How to use Glide’s form submission triggers?

Discover how to make the most of Glide's form submission triggers. Automate workflows, boost efficiency, and elevate user experiences on your app with simple steps.

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Overview

Glide’s form submission triggers are like having a magic wand for automation, simplifying workflows, boosting user experience, and managing data effortlessly. Once a user hits submit on a form in a Glide app, these triggers can spring into action, performing a variety of tasks automatically. Mastering how to set up and tweak these triggers can seriously ramp up efficiency, providing instant reactions, updating databases, sending out alerts, and so much more. Developers, by tapping into these triggers, can craft apps that are not just smart but also incredibly engaging, making sure they react swiftly and smoothly to user inputs.

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How to use Glide’s form submission triggers?

Step 1: Create a Form Button

Fire up your Glide app editor.
Head over to the screen where you want that form submission to live.
Hit the "+" button to toss in a new component.
Pick the "Button" component from the list.
Set the button's action to "Show Form."

Step 2: Design Your Form

After setting up the form button, click on it to start designing your form.
Add the fields you need, like text fields, choice fields, and date pickers.
Customize each field to fit your needs by clicking on them and tweaking the settings.

Step 3: Configure Form Submission

In the form editing screen, find the "On Submit" section.
Click "Add Action" to decide what happens when the form gets submitted.

Step 4: Set Up Triggers

Choose "Custom Action" from the "On Submit" action options.
Click "Add Action" and pick what you want to happen (e.g., "Add Row," "Send Email," "Show Notification").
You can chain multiple actions together by adding more actions in the custom action editor.

Step 5: Test Your Form

Save your form and exit the form editor.
Go back to the main app screen and test the form submission by clicking the form button and filling out the fields.
Make sure the triggers you set up are working correctly by checking the results (like if a new row is added, if an email is sent, etc.).

Step 6: Refine and Customize

Based on the test results, make any necessary tweaks to the form fields, submission actions, or triggers.
You can also add conditions to actions for more complex workflows (e.g., only send an email if a certain field is filled out).

Step 7: Deploy Your Form

Once everything is working smoothly, deploy your app to the desired environment.
Share your app with users to start collecting form submissions and triggering the configured actions automatically.

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