Ignition 8.3 Form Component Data Storage and Pipeline

Hi All

I am trying to learn this new form component and went thru docs/IU however I need support in figuring out how to store form information when its submitted.

I have to build 50+ forms so please advise scalable solution to store, view and access these forms in an easy manner.

Write the information to a database.

The scalability is going to be highly dependent on the commonality between the 50+ forms and your database design, not the submission form.

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I’m working on a similar project where users can dynamically build forms and then save them to a database. From what I’ve gathered, the best approach is to store the form definition in the same JSON-like format it’s generated in.

My current plan is to extract the form configuration directly from columns.items and store it as a blob (or JSON column) in a SQL database. This preserves the structure exactly as the user created it and makes it easy to re-enter into a form later.

That’s the approach I’m using, and it seems like it should work well for your scenario too.

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