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January 20, 2024
Online Forms

How to use form view?

Retable online forms provide you collect information from anyone and save these informations automatically to your Retable spreadsheet and also give you ability to manage all data from a spreadsheet dynamically.

Retable online forms perfect for logging expenses, collecting RSVPs, creating polls and quizzes, collecting customer information, and many other purposes.

Unlike other products, which require you to build a form from scratch, Retable forms are automatically generated from your existing spreadsheets and then give you the ability to rearrange and remove fields.

How to create Retable form view?

To create a form view in Retable, you should start by going to your Retable table where you will collect your data. Then, open the "Views" sidebar on the right side of your table, then click the "Form view" option under the "Add a view" heading.

You can rename the form view you created and customize the form view's heading, heading color, cover image, questions and question descriptions etc.

The "Form settings" panel on the right side of your form allows you to make various customizations.

  • Form name: You can change the name of your form
  • Form description: You can add a description to your form from the rich text editor of your form.
  • Cover image: You can add a cover image for your online form
  • Header color: You can change the color of your form heading
  • Extended cover image: you can extend your form cover image
  • Hide Retable logo: You can hide the "Made in Retable logo" which is placed at the bottom of your Retable form.
  • Send response: You can allow people to get a copy of their form responses to their email
  • Redirect URL: You can add a redirect URL to your form's thank you page, so people will redirected to the URL you added after submitting the form.
  • Columns: You can hide any column on your form. Thus, people won't see these columns as a question on your form and cannot enter data on the hidden columns.

How to share your Retable forms?

  • Click the "Share" button from the top right corner of your form.
  • Activate the "Enable public form" toggle.
  • Copy the link and share.
How to share your Retable forms?

PS: If you activate the "Only logged in users can view and submit" your form will be private and only logged in users can view and submit your form. Thus, you can view which Retable user submitted your form.

How to embed Retable online forms on your website

  • Open your form.
  • Click the share button and activate the "Enable public form" toggle. then click the second icon to get the iFrame code of your form.
  • Copy the the code in the window that opens and paste it into the area you want to embed on your site. You can also preview how the code will appear on your site from this window.
  • You can change the width and height of the iframe from the "Width" and "Height" fields on the right side of your code.
  • Please note that if you inactivate the "enable public form" toggle from the "share" area, the embedded form will not be accessible.
How to embed Retable online forms on your website

Here is how it works: How to embed online forms to your website

Video tutorial: How to embed online forms to your website

Quick tips on Retable online forms

  • You can add cover images to your online forms by drag and drop or directly importing from your device.
  • You can customize your form submit button's text.
  • If you want to change the name of your questions, you can use the field name section. The names will be visible to the ones who fill out the form.
  • If you want to add an explanation to your questions, you can use the field description section. The explanations will be visible to the ones who fill out the form.
  • You can also make your questions required or optional. (Those who do not answer the required questions cannot submit the form. )
  • If you want to see the time when forms are filled, add a new column to your table and select the column type as "Created Time". Thus, the time that the form is submitted will be automatically reflected in your spreadsheet.