Cognito-forms – How to make only ON data in the form show up in the results

You can include entry details on the confirmation page in Cognito Forms, which will automatically include a read-only printable version of the form submission users can print for their records. Here are the steps to configure this:

1. Go to Build for the form you are working on
2. Click on Submisssion Settings in the green footer or on the Submit button area on your form
3. Click the Include entry details? checkbox under Confirmation Options
4. Save your form

This will make the full entry details appear on the confirmation page for the form.

I am a developer for Cognito Forms.

With our testing we did not use any JavaScirpt history code. We used the redirect url and added JavaScript to the embed code in order to pull the entry parameters out of the query string.

Based on your ability to add JavaScript to your website, we are assuming that you are hosting the form. We started by setting the Redirect url to the page your Cognito Form is currently embedded on.

Update your redirect url to include each field as a query sting parameter, as seen below.

Next you will need to add some script to your embed code. Here is what it should look like:

<script type="text/javascript">
   function getParameterByName(name) {
          name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\]");
          var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"),
                 results = regex.exec(location.search);
          return results === null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
   }

We will also be editing one line of script code where the form id is assigned. This is the code we will be adding just after the id call in your embed code:

, entry: { "Textbox": getParameterByName("textbox") } });

Once added your new embed code will look like this:

<div class="cognito">
<script src="https://services.cognitoforms.com/include/required"></script>
<script src="https://services.cognitoforms.com/session/script/h581285g-2b60-153d-b3d4-ff29acd6jt0f"></script>
<script>Cognito.load("forms", { id: "1", entry: { "Textbox": getParameterByName("textbox") } });</script>
</div>

All total your Final embed code will look something like this when all put together:

    <script type="text/javascript">
       function getParameterByName(name) {
              name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\]");
              var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"),
                     results = regex.exec(location.search);
              return results === null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
       }
</script>
    <div class="cognito">
    <script src="https://services.cognitoforms.com/include/required"></script>
    <script src="https://services.cognitoforms.com/session/script/h581285g-2b60-153d-b3d4-ff29acd6jt0f"></script>
    <script>Cognito.load("forms", { id: "1", entry: { "Textbox": getParameterByName("textbox") } });</script>
    </div>

You will be able to add information to your text field and submit your form. You will then be redirected to the same form on your page and the text will be populated with the same information you just entered. You will want to make sure your users know that this will happen or they might think that the form did not submit.

One last item to note is that Names and Addresses work slightly differently from other fields in that they have more information associated with them. If you need further help with the Name or Address field please submit a Support Ticket via our Feature Request so that we can help walk you through this process.