This is an amazing feature, and i second most of what was said.

My summary would be:

A form that is representing data, which means you can see the existing data on the form already or no data if its blank, and simply update it. Fillout does this well, it solves the problem by giving every record in any table a unique URL. provide this url to the end user and they can update their data. Useful when you have a method of distributing the link to all end users.

A form that updates data, but this time logic determines which record to update. Useful if you have a mixture of existing and new clients that will use the form. So existing clients you want the existing record updated, but new clients you want a new record creating. Can use the same logic you use now for automation, so that the form performs the search but PLEASE do allow something that allows an output if a record is NOT found. Currently you dont do this and I have to make clunky workarounds to try to catch any problems

Making a form takes a long time, esp if its quite large. Allow us to convert either a grid view or as Yocheved Zelishovsky showed...

Make it from a section. Then all we have to do is edit the video. This would be super useful in speeding up the process.

Whilst building, its also useful to allow a field to be a record selector. For one of my uses, my end users all know each other and the data is not sensitive. So an end user could just click a drop down, and select a record that they want to update. This same process could be used when giving an end user a link to THEIR record, and the form might represent the same data sets of multiple records. So now from one form, the end user can update the data for multiple records of a table.

Hope this helps.

Im tried of the volume of automation I have to do to make forms update. And for me fillout forms is great...but I have to MAKE the variable on single selects, it doesnt auto populate them, which is just even more time consuming. Smart suite is fantastic, i loved airtable but in a few weeks ive fallen in love with smart suite. But things like this would just make it so much more versatile and flexible.

Thanks

Dani

This is already possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehrktmg8cmw&ab_channel=DanLeeman

You can already do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehrktmg8cmw

Would also like the ability to preselect or mark items as default in forms similar to the way it works in grid view with multi-select fields.

By the way - you can do this with https://www.fillout.com/smartsuite

Would be very useful, indeed.

Peter, this would be incredibly useful. I have used Cognito Forms for one of my clients and to bring this across is the number one outstanding reason why I have not converted them across as yet.

By the way this is now possible to do with Fillout + Smartsuite! https://www.fillout.com/smartsuite

Just choose the "update" option on the integration settings.

Let me know if you have any questions :)