How to Let Users Update Their Form Submissions at a Later Date
How to Let Users Update Their Form Submissions at a Later Date
You can now let users update an entry on a later date. To do so, first create an auto-responder email if it is missing on your form (autoresponders exist by default on new forms). Then add an {edit_link} tag to the body of the email.
When a user submits the form they will receive a confirmation email containing a link to the pre-filled form. From that link, they can update their entry.
1. While you are in the Form Builder go to:
Settings > Emails > Autoresponder > Edit icon
2. Add the {edit_link} to your autoresponder body and save the changes.
Email > Form Fields > Edit Link > Save
Done.
That's it! If you have any questions, please post it to our support forum or leave a comment below!
Hi, When I click on 'Form Fields' then click 'Edit Link' it places a 'Edit Link' in the Email Subject.
Regardless of where I have the curser I can not get the {Edit Link} to appear anywhere except the Email Subject link.
hello, i set up this after several submissions received and i need to send edit button to all, how can i perform this?
Hi!
I enabled the edit link in the auto responder email so that users can edit the date/time of their appointment.
But the link shows as hidden on the email. How do you fix this? We have HIPPA enabled.
Is this option available on the free plan?
Is this option available on the free plan?
The submission IDs are sequential and seem easy to guess / find by trial and error, so this mechanism seems to be very unsecure. The link should include a secure token, so an edit link cannot be generated simply with the ID.
If you allowed this, what happens if they edit a form like 6 months later? Does it submit like it's a new submission with updated geolocation stamp and submitted dates (and all the autoresponder and notification emails go again) and you will still retain the previous data and form that was submitted or does it just overwrite the previous information and no notifications go out that it was changed?
I've followed the instructions and it's not sending an edit link with any emails as test or to a friend. Please help.
Please assist. I've set this up, but customer is not getting autoresponder email.
I have set up my form so that the person who has submitted the form receives an autoresponse with the edit link option so they can go back and edit their submission if they would like.
When the email is received and the edit link is clicked it is asking the person who submitted the form to login to jotform. The people submitting the form will not have jotform accounts.
They are accessing these forms on our website.
Is there anyway to allow them to edit their form submission without having to create an account?
Is there a way for my clients to edit their submitted order. I do not want to use the autoresponder email. I want to copy and paste and send my own email.
Thank you,
Frisco Family Services-Non Profit
Can not connect my lesson plans to supervisors template and mail in. How do I do this right? Thanks for any help with this
Catherine walsh
Hi - I have enabled the "edit link", and I am able to go back in and edit my form, but it does not update the information on the integrated Google Sheet. Should this be updated? Am I missing something?
Why this is not working? I added {edit_link} but when I tried to submit and completed the form for testing purposes, it says on the email: Hidden to protect your privacy.
So how can i be able to edit my responses if the edit link is hidden?
dear team
thank you for your advise, however can i add a user name and password so the one who submitted their profiles they can log in and edit their entry
Can I submit for first time undergraduate loan form after it has been filled with the expected persons
Why can't I view the any of the answers provided in this thread? Am I logged in wrong or something?
It would be great to know the answer to this customer's question:
"Hi there,
What if they just want to cancel the reservation? When they click edit submission it just opens up the booking they made, I actually want a button on the booking form that says cancel reservation and it pulls up their reservations and they can just cancel. HAve a look at this in working on this website:
https://www.silka.co.uk/reservation"
Thanks!
I didn't have this set up when the form went out and now users want to update what they already submitted - please help! How can I give them access to what they submitted?
Hi there,
What if they just want to cancel the reservation? When they click edit submission it just opens up the booking they made, I actually want a button on the booking form that says cancel reservation and it pulls up their reservations and they can just cancel. HAve a look at this in working on this website:
https://www.silka.co.uk/reservation
Por favor necesito que me regresen mi dinero a mi cuenta y cancelar la suscripción. No me gusto esta aplicación y por motivos del coronavirus no he podido salir de mi casa y hace falta el dinero para Pagar mis facturas básicas. Gracias
If a client amends an existing form then resubmits it will that be recounted again & included in my 100 monthly submitions limit?
Thank you
I'm still really confused..... I recently added a new field to my registration form and I now need to have users update their already submitted forms without creating duplicates. How do I do this?
I must admit this is very confusing to me. What I want to do is create an event registration form that the attender can "cancel" after they have registered. We have 2 events at different times and the person registers to attend the 9 a.m. event but decides they can't make it and want to cancel. How do I set that up within Jotform?
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Is there any way to remove a form user's access from the edit link once it has been sent? For example, I only want to allow a form user to edit the form once by following the edit link and submitting their edits but not be able to make any additional edits after that first submission. Please let me know if this is possible, thank you!
Why don't I see "Edit Link" in my Form Fields drop down?
Hello, we enabled this and while testing the continue later button we receive a pop-up reading: Your form submission has been saved as a draft. We’ve sent you an email with a link to complete your submission.
However, this email is then sent to our business email, not the client email to remind them to complete the form later. Where can we edit where the form is sent when it is saved for later?
Thank you!
thank you
I also am trying to create a form wherein one of my colleagues can partially fill out the form and then update the form at a later time. I think I have created the correct SUBJECT field, and it seems that I have entered the individual who is filling out form's address. But, when using myself at the form-filler, I don't receive what I assume would be a link to update the form. Suggestions please?
(This is the help page I am consulting: https://www.jotform.com/help/26-Setting-up-an-Autoresponder-Email)
Thank you.
I did a text and fill-out the form I didn't Receive an auto response to the email I Register with.
Not really clear you guys don't have a video? I will also try it
Hi,
is there a possibility to receive notifications when the user edits his form but at the same time not to receive them when we edit the same forms ourselves?
Regards
Thank you!
I have added the edit link to my form. Can I resend an email to the people who previously filled out the form and include a link to edit? If yes, how would I do that?
Hello,
If I click to edit my form, the preview submission that I sent, will change?
Or there gonna be two different answers.. like two submissions?
Thanks!
Hi...
I have been trying to let my users update/edit a form they had submitted... checked all the settings and everything looks good... pls suggest... the edit link was working perfectly fine till day before...
Thanks
Hi
Our form is setup to take weekly payments via stripe. If I send out this link to edit forms will it update the payments on stripe or will we need to do this manually?
After a form (travel expense request) is submitted, I have it forwarded to an approving manager. I would like all the fields to be read-only except the one question that allows the yes no approval from the manager.
So basically in editing-after-submission can certain fields be read only?
Our employees are getting "permission denied" messages when they go to click the edit link button. My autoresponder settings are correct. Settings to allow users to submit, view and edit the forms they fill out are correct. They are receiving the forms they submit to their email but when they click edit they are denied permission. Thanks for your help.
Hi
When i do this with form https://form.jotformeu.com/DoorsSweden/TS all my inviseble fields pop up.
I want all fields that i hide by choices are hidden.
When i click edit submission and send it again i don't get any respons back.
Can you please help?
Hi there
I have done all the above, I filled my form and resubmitted the form (I was the parent - using mu personal email)
I have not received my second submission,
I can edit the submitted my form through the link from my jotform used email the link to my form is
https://eu.jotform.com/submissions/62202731728350
Many thanks for your help
Regards
Tammy
Hi,
Is it possible to block one or more of the entries (data fields) so the user can't edit them?
Previous orders for example.
Thanks in advance.
Jean.
Is there a way a customer can edit their submission prior to me adding the edit link? I have added the link into my automatic emails moving forward, but two clients had already submitted their forms and are now needing to edit their forms.
Will users be able to edit payment information?
We have had several instances where registrants signed up but want to edit their submission later and pay online. It does not allow us to add in payment information. Is this normal?
Is there a way to track the changes between the original submission and subsequent submissions? Maybe where fields that changed are highlighted on the subsequent submissions?
Hi
Is it possible to send auto responder e-mails with "send on edit" only when the user edits their submission as apposed to an admin logged in editing the users data and seeing all hidden fields..
Cheers
Dacien
Hi,
Is it possible to block one or more of the entries (after being send for the first time) so the user can't edit them?
This function no longer works... I sent a test email to myself and all I saw was the exact same text as-is in the editor showing the {variables} not the values. In other words, the email I got just came with stuff like this...
What's your Current Age? {ltstronggtwhatsYour}
Great! Now what's your email? {ltstronggtgreatNow}
Please add your Phone Number. {ltstronggtpleaseAdd}
Tell us which State & City you're from or represent. {ltstronggttellUs}
If you have one (and you should), what's your Website? {ltstronggtifYou}
Plus, the edit link only looks like this... {edit_link} - which does nothing.
Is this normal? I want to see how the email will look with data populated from on of my form submissions.
edit link is a great feature but it appears that signatures and pictures uploaded into the original form are not visible. Is this right? Im hoping there is a setting somewhere for this. Please help
Is the user able to delete their submission or choose another date? We use this form to have people sign up for workshops. Sometimes they need to cancel and sometimes they just want to change to another workshop date. Anyway we can make that happen for the user? Right now we have to make all those changes for them.
thanks!
Is there a way to send a unique link to a respondent of their submission so they may edit it themselves (without it being included in the auto response)?
So either
- the user no longer has access to the autoresponder email with the edit link, or
- there is no edit link because the respondents typically do not make changes but for exceptional cases, when the jotform administrator would allow it.