Additional data for submitted forms (more text field)

Hi @ferda2

I hope you’re well today!

Would you mind elaborating a bit on your question?

I understand that you need some kind of additional data but I’m not sure

– what kind of data?
– where it should be stored (like included in e-mails? stored as part of submission or in some other way?)
– when/how it should be added (like automatically during submission or you mean adding it manually)?

Please explain how do you expect it to work and we’ll be then able to give you accurate answer.

Kind regards,
Adam

EXAMPLE:

Form

Section 1 (for public user)

field 1

field 2 etc.

Section 2 (for admin only) – Additional data to the submitted form

field 1

field 2 etc.

Hi @ferda2

Thanks for response but it’s still not entirely clear.

I understand this would b a singel form and the “Section 1” part is quite clear – just a form that user fills-in.

But what about Section 2? By “for admin only”:

– do you mean that this should be fields that only admin can fill-in and submit?
– or these fields should be automatically filled-in by plugin, invisible to users and not included in e-mail? If yes – what kind of data those fields should have?
– or all the fields would be filled-in by the same public user but fields from section 2 should only be visible in submission for admin (and not included in e-mail notification)?

Kind regards,
Adam

Section 1– publicly on the site for users to fill out.

Section 2 – added by the administrator for the sent forms. Invisible to users who fill out section 1.

Hi @ferda2

Thank you for explanation!

Currently this isn’t possible, I’m afraid. A single form cannot be “split” like that and there is no option to add data to submission in back-end.

You could do something close to this using two forms:

1. first form would be for “section 1” and available for users to fill in
2. second form would be separate one, set for logged-in users only and put on some password protected page (so only admins knowing the password could visit it)
3. and in order to do sort of “relation” between these forms the second form would need to have a field like “Form 1 submission ID” where you would manually put number – submission ID – taken from submission list of the first form.

This wouldn’t be “autmated” and you would need to manually check submissions for both forms to see related data from them.

Otherwise, you’d need a custom code to either “autmatically” setup such relationship between forms or to be able to add some sort of “notes” to the submission. I’m afraid, however, that this would be quite a complex custom code which is out of the scope of this support.

Kind regards,
Adam

Another option is Form (Forminator) to PODS custom post type. Forminator field Send data -> PODS custom post type. After that, it will be possible to edit all fields from the form results.

Hi @ferda2

You can use the “postdata” field on the form and the custom fields mapping:

https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/forminator/#post-data-field

Based on your earlier posts, I assumed it’s about submitting the form and actual submissions so that’s why I didn’t suggest solution like this. I’m sorry if I misunderstood you.

Just to note: please remember that using this method you will be able to edit data saved in custom fields but it will still not edit data in actual form submission (as in “Forminator -> Submissions”) – those will stay the say, as submitted by the form.

Kind regards,
Adam

Hello @ferda2 ,

We haven’t heard from you for over a week now, so it looks like you no longer need our assistance.

Feel free to re-open this ticket if needed.

Kind regards
Kasia