Field shows "An Advanced licence or Forms feature is required for this input type"
What you are seeing
A field shows "An Advanced licence or Forms feature is required for this input type" instead of the control - and its saved answer has vanished too.
#Why it happens
The site is on Standard, and this is a standalone Input macro set to an Advanced type. The gate replaces the entire control including the stored value.
#What to do
Upgrade to the Advanced edition, or change the field back to the single-line Text type. The answer is not lost - it is still stored on the page and reappears when the type is unlocked again.
#Settings involved
Setting | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Advanced edition | Marketplace / licensing | Unlocks every input type beyond single-line text, and unlocks the Forms nav item in the Suite regardless of the flag. It does NOT unlock the Forms search panel - that is flag-only. |
#Limits that apply here
Limit | Value | What happens |
|---|---|---|
Standalone field autosave delay | 800 ms after the last change; "Saved" ti | Applies only to Input macros outside a Form container. |
#A few things that catch people out
Only single-line Text works without the Advanced edition. Every other type is disabled in the Input type dropdown and badged "Advanced".
Two fields on the same page that share a Field ID collapse into one entry in the indexed answers; the later silently overwrites the earlier.
Changing a field's Input type wipes the stored answer and drops settings that do not apply to the new type.
#Related
Users can see the names of forms on pages they cannot open
The All forms list is not permission-filtered - it returns the whole site registry to any
Reader sees the form but cannot type in it
One of: they lack page edit permission; they are anonymous (they additionally see "Sign in
Permissions and access
The rest of this family.
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