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When a form is submitted in softr, I want to send a copy of the entire submitted form to AirTable but am unalbe to do so. I can map the form fields to columns in AirTable but that isn’t what I want here.I want a copy of the entire completed/submitted form. How do I get that?

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Hi Kat,

You can do this by adding in an automation like make.com. It requires a bit more in depth knowledge but heres a quick rundown.

  • After submit, send it to a webhook in make.com
  • In the advanced options of the webhook make sure to activate JSON pass-through.
  • Add in a module to parse json.
  • Now you can both save the individual fields into your airtable and the entire form data as an object.

I don’t think there is a native SOFTR solution to what you want. The whole point is to get it to a database so you can automate or work with the data.

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@kat1 where do you want to submit it originally ? So you want to spend to X destination and copy to Airatble

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I must be missing something. All I really want is a copy of the submitted form. I don’t need to send it to AirTable or anywhere else if it is saved in Softr, which I believe it should be. How can I access the submitted form in Softr?

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@kat1 we don’t have send to Softr option to persist and expose in Softr… instead we offer it to be send to gsheet/airtable/… and many other places…

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I understand how to save the form fields as fields in AirTable. That’s great. I also want to save a copy of the entire submitted form. Seems like there should be an option in the Actions when submitting to be able to email the submitted form to one or more email addresses or send the completed form to a destination. I mean, obviously, the person filling out the form wants a copy of what they submitted, right? But, from your reply, it seems as though this is not easy at all. Another app must be added and then manipulated with json, etc.? I just can’t believe I am the only Softr user that wants their clients to see forms they have submitted.

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Softr doesn’t have its own dedicated location where it saves data; I would describe it as a tool that interfaces with other data sources, like Airtable that you are already using. As a result, it doesn’t have the ability to do what you describe in an easy, no-code way just by itself.

To do what you want, you wouldn’t have to write any code, as you are using Airtable. An Airtable automation could send all of the data submitted via a Softr form back to the user. Hopefully this helps you achieve your aims.

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I don’t understand how to do what you suggest, i.e., how do I send a copy of the completed form to AT as well as the individual fields?

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The form fields will be mapped to Airtable fields. The collected data will be added to an Airtable record when the form is submitted.

Have you designed your Softr form to send the data to Airtable already?

In Airtable, an automation can be written to send all or any of the submitted data to the person who submitted it. This will achieve your aims, I believe.

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I finally figured out how to get the AirTable automation to do what I need! Thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction, Mark!

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