I have an existing table created and in use and I need a way to have a front end form that will create a new entry in the existing table.
The existing table has users assigned who build their own lists of data and I need a form they give their clients to submit details to the table.
I thought from the description of the form integrations this would be possible but I can not find a way to make this happen. It seems I have to create a table from a form directly which then imposes a lot of editing restrictions.
My expectations were that the integration would allow me to create a form with fields to match an existing table's fields and insert a new record by mapping the form fields to the data in similar way form integrations happen with Google sheets.
The Formidable Forms Integration for wpDataTables add-on allows you only to create tables from existing Formidable Forms on your website.
It can't work in the opposite direction, so if you create a table from an existing Formidable Form, you would be able to use that form on front-end, and your users would be able to fill that form. Data they enter would appear in the table, and that is it. There's no editing for Formidable Forms based tables, and the only way to add new data is to use the form.
Creating tables from Google Spreadsheets (any linked sources for that matter) provides only a view of the data, but these tables also can't be editable. Editable tables are Gravity Forms based tables, manual, imported and SQL query based tables.
HI
I have an existing table created and in use and I need a way to have a front end form that will create a new entry in the existing table.
The existing table has users assigned who build their own lists of data and I need a form they give their clients to submit details to the table.
I thought from the description of the form integrations this would be possible but I can not find a way to make this happen. It seems I have to create a table from a form directly which then imposes a lot of editing restrictions.
My expectations were that the integration would allow me to create a form with fields to match an existing table's fields and insert a new record by mapping the form fields to the data in similar way form integrations happen with Google sheets.
is there a way to make this happen? Thanks
Hello Christopher
The Formidable Forms Integration for wpDataTables add-on allows you only to create tables from existing Formidable Forms on your website.
It can't work in the opposite direction, so if you create a table from an existing Formidable Form, you would be able to use that form on front-end, and your users would be able to fill that form. Data they enter would appear in the table, and that is it. There's no editing for Formidable Forms based tables, and the only way to add new data is to use the form.
Creating tables from Google Spreadsheets (any linked sources for that matter) provides only a view of the data, but these tables also can't be editable. Editable tables are Gravity Forms based tables, manual, imported and SQL query based tables.
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Aleksandar Vuković
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