Settings: Forms & Flowboards

Forms and flowboards provide a great way of managing applications, submissions and memberships and getting extra information from members.

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Written by Joe Jeffries
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Your current forms and flowboards can be found in the sheep settings section. Go to settings.sheepcrm.com and log in to your CRM user account if not already. From the settings section, click on the communications & flow tab in the navigation and click on forms or flowboards option, depending on which you wish to manage.

Forms

sheepForms can be used both internally and externally (through sheepApp) to gather additional information from your contacts. These can be completely stand-alone forms, application forms for teams or forms tied to membership requests.

Your existing forms can be found in settings.sheepcrm.com in the communications & flow tab and clicking on the forms option in the left-hand navigation.

Adding a new form

To add a new form, click on the add form button located in the top right of the existing forms list. This will bring up a blank sidepanel with the following fields:

  • Name
    Enter the public-facing name for the form. This will appear on sheepApp as well as used to reference the form in sheepCRM

  • Tags
    If needed, add tags to the form to help organise and sort your forms internally.

  • Short Description
    Enter a short sentence describing the form. This will appear on sheepApp.

  • Description
    Enter the full description of form, outlining the reason for the form and the approval process, if applicable.

  • Summary
    Enter a short, promotional message that will appear just above the button to start a submission - essentially a call-to-action.

  • Photo & secondary photos
    Upload images to showcase or promote the form. Ideally, these should be landscape and in JPEG format.

    • Recommended size for main photo: 800x450px or another 16:9 ratio image.
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  • Number of Submissions
    If applicable, enter a number to limit the number of submissions a contact can make for the same form. If left blank, there is no limit.


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Assigning staff to manage a form

Forms can also have custom permissions, allowing you to assign forms to specific members of your staff - stating whether they can edit and/or view.

Both the which users can EDIT this form? and which users can VIEW this form? fields can be set the same way - start entering the name of the user and a list of suggestions will appear beneath, click on the matching record to add them to the form.

Please note that the user must have a corresponding contact record (with matching email addresses) before they will appear in this list.

Editing a form

From the existing forms list, scroll down to the desired form and click on the name or the edit icon located to the right of the type to bring up a sidepanel with the current data. For more information on each field, please see the adding a new form topic above.

To edit the forms description, images etc please press configure form in top right once you have selected your form.

Deleting a form

While we strongly advise not to delete existing forms, if the form is no longer needed it can be deleted. To delete a form, scroll down to the desired form and click on it to bring up a sidepanel with current data and fields that make up the form. Click on the delete option in the bottom right of the sidepanel, confirming the action to completely delete the form.

Please note that deleting the form will remove a lot of legacy data with any contacts that previously submitted responses for this form. To avoid this, we advise setting the form to inactive instead of deleting the form entirely.

Adding a new form application to a contact

Form submissions will generally be created by your member themselves through the sheepApp - however you can add new submissions for contacts in sheepCRM by going to their contact sidepanel in their applications tab. For more information, please see our article on managing your contact applications.

Flowboards

sheepFlow is primarily designed to be used in combination with sheepForms, but can be used internally to manage other aspects of your flock. Each submission or record in a flowboard will be treated as a card which can be moved between status columns, triggering any automated actions you have.

Your existing flowboards can be found in settings.sheepcrm.com in the communications & flow tab and clicking on the flowboards option in the left-hand navigation.

Adding a new flowboard

To add a new flowboard, click on the add flowboard button located in the top right of the existing flowboards list. This will bring up a blank sidepanel with the following fields:

  • Name
    Enter a name for the flowboard. This will be used to reference the form in sheepCRM

  • Description
    Optionally, enter a description for the flowboard that will be seen by your staff.

  • Board Tags
    If needed, add tags to the flowboard to help organise and sort your flowboards internally.

  • What type of board is this?
    Select what the flowboard will be managing from the following options: form response (submissions), form score (scoring of submissions), grant award (grant process), group member (team applications) and member (membership applications)

  • Columns
    Set the columns that make up the flowboard. Based on the type of board selected, columns will be automatically added for you. If you need changes to columns, please contact our support team at support@sheepcrm.com.

  • What should this board show?
    Set the rules or criteria for showing cards on the flowboard. Based on the type of board selected, you will be given different options.

Assigning staff to manage a flowboard

If you have flowboard users who have lower permissions and are unable to access sheepFlow, you can pin them to specific flowboards which will allow them to view and manage submissions without the standard staff or admin permission sets.

To pin users, click on the desired flowboard to bring up the edit sidepanel and scroll down to the pin a user to this board field and start entering the name of the user. A list of suggestions will appear beneath, click on the matching record to add them to the flowboard.

You can also use the which user groups can access this board? field to assign whole user groups to the flowboard rather than specific users.

Please note that the user must have a corresponding contact record (with matching email addresses) before they will appear in this list.

Editing a flowboard

From the existing flowboards list, scroll down to the desired flowboard and click on the name or the edit icon located to the right of the type to bring up a sidepanel with the current data. For more information on each field, please see the adding a new flowboard topic above.

Deleting a flowboard

To delete a flowboard, scroll down to the desired flowboard and click on it to bring up a sidepanel with fields containing the current data for the flowboard. Click on the delete option in the bottom right of the sidepanel, confirming the action to completely delete the flowboard.

Please note that deletion is permanent and can not be undone. However this will not remove any submissions or records that were being managed by the flowboard.

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