Using the Unique Submission ID
As you may or may not know, every submission to a FormSpring form is given a unique submission ID. This number is saved to the database, and you can view it by going to the Data tab of your form and then clicking on an individual submission.
While this unique ID was added for our own internal use, many of our users have also found some creative ways to take advantage of it. One thing that you may not know is that there’s a variable for unique ID that you can insert into your custom confirmation messages, confirmation e-mails and notification e-mails. This variable looks like: {$_submission_id}
Wherever you place this variable in your e-mail or custom message, it will automatically be replaced by the unique ID given to each submission your form receives.
You can use this unique ID for things such as order numbers, customer support tickets, reservation numbers, etc. If you have any questions about using the unique ID variable, feel free to contact us.
2 Responses to “Using the Unique Submission ID”
Saul McClintock
This is great except for the fact that I can’t search for the unique ID. IF I have 500 submissions and want to search for one with a unique ID used as in invoice number in an email sent to a customer, How do I search for that in FormSpring? I hopw I am missing something obvious.
ryan
If you want to jump to a specific submission, you don’t need to search for it. You can get to it via the URL, like so:
https://www.formspring.com/admin/data/submission/643996/23848234
643996 would be replaced with the number/form ID of your form. 23848234 would be replaced with the Unique ID you’re looking for.
So you could include a link like this in your notification e-mails that would link you back to each submission: https://www.formspring.com/admin/data/submission/643996/{$_submission_id}
You would need to log in to view the submissions, of course.