New Feature: Ability to close form submissions

Very cool!  😀

A few comments:

1. It would be cool if forms could automatically close on a specified date and time. This is possible with Fillout’s advanced forms for Airtable. See screenshot below.

Fillout offers dozens of features that Airtable’s native forms don’t offer, including the ability to update Airtable records with a form, the ability to display Airtable lookup fields & Airtable rollup fields & Airtable attachments & formulas on forms, the ability to dynamically & conditionally filter linked record fields by any values that you would like, the ability to perform math or other live calculations on your forms, the ability to accept payments on forms, the ability to have multi-page forms with conditional paths, the ability to create new linked records on a form, visually displaying as many fields as you want to see in a linked record selection list (including attachment fields), limiting the number of linked records that can be chosen, uploading an unlimited amount of attachments at the same time, and much more.

2. It would be amazing if forms could automatically close after receiving X number of submissions. This is currently possible with JotForm’s advanced forms.

p.s. If you’d like to hire an expert Airtable consultant to help with anything Airtable-related, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consultant — ScottWorld 

Yah, or set to auto-close after a specific date.

Thanks for the added feature!

Yah, or set to auto-close after a specific date

Yep, this is a great idea!

This is currently possible with Fillout’s advanced forms for Airtable. See screenshot below.

Fillout offers dozens of features that Airtable’s native forms don’t offer, including the ability to update Airtable records with a form, the ability to display Airtable lookup fields & Airtable rollup fields & Airtable attachments & formulas on forms, the ability to dynamically & conditionally filter linked record fields by any values that you would like, the ability to perform math or other live calculations on your forms, the ability to accept payments on forms, the ability to have multi-page forms with conditional paths, the ability to create new linked records on a form, visually displaying as many fields as you want to see in a linked record selection list (including attachment fields), limiting the number of linked records that can be chosen, uploading an unlimited amount of attachments at the same time, and much more.

p.s. If you’d like to hire an expert Airtable consultant to help with anything Airtable-related, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consultant — ScottWorld 

Welcome to the Airtable community Sarah! Thanks for introducing yourself and letting us know about this new feature.

I’m seeing the new functionality.

Maybe Airtable decided to announce this before the rollout is 100% complete. If so, I applaud this decision to let people know early so that we have a place for comments on this forum. It would just be nice if the announcement included when to expect the rollout to be completed so we wouldn’t be left wondering.

How about setting date/times for both auto-open and auto-close.

@kuovonne @ScottWorld we made sure to post this as we pushed the change live and it should have been pretty quick, but you might have to clear your cache to get the changes to appear right away :slightly_smiling_face:

You might want to add some boilerplate to all new feature announcements.

By the way, I think it is super cool when new feature announcements come from people who helped build the feature.

Great idea! and good, I’m so glad!! trying to mix it up a bit :slightly_smiling_face:

Forgot to add, I still love seeing you on the announcement threads and fully expect that you are following all of them.

But having the other Airtable staff post the announcements just makes the community feel a bit more connected to the people writing the software. It helps us remember that they are actual human beings trying their hardest to make a solid product.

Hi @Sarah_Trisorus ,

I have some feedback, ability to have start and end date will be much better rather than that only option.

Thanks.

Yes, I can only fully agree with this! Welcome @Sarah_Trisorus and great update! A great way to just pause submissions in stead of having to update the form link everywhere.

Would be great if we could pause view sharing also.Having to regenerate a URL and updating it everywhere is a hassle.

Workaround:

1. Duplicate the view to retain its settings.
2. Add a field/record that says you are pausing sharing.
3. Change the filters to show only that field/record.
4. When you want to resume sharing, delete the message field/record, and copy the settings back to view.
   This is clearly a hacky workaround, and won’t work with a shared calendar view, but it could be better than changing urls.

I have asked for this in the past: very nice to see an update. Thanks much!

Very helpful today, thanks!

Hi, 

I used this new feature a few days ago to turn off responses for a form. However, now when I go back to the form to try and turn on responses again I'm no longer given the option to do so. Can someone point me in the right direction please 🙏? 

Thanks, 

Heather

@JulieJ  I have the same problem. Please share if you figure it out, thanks! 

 Is there a way to expire forms in the "upgraded" form experience? Not seeing anywhere to close the form. Thanks! 

Does this option not exist anymore? I don't see that choice. Should the "Only users with base access." serve in that function?

Unfortunately, this feature is no longer available on Airtable’s interface forms.

However, the great news is that all of this is possible — and much much more — with Fillout’s advanced forms for Airtable.

See screenshot below. You can manually close a form, or you can automatically set a form to close after a certain date & time.

Even better, you can conditionally disable the “Submit” button on the form based on ANY AIRTABLE CONDITIONS THAT YOU SPECIFY. Fillout also offers about 100 advanced features that Airtable’s forms don’t offer, such as updating Airtable records from a form.

p.s. If you’d like to hire an expert Airtable consultant to help you with anything Airtable-related, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consultant — ScottWorld 

Hi there!

At miniExtensions, we help you get even more out of Airtable with our third-party form. Our form includes various flexible options for disabling form submissions, such as allowing users to create only one record, setting a scheduled date to disable submissions, and restricting submissions based on specific conditions, among other features. You can find all these options in the Disable Form section of our form settings: