Hey everyone! I am building a form for the user to fill out after they sign up. So once they sign up it brings them to the form page, they fill out the form and click submit then I want it to add to their ‘App data’.
So I went to Work Flow - When Button is Pressed - Data Things - Create New Thing - When it came to the Type there wasn’t an option for User so I did ‘Type Application Form’ Then I typed each input. Then I navigated them to their dashboard. When I checked the ‘App Data’, it didn’t show up under User, it shows up in Application Forms
I know it has to be something super simple that’s staring me in the face. I’ve redone the lesson on Data but I’m still missing something. Any suggestions?
Hi, Not 100% sure I follow but, are you trying to store the answers to the form inputs under each User? that seems like a good route to take, and I think you’ve just gone astray by trying to ‘Create a New User’, instead of ‘Making a Change to the Current User’
When the new user signs up, a new ‘User’ record is created automatically for that person, linked to their email. Then, that User can have any number of fields of data associated with them.
As soon as the user signs up (AND is logged in), you can use the ‘Current User’ option in most workflows throughout the app, and all of that user’s data will be accessible.
So, in your data tab, under User – add a field for each form input if you haven’t already, then when you SAVE your form, Make a Changes to thing : Current User.
Then, link each form field to a data field for that User.
Also useful, Auto-binding.
If you wrap your form inputs in a group with data type: User, source: Current User, you don’t even need to save your inputs. They link directly to that data field.
You’ll need to create privacy settings for that to work, fyi.
hope that helps?
Yah I’m trying to store them under each user in the ‘Data base’ so I changed the group that the field is in to current user and the groups the input are actually in to parent groups user. I put all the inputs under User under ‘Data Type’. I changed it to current user too but its still not showing up in the app data User
Hey yah I am trying to store the answers under each user so I tried changing it to current user like you said but its not working still, It not even showing up under application forms anymore.
Okay, from looking at your screen shots, it appears that you created all of the data fields that you’d like to save from the form under the data type: Application Forms.
‘Application Forms’ and ‘Users’ are two distinct data categories, so if you would like to save the information directly under each User, you’ll need to re-create the form data fields that you already made for Application Forms, but under the ‘User’ type of Thing.
Then, you wouldn’t need to use the Application Forms data thing at all, really.
On Form Submit - you’d just Make Changes to Thing: Current User,
then set your form fields.
(or, skip this and Auto-bind)
All groups would simply reference ‘Current User’ as a data source.
You could also keep your Application Form Things, and link each one to a respective user, instead of re-creating fields under User.
To do this, you’ll need to add a new field to User – with the type ‘Application Form’
Then on Form Submit > Create new Application Form (with data fields set) > then Make Changes to Thing: Current User (field: Application Form = Result of Step 1’s Application Form)
To recall the User’s data in a group: the group data type would be Application Form, and the source would be Current User’s: Application Form
Let me clarify that last part. ‘Current User’ works as a data source as long as the user you’re talking about is the one who’s logged in.
If you want to recall a user’s data later in a backend list, you’ll need to reference that User by email or some other way. ‘Current User’ in that case would refer to you, ostensibly the master user.
But whether Current or otherwise, your data will be found at: User’s Application Form
