the name. In my form it's {email4}

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    6. To see the Form URL. Click the Preview on the builder, and copy the Form2's Form URL.

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    7. I then go back to Form1 because I want to get the field name of the "Email" there so that we can pass the value.

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    After getting all the details this is now my final output and you can finalize the steps mentioned in step 3 above.

    Custom URL: http://form.jotformpro.com/form/43304083580954?email4={email3}

    You can try my form using my Form1's URL: http://form.jotformpro.com/form/43303325312945 

    Here are the tutorials that might help you further:

    1. How to Find Field IDs and Names 

    2. Prepopulating Fields to your JotForm via URL parameters. 

     

    I hope this helps. Let us know if you need further assistance on this.

    Thank you.

  • defcon6
    Replied on September 11, 2016 at 2:29 AM

    I have done exactly what you said, but I only get a word email3 already filled in and the email address of form 2 or one.

     

  • jonathan
    Replied on September 11, 2016 at 9:58 AM

    You have set a wrong field name for the email field of the 2nd form https://www.jotformeu.com/62195621407353

    The email field name should be "email" only.

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    to correct it should be like this...

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    Please correct it and test again. Let us know if it still did not work.

  • defcon6
    Replied on September 11, 2016 at 10:45 AM
    Thank you .
    I was following instruction on jot form forum.
    It works
    ...
  • Irshad
    Replied on September 11, 2016 at 11:51 AM

    On behalf of my colleague, you are welcome.

    Feel free to contact us if you have any other question.