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This feature requires a CommCare Software Plan

This feature (Edit Form Submissions) will only be available to

CommCare users

CommCare users with a Pro Plan or higher. For more details, see the CommCare Software Plan page.

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  1. This functionality will be deprecated in May 2019. For the current functionality, please refer to Data Cleaning: Clean Form Submission

  2. Edit form submissions has many caveats. Be sure to read and understand the limitations before utilizing this feature. Considering the constraints on editing form submissions, we recommend against relying on this feature as an integral part of your organization's workflow.

The Edit Form Submission feature allows you to modify a form that has already been submitted by using CommCareHQ.

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This feature will add a button to every Form Details page (accessible by going to the Submit History report and clicking "View Form").Image Removed

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Press the “edit submission” button and the form will open in Web Apps, with the original responses pre-populated:Image Removed

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Make any changes you want, and then click on submit. When viewing the form again you will see a notification across the top that the form was edited:Image Removed

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Just click on the link in the notification bar in order to view the original version.

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  • Any external references will reflect the current user data, not the data at the time the form was filled in. This includes lookup tables, user groups, and product/location data (fixtures).

  • All existing Web Apps limitations apply. See Web Apps - Known Issues and Limitations

  • Forms that reference a User Case property should not be modified using this feature. 

  • Any advanced case operations (from hard-coded XML or casedb references) do not have defined behavior. They are likely to reflect the latest state of the case and not the state when the form was filled in.

  • Behavior with CommTrack / ledger references is undefined.

  • You may need to perform a user data reset to see the latest updates on another device.

  • Editing forms that use repeat groups to create cases will create new cases instead of updating old ones

  • Forms submitted via Web Apps or App Preview cannot be modified using this feature.