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Web Form - Create New Record on Submit Only

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Hello all,

 

is there a way to trigger the record creation in CDS only when the submit button on a web form is clicked?

 

I have a 5-step web form on my portal, the entity form is set to Insert Mode. When I complete the first step a record is created in CDS. Is there a way to stop this? I would liek to avoid ending up with records that are half-way compelted because the user abandoned the web form.

 

Thank you!

  • OmarZaarour Profile Picture
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    Re: Web Form - Create New Record on Submit Only

    It seems like what you need to do should be done with Entity Forms with Auto Generate Steps From Tabs option enabled. It will render a form tabs as steps but in the same time it will create the record at the end only.

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    Fubar Profile Picture
    8,006 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Re: Web Form - Create New Record on Submit Only

    As already stated by others the first step always creates the the record.   To clean up, you can do something like the following:

    • On the first (Insert) step use metadata to set Status Reason to 'Draft'
    • On the last step use metadata to to set the Status Reason to Submitted etc
    • Create a bulk delete job to delete the records where created on is older than x days and the Status Reason = Draft

     

  • StalinPonnusamy Profile Picture
    Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    Re: Web Form - Create New Record on Submit Only

    There is no way to avoid this. May be we can do, set the flag when the last step is completed and run the scheduler to delete the records which last step is not completed once a day or less frequency based on business decision.

  • OOlashyn Profile Picture
    3,496 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: Web Form - Create New Record on Submit Only

    Hi @j_andersen ,

    Unfortunately, if you are using web form with multiple steps this behaviour is unavoidable. The system will create a record after the first step and will use it as an input for the next steps.

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