FAQ: How do I add an Expiration Date to my Public Forms?
Did you know your Public Forms can be equipped with expiration dates?
With the GoFormz Public Forms feature, users can share or post links to their mobile forms for individuals outside of their GoFormz account to fill out and complete. The Public Forms feature is especially useful when collecting Signatures (e.g. permission slips, release forms), collecting applications and new client information (e.g. job applications, event registrations, new patient intake forms), and gathering customer feedback (e.g. customer feedback forms).
When making configuring your Public Form (a shareable version of your standard mobile form Template) you will have the option of making either a form or Template ‘public’.
Making your Form ‘public’ (Single Use Public Form): This is accomplished by making an existing form public and selecting which fields should be editable to the external user. Once a single-use Public Form is submitted, it cannot be submitted again. Please note: Expiration Dates cannot be added to single-use Public Forms.
Making your Template ‘public’ (Multi-Use Public Form): A multi-use Public Form is created by making a form Template public, which can then be filled out multiple times.
Adding an Expiration Date to your Public Form is incredibly easy and extremely useful. Levering Expiration Dates for your Public Forms allows GoFormz users to limit submissions to a specific time range, essentially applying a deadline for completion. For example, if you were to post a link to a job application Public Form on your website, applications could be limited to only a month from publication.
To add an Expiration Date to your Public Form, complete the following:
1. Login to GoFormz from a computer, and navigate to the Public Forms page by selecting the ‘More’ drop-down menu, and clicking Public Forms.
2. Once the Public Forms page loads, click ‘Create’.
3. Next, you’ll be prompted to select your Public Form type (Template or Form). Select ‘Template’.
4. When prompted, select the Template you would like to configure as a Public Form.
5. Next, we can add a name for our Public Form, select which fields should be made editable (by default all fields are selected), and add our Expiration Date, by selecting a date from the calendar (optional).
6. Click ‘Save’. Now you can share or email your Public Form link to whoever you would like to fill it out, post the link to your website, and more.
Please note: Each GoFormz account comes preloaded with 15 free Public Forms credits. Each credit equals one Public Form submission. Learn to add more Public Forms credits to your account here.
For more ways to win with the GoFormz Public Forms feature, check out the Top 5 Use Cases for GoFormz Public Forms.
