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Sara Kaplow, Community Manager
From Chris Anderson:
I need a feature that pulls data entered by the user from specific boxes on multiple screens and then displays it in a summary format. Additionally, an option to export it and create a dispatch would be especially useful. For example, a user enters a customer's name on screen 1, that they have a 3 car garage on screen 7, and they need lawn care screen 11... A box on screen 13 that pulls those three values out and puts them all together in one box.
Joe Customer
3 Car Garage
Needs Lawn Care
I've read quite a bit in your "Help", but I can't find anything similar.
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There's a way to do about 99% of this - the only difference is that it won't be in a single box. That said, everything else is achievable, including creating a dispatch with the information (using Zapier). And, it should be noted, if everything went into a single box, it would then not be able to be Dispatched.
Here's what my App looks like on mobile:
In the App Builder, the first three screens are pretty straightforward, just adding those fields as usual. The fourth screen is a little different. You'll notice that I've re-created those fields, but as read-only (and instead of using the drop down on the third screen, I made that a short text). I've also used something called Mirroring on those fields, which is why they're pulling in the same responses (ETA: there's now an easier way to do Mirroring). To use Mirroring, open up the field settings and click on "more." In the Receipt Label field, enter the word MIRROR:
As an important note, the Mirror feature is something we use but don't fully support - that is, we don't test against it when launching new versions, so it's a little less stable. You should also know that you can only Mirror fields that are on different screens.
So that's how you get to a summary screen. To Dispatch from those fields, you need to set up a Zapier (www.zapier.com) integration. Here's what that would look like:
Set up your trigger as a GoCanvas Submission:
And select the correct App. Make sure you've done a Submission so you can test that connection.
From there, you'll set up your Action, which is creating a Dispatch:
Then you'll map the fields from your original App to fields in the Dispatch App:
Once that's tested and complete, every time a user completes a Submission from the first App, a Dispatch to your second APp will be creating using that information.
I'm going to move this request into App Building, since it does exist.
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