Form Pages and Sections
A well-structured form gives your field technicians the context they need to complete their work quickly, correctly, and efficiently. Design your form to enhance the field user experience and make it simpler to implement your business logic, workflows, and integrations.
Tip:Take the time to plan your forms. Remember that the overall structure can make it easier to apply Conditional Logic and integrate with your back office systems.
Video Demo
Learn from an expert! This video describes the structure of a ProntoForm, including both Regular and Repeatable Sections.
Form Building Cookbook
Get “recipes” for best practices in setting up pages, sections, and questions in your forms.
Key Concepts
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A ProntoForm consists of virtual pages, organized in a page index.
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Each page contains sections, and each section contains questions. You can set up the form to show or hide the section header (title). You can also make the section collapsible to save screen space.
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Different types of sections provide different types of user interactions.
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Regular Sections
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Regular Sections contain sets of questions that the field user answers only once.
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Side-by-Side Sections (Enterprise tier only)
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Side-by-Side Sections display questions and answers in a condensed, two-column layout. This can make it easier and faster for field users to scan, complete, and confirm the answers in a form.
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Repeatable Sections
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Repeatable Sections contain sets of questions that the field user can answer multiple times, “repeating” the process as needed. For example, the field user can answer the same set of questions for each piece of equipment that they need to inspect.
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Template-Based Sections (Enterprise tier only)
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Template-Based Sections contain reusable groups (blocks) of questions to help you build your form more quickly and consistently. Field users see no difference between these and Regular Sections.
Info:You can use a template within a form, but not across different forms.
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Configuration
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User devices |
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User experience |
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Documents used as reports |
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Workflows and Business Logic |
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Integrations![]() |
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