Can I turn off downloads and submissions for forms in my project?
October 9, 2018
Yes, you can! The ability to mark a form downloadable and/or submittable is available to admins of the organization your project is a part of. If you are not your organization's admin, please contact them to make this change. First, let's define the terminology:
Downloadable: Your blank form can be downloaded onto a users and filled out. Setting Downloadable to 'No' prevents new devices from downloading the form.
Submittable: Records created by filling out blank forms can be submitted to the server. Setting Submittable to 'No' prevents new and existing local records from being submitted to the server.
Visible (SDK2 app only): Your blank form is visible on the home screen of the SDK2 application. Setting Visible to 'No' will hide this form from the home screen, but does not prevent local records from being submitted to the server.
We use different terminology for this to help differentiate between our two apps: the legacy SDK application (available on Android only), and SDK2 (available on both Android and iPhone). Please follow the instructions based on the applications being used in the field.
Make a form not downloadable or submittable on SDK (legacy app):
First, navigate to the Dataset Settings page by clicking the 3 little dots next to your dataset, and choosing 'Settings'
Next, toggle the dropdown next to either 'Downloadable?' or 'Submittable?' and change to 'No.'
Click 'Save' at the bottom of the Settings page to save this new setting.
Make a form invisible on SDK2:
First, navigate to the Dataset Settings page by clicking the 3 little dots next to your dataset, and choosing 'Settings'
Next, toggle the dropdown next to 'Visible' to 'No.'
Click 'Save' at the bottom of the Settings page to save this new setting.
