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Hello, I am surprised that this data management tool does not have form system. Why is it ? It would be great if there was a form which could collect the data. Is it going to be implemented any time soon?
Thank you!!
Hi @anupamtandon. Forms are on our roadmap https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-core/issues/37. They haven't been a top priority since many users have had success using integrations - there's an example at https://support.getgrist.com/integrators/#example-storing-form-submissions
Native forms would make sense, I agree, and they are on our roadmap. In the meantime, recent improvements to granular access control are getting us closer to enabling spreadsheets for data collection without sign-ins, example: https://templates.getgrist.com/jd234iH1zDsL/Simple-Poll/p/1 Something better could be made by combining page embedding with a custom widget for a conventional form-like UI (someone would need to write this, but there are good open-source libraries for it).
I agree with @paulfitz . OTOH if your needed something super simple and quick, http://demo.bpmn.io/form might be the way to go.
Some of us dont know programming or have very little technical aptitude. Hence any inbuilt native form would be so helpful. Any idea when is it going to be released?
The library behind that form demo looks neat @dumblob. @anupamtandon I'd be surprised if months go by without someone creating a custom widget to use that library or others like it to offer a form editor/viewer for Grist documents. Clean, fully integrated native forms are on our roadmap, but I can't guess at when they will happen - my apologies.