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Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by a_band »

Biologist123 wrote: post #10

This is great. Two questions: 1. Could I have “code” in subsequent sheets to manipulate data coming in through the form and output results. 2. Could you embed questions in an android app? If you could I would immediately have a lot of use for this. Thanks and well done!

Thanks!

1. I'm not sure I 100% understand what you're asking here but it seems that what you're looking for is very possible by triggering workflows off of sheets. https://solutions.appsheet.com/workspace or https://zapier.com are a couple of great ways to do this.

2. If you can embed HTML in an Android then you should be able to embed one of the forms. I haven't done it before. Let me know if you try it and how it goes.

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by NonEUCitizen »

a_band wrote: post #13
advisedwang wrote: post #12

Neat project. Are you worried that SurveyMonkey will attack you for having a similar name to their trademark?

Yikes. Hadn't considered that. Hopefully not.

I'd change the name now while it's still early, so people won't have to go hunting for the new name later.

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by hardtke »

I've been asked to maintain the contact info for a non profit club. Something like this is almost what I need, but I would also need to be able to edit existing entries as well as to run some simple queries (who has not paid their dues?). Does any such cloud based open source software exist? CRM systems are overkill, and there are some downloadable tools, but nothing cloud based AFAIK.

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by irskep »

hardtke wrote: post #16

I've been asked to maintain the contact info for a non profit club. Something like this is almost what I need, but I would also need to be able to edit existing entries as well as to run some simple queries (who has not paid their dues?). Does any such cloud based open source software exist? CRM systems are overkill, and there are some downloadable tools, but nothing cloud based AFAIK.

You could probably construct a decent Asana workflow around this using forms, custom fields, and automation rules, but it's not free.

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by kroltan »

hardtke wrote: post #16

I've been asked to maintain the contact info for a non profit club. Something like this is almost what I need, but I would also need to be able to edit existing entries as well as to run some simple queries (who has not paid their dues?). Does any such cloud based open source software exist? CRM systems are overkill, and there are some downloadable tools, but nothing cloud based AFAIK.

With enough courage and either a lot of formulas or a bit of scripting, you can do simple queries just fine in Google Sheets.

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by I_complete_me »

NonEUCitizen wrote: post #15
a_band wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yikes. Hadn't considered that. Hopefully not.

I'd change the name now while it's still early, so people won't have to go hunting for the new name later.

If it's any consolation I did not have this thought.
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