How to Let Users Update Their Entries Later

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This guide shows how to include the entry’s edit link in your Autoresponder email. Your respondents can use this link to update their related entries after submission. For sending entry update requests to your respondents, see Sending Submission Update Requests.

Note

This feature is not available on HIPAA forms due to privacy regulations.

Here’s how to set it up:

  1. In the Form Builder, click Settings at the top.
  2. Choose Emails on the left.
  3. Hover your mouse over the Autoresponder and click on its pencil icon.
A screenshot of Form Builder with steps where to edit an Autoresponder email template
  1. In the editor, add the {edit_link} tag to Email Content.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and click on Save.
A screenshot of an Autoresponder email with arrows pointing to the Edit Link tag and Save button

You can also add the {edit_link} tag in Email Content by clicking on Form Fields in the toolbar at the top and selecting Edit Link.

A screenshot of an Autoresponder email with steps on how to insert the Edit Link tag from the editor's toolbar

Now, when users submit your form, they will receive an autoresponder email containing the edit link. They can use this link to update the entry they submitted.

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