How to Add Conditional Logic to Your Digital Form
Enhance your data collection process by utilizing Conditional Logic within your online form
With the help of Conditional Logic, you can seamlessly guide user data entry, resulting in fewer obstacles and more accurate information. In some cases, adding Conditional Logic can even eliminate the need for dozens of paper forms. This is made possible by the ‘if/then’ nature of Conditional Logic forms, which can hide and highlight different form fields based on predetermined criteria. For example, if a user selects a specific Checkbox, an additional Text field could be instantly made Visible and Required. This process can significantly reduce administrative burdens and save your company time and money during the data collection process.
Use Case: Permission Slips
A great use case for utilizing a Required Field within your form is Permission Slips. For teachers, it is important that acquiring Parent/Guardian signatures and student information for school field trips is an easy and effortless process.
By adding Conditional Logic to your form fields, you can dynamically alter the properties of form fields based on input data. . For example, you can include a question like “Does your child have any allergies?” If the Checkbox is selected, then with Conditional Logic formatting, an additional field would be highlighted in red, indicating the need to fill out the field with the allergy. You can even make Signature Fields Required to ensure the completion of the document.
Learn more about how to build this use case’s Conditional Logic below.
To get started, log in to GoFormz account from your computer and select your Form Template
Under the Template Fields panel on the left-hand side, locate the field you wish to add to the Template
Drag-and-drop the Checkbox field onto your PDF
On the right-hand side under Properties, find Default Value
Enter in ‘if/then’ calculations (=IF(condition, trueValue, falseValue)
Hit done!
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