Save Data (Adapter)

The save data adapter is used to collect information from your form into a simple data structure. This data is not guaranteed to be available for long periods. It is recommended that you extract the data from the save data adapter weekly and save it in a spreadsheet.

Usage: Once the save data adapter is set up and there is data you can go to it's URL and view or download the data by clicking on the "Click here to get the saved input " link. It is displayed in csv format which will open readily in excel. Once you have saved the data you can click on the "Clear Saved Input" button.  NOTE: This is permanent. It is very difficult to get your saved data back once you click this button. Some users create two save data adapters so they can only delete the data from one at a time.

Default Tab

  1. Extra Data - This is extra information you can save to the adapter.
  2. Download Format - This allows you to create a CSV format data file or a tab delimited data file. The default is CSV.
  3. Include Column Names - This inserts the column names as the first row of data.

Saved Data Tab

This tab allows you to examine the saved data in the web browser.  This can be changed but it is not recommended.