Zoho Creator Integration | Setup - Zoho Forms

Zoho Creator Integration

Table of Contents
  1. Overview
  2. Integration Setup
  3. Supported Field Types
  4. Set Alert on Integration Failure

Overview

Zoho Creator is a low-code application development platform that allows you to build custom applications to automate business processes. With the Zoho Forms - Zoho Creator integration, you can seamlessly transfer form submissions into Zoho Creator applications, enabling efficient data management and workflow automation. 

Integration Setup    

To integrate your form with Zoho Creator:

  1. Navigate to the Integrations tab and click Zoho Creator under Developer & Automation from the left menu.
  2. Click Integrate.
    Click Configure
  3. Select the Workspace in Zoho Creator.
  4. Specify the Application Type:
    1. Created Application – An application you have directly created.
    2. Shared Application – An application shared with you by another Zoho Creator user.
  5. Choose the Creator Application.
  6. Select the Creator Form within the application. Once integrated, Zoho Forms data will be pushed into the selected creator form.
    Select the Creator form
  7. Click + Add Fields to map the first field. Choose a Creator Field from the dropdown and map it with the corresponding field in Zoho Forms. For mapping more fields, click the + button. All creator fields can also be listed at once by clicking Add All Zoho Creator Fields.
  8. Click Integrate to save your settings.
    Field mapping

    In the above integration of an order form - When a form is submitted, order details such as name, product, and quantity will be pushed to Zoho Creator based on the mapped fields.

  9. To remove this integration, click Remove Integration.
Notes

Notes:

  • You can configure to receive an alert on integration failure.
  • If you don't have an account in Zoho Creator, you will be prompted to create one.
  • In a Shared Application, only the creator forms with write permissions will be listed, and data can be pushed only if these permissions are available.
  • If the Zoho Creator form has mandatory fields, they will be listed automatically when the form is selected.


Supported Field Types

The table below lists the Zoho Forms fields that can be mapped with the respective fields in Zoho Creator. 

S. No Zoho Creator Fields Supported Zoho Forms Fields
1 Single line Single Line, Phone, Email, Website, Unique ID, Random ID, Dropdown, Radio, Multiple Choice, Checkbox, Image Choices, Number, Decimal, Currency, Slider, Rating, Formula, Date, Time, Date-Time, Month-Year
2 Multi line Single Line, Phone, Email, Website, Unique ID, Random ID, Dropdown, Radio, Multiple Choice, Checkbox, Number, Decimal, Currency, Slider, Rating, Formula, Date, Time, Date-Time, Month-Year, Image Choices
3 Email Email
 4
 Phone
 Phone
 5
 Name
 Name
 6
 Address
 Address
4 Rich text Single Line, Phone, Email, Website, Unique ID, Random ID, Dropdown, Radio, Multiple Choice, Checkbox, Image Choices, Number, Decimal, Currency, Slider, Rating, Formula, Date, Time, Date-Time, Month-Year
5 Number Number, Slider, Rating
6 Decimal Number, Rating, Slider, Decimal, Formula, Currency
7 Percent Number, Rating, Slider, Decimal, Formula, Currency
8
Currency
Number, Rating, Slider, Decimal, Formula, Currency
9 Date Date
10 Date-time Date-Time
 11
 Time  Time
11 Drop down Single Line, Dropdown, Radio
12 Radio Radio
13 Multi select  Multiple Choice, Checkbox, Matrix Choice, Image Choices
14 Checkbox Multiple Choice, Checkbox,Image Choices
15 Decision box Decision Box
16 URL Website
17
 Image

 Image Upload
18
 File upload
 Image Upload, File Upload, Audio Upload,Video Upload
22
 Audio
 Audio Upload
23
 Video
 Video Upload
24
 Time
 Time
25
 Signature
 Signature
Notes:
Notes
  • The following Zoho Forms fields are not supported: Subform, Matrix Choice, Description, Section, Terms and Conditions, Page Break, Audio Video Embed, Zoho CRM, Payment. 
  • The total form data pushed to Zoho Creator must not exceed 250 MB. 
  • A maximum of 30 attachments can be pushed from Zoho Forms to Zoho Creator. If multiple attachments are uploaded to a single upload field, only one will be pushed, as Zoho Creator allows only one attachment per field.
  • If you configure Manage Form Attachments to store your form attachments (from File Upload, Image Upload, or Audio/Video upload) to a designated cloud service, only the URLs of these files will be shared to Zoho Creator. You can map your form's upload fields to Zoho Creator's URL, Multi Line, or Rich Text field. If multiple attachments are uploaded to a single upload field, only one will be pushed to the Zoho Creator's URL field, while Multi Line and Rich Text fields can handle up to 5 URLs. 

Set Alert on Integration Failure


Once your integration settings are saved, you can choose to receive an email alert if the integration fails.
    To do so,
    1. Click Set Alert in the top-right corner.
    2. Configure the email alert template and click Save.

      Set Alert on Integration Failure

    Notes

    Notes:

    • The option to set an email alert on integration failure is available only in our paid plans.
    • You can send email alerts to a maximum of five users within your organization.
    • An email alert will be triggered only on the first occurrence of integration failure every 24 hours.