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- Managing Form Submissions
- Searching and Filtering Submissions
- Submission Tracking Data
- Customizing Submission Columns
- Editing Submissions
- Deleting Submissions
- Importing Submissions
- Exporting Submissions
- Exporting Submissions with a Webhook URL
- Tracking the User's IP Address
- Disable Submission Storage
- Increment a Count on Each Submission
- Auto-Delete Old Submissions
- Auto-Save Each Submission to a JSON file
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- Set up Auto-Responder Emails
- Email the Person Who Filled Out the Form
- Send an Email Only When a Checkbox Is Checked
- Attach the Submission PDF to Emails
- Send Email Based on Drop Down Selection
- Send Different Email Content Based on Form Responses
- Styling Emails with CSS
- Sending Plain-Text Alternative Body Emails
- Troubleshooting Email Delivery
- Tracking Sent Emails
- Resending Emails
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- Browser Autocomplete for Form Fields
- Redirect to a Menu Item After Form Submission
- Show a Form Only to Logged-In Users
- Adding an “Other” Option
- Adding a Unique ID to Each Form Submission
- Show or Hide Form Fields Based on User Joomla User Group
- Scroll the Page to the Top When a Long Form is Submitted
- Display Submissions Count for a Specific Form
- Populate Drop Down, Radio Buttons or Checkboxes with a CSV File
- Silently POST Submitted Data to Any API or URL
- Create a Custom Login Form
- Auto-Populate Fields with Article Data
- Add a placeholder text to a Dropdown field
- Create Multilingual Forms in Joomla
- Redirect User to a URL After Form Submission
- Importing and Exporting Forms
- Display Convert Forms in a popup
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- Minimum Time to Submit
- Restrict Form Submissions Based on IP
- Enforcing a Custom Password Policy in Convert Forms
- Add Cloudflare Turnstile to your Joomla Form
- Implement the Iubenda Consent Database in Joomla with Convert Forms
- Add Custom Validations to Fields and Forms
- Add Math Captcha to your Form
- Prevent a Field From Saving in the Database
- Add hCaptcha to your Form
- Enable Double Opt-in
- Allow Form Submissions in Specific Date Range
- Ensure a Unique Value is Entered Into a Field
- Block Form Submissions Containing Profanity (Bad Words)
- Block Email Addresses or Email Domains
- Honeypot
- Setting Up Google reCAPTCHA
- Create GDPR Compliant Forms
Exporting Submissions
Being able to export your submissions to a .CSV (comma separated values) or a JSON file is a characteristic which accommodates the need of importing them into a third-party CRM or some other managerial system. The process of exporting them is quite easy.
How to Export Form Submissions
- Log into your Joomla backend.
- Go to Components → Convert Forms → Submissions.
- Click the Export Submissions button at the top of the page.
- In the modal that opens, select the form whose submissions you want to export. By default, the form you were just viewing in the Submissions list is already selected.
- Optionally, narrow down which submissions are included by setting a search term, a period, or a status. Leave these untouched to export every submission in the form.
You then choose which columns end up in the file, covered in the next section.
Choosing which columns to export
You don't have to export everything. The Columns to export picker lets you tick exactly the columns you want in the file and leave out the rest. Once you select a form, its columns load into three groups:
- Core Fields: ID (always included), Created, Modified, Form Name, and Status.
- Form Fields: every field your form collects. These are all ticked by default.
- Submission Details: built-in metadata like Visitor ID, IP, Country, Device, Browser, OS, Page Title, Source URL, Referrer URL, and User Agent. These start unticked and the group is collapsed, since most exports don't need them.
Your selection is remembered in your browser per form, so the next time you open the export for that form your previous choices are restored.
Advanced options
Enabling the "Advanced options" toggle reveals further settings you can use to fine-tune your export.
- Export as: choose the file format, CSV (default) or JSON.
- Delimiter: specify the delimiter to use in the CSV file. Choose between a comma (default) and a semicolon. This option only appears when the format is CSV.
- Batch: choose how many submissions are exported at a time. Larger batches are faster; smaller batches are safer on slower servers.
How to export submissions automatically
Convert Forms allows you to automate the export of your submissions using a password-protected webhook URL without requiring you to log into your site.
Excel Security Option
Convert Forms includes an Excel Security option on its configuration page. When enabled, any value in the exported CSV file that starts with a =, +, - or @ is prefixed with a tab. This prevents CSV injection when the file is opened in Excel.
The Excel Security option can be disabled if you are 100% certain that the data are trustworthy or if you're facing difficulties importing the CSV file to a 3rd party application.
To find out more details about the CSV Injection click here.
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