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      • Validation on Form Save
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      • Where a response lives
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      • Something is missing or looks wrong
        • Form does not appear in the Forms catalogue, or its pages are missing from the responses table
        • CSV export is missing pages
      • Permissions and access
        • Field shows "An Advanced licence or Forms feature is required for this input type"
        • Users can see the names of forms on pages they cannot open
        • Reader sees the form but cannot type in it
        • Form on a published Capable Site cannot be filled in
      • Everything else
        • Input type dropdown shows most types greyed out with an "Advanced" badge
        • Page shows "Configure this macro with a Form ID before readers can submit values."
        • Form shows "No input fields yet. Edit the page and insert Input macros inside this form."
        • Save is blocked with "Fix validation errors before saving"
        • "Could not save form - try again"
        • Required fields and character or number limits are being ignored - people are saving anything
        • Someone's answers were replaced by someone else's
        • Changing a field's Input type wiped its answer and its settings
        • Two fields' answers merged into one column in the responses table or CSV
        • Large form's answers stopped appearing in the byline, the catalogue and property search - but they a
        • Columns in the responses table change as I page through
        • Catalogue's "Responses" number does not match how many people have replied
        • Confluence labels starting capable_forms_ keep reappearing on our pages
        • Filled the form while editing the page and the answers did not appear for anyone else

Form field (Input)

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#Settings

The Input configuration dialog showing a Full Name preview on the left and, on the right, Label set to Full Name, Input type Text, Placeholder John Smith, Required switched on and Field ID set to full
The dialog previews the field on the left while you set its label, type, placeholder, required state and field ID on the right.

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