{"uniqueId":"6363626ec1eac","pageTitle":"Database Basic Configuration","jsonFeedLink":"https:\/\/support.powform.com\/wp-json\/support\/api\/v1\/article\/?postType=features&subcategory=data-storage&name=database-basic-configuration","breadcrumbs":[{"text":"Features","path":"\/features\/"},{"text":"Data Storage","path":""},{"text":"Database Basic Configuration","path":"\/features\/data-storage\/database-basic-configuration"}],"excerpt":"After your form is completed and your web app is published, do you know where the app data is stored and how to find the information from your respondents?\r\n\r\nHere we\u2019ll talk more about the Database function, how it works, its major configurations, and properties!","content":"
After your form is completed and your web app is published, do you know where the app data is stored and how to find the information from your respondents?<\/span><\/p>\n Here we\u2019ll talk more about the Database function, how it works, its major configurations, and properties!<\/span><\/p>\n The Database is where you can find all of the information you collected from the users who responded to your published web apps.<\/span><\/p>\n First, you click on the Database section and then click the form you want to check the data.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n This page also displays when you created the form and the number of submissions by the readers.<\/span><\/p>\n You will only be able to select the form if there is at least one submission.<\/span><\/p>\n Here you\u2019ll be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n Powform stores, handles, and keeps safe all of the information and files collected in a secured Data Center.<\/span><\/p>\n Security, storage management, space limits, and all other data storage related requirements are provided by the Data Center.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Every single time you change your form and export\/publish an updated web app a new version will be uploaded in the Database section.\u00a0 This ensures that the database entries correspond correctly with the published app at all times. Here you can select which version to view the apps submitted information.<\/span><\/p>\n After publishing a new app, all new submissions will be sent to the newest version.<\/span><\/p>\n You need to select an older version to see previous submissions.<\/span><\/p>\n Again, for the new version to appear in the Database section, it needs at least one submission from your users.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This options\u2019 purpose is to send an SMS message to whoever provided you with their phone number.<\/span><\/p>\n You don\u2019t need to take notes and send each SMS individually to your users. You can simply:<\/span><\/p>\n When you are done, all of your users will receive your SMS. We'll provide more details on Configuring SMS Templates and sending personalised messages in an upcoming article.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If any of your components are mandatory to fill up, you can bring them first for easier visualization.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The export option allows you to cluster all of the selected submissions data in to one file.<\/span><\/p>\n You can:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Notifications communicate to you of relevant actions.<\/span><\/p>\n For example, you\u2019ll be informed when a submission email was sent, if the SMS was successfully received or not, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Just as shown in the GIF above, click the download button to download the file uploaded by your users.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You\u2019ll be able to edit information from the submissions just as shown above.<\/span><\/p>\n This is a pretty useful tool if a respondent filled in something wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n Publish your form, send a submission and <\/span>see how the Database works for yourself<\/b>!<\/span><\/p>\n","images":[],"category":{"id":"174","title":"Data Storage","description":"","term":"data-storage","count":3,"path":"","updated":1707153298,"status":"publish","order":"6"},"tags":[],"industries":[],"hitCounter":904,"path":"\/features\/data-storage\/database-basic-configuration","canonicalUrl":"\/features\/data-storage\/database-basic-configuration","name":"database-basic-configuration","relatedArticles":[]}What is the Database?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Where is the data stored?<\/b><\/h2>\n
App Versions<\/b><\/h2>\n
Send Messages<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Required<\/b><\/h2>\n
Export<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Notifications<\/b><\/h2>\n
Download Files<\/b><\/h2>\n
Edit<\/b><\/h2>\n