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Fields or Forms, what should I use?
Fields or Forms, what should I use?

Fields and Forms: cool Cargosnap features, but when should you use one or the other?

Updated over 10 months ago

Forms and Fields allow you to store data in Cargosnap, as a part of each of your files. So.... what is the difference?

Well, let me highlight the key, most obvious differences:

  • A Field can be used to 'tag' a file with a value, which can be used to quickly find back the file. Examples include a Customer, a Product, or a Location field.

  • A Form contains multiple fields, grouped together into a tabular structure. Example use cases include a product inspection form, a damage form, or a timesheet.

A field is what you will typically see at the top of a file, like header-information, while a form is in the content of a file.

For more details on the capabilities of these solutions, please check out this matrix:

Forms

Fields

Unlimited use

yes

yes

Fill in on Platform

yes

yes

Fill in on App

yes

yes*

Use scanner in App to fill

no

yes

Search file on content

limited

yes

Download all submits to a spreadsheet

yes

no

Available via API

yes

yes

Available via Webhook

yes

no

Color coding/highlights

no

yes

Field types (number, text, select, etc.)

yes

yes

Geofence capability

no

yes

* available from app version 3.4.19 upwards and available as a workflow step.

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