Create a form by duplicating an existing form | Zoho Creator Help

Create by duplicating an existing form


Note:
  1. Open the component pane as shown below, then select the form that you want to duplicate. Its  Design  page will appear.

  2. Hover the mouse over the form's preview, then click  Open Form Builder .
  3. Click the  More  icon near the top-right corner of the form builder, then click  Duplicate .

  4. The  Duplicate Form  page will appear:

  5. Name the new form: You may use the default name or edit it as required. For example, if you duplicate a form named "Intern Application Form", the duplicate form's name is suggested as "Copy of Intern Application Form".
  6. Check or uncheck the  Data will be stored in Zoho Creator  checkbox:
    • If you check it:
      • The fields of the source form will disappear, as shown below
      • Upon clicking  DUPLICATE, a copy of your form will be created. Your form's workflows also will be duplicated.

    • If you uncheck it:
      • You will be able to de-select the fields of the source form which you do not want the new form to contain. By default, all fields of the source form, except the following types, are displayed and come selected. The excluded field types are: auto number, formula, signature, file upload, audio, video, and subform.
      • Upon clicking  DUPLICATE, a form that does not store the data that's submitted through it, will be created.
  7. Click  DUPLICATE. You will be redirected to the newly created form's builder.
  8. Click the settings icon on the top-right corner of the form builder. The Form Properties tab will slide in from the right.


  9. By default, a Submit and Reset button will be present.


  10. Click the button preview on the right side of a respective button to change its type (Submit, Reset and, Button).


  11. Click the + Add Button to create custom buttons.


  12. Configure deluge scripts to execute automated tasks on use of the Submit and custom buttons.
  13. Click the horizontal ellipsis (three dots) beside a button's name to Rename or Delete the button.


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