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Generate a reference number for each response

It’s often useful to have a unique identifier available each submission to use as a reference number. Fortunately, Team forms automatically generates a unique auto-incrementing number and unique text-based id for every submission. This reference number/id is available next to each response on the submissions screen. This article will show how you display the generated submission number with the form itself.

Unique Auto Incrementing Number

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To display the auto-incrementing submission number within your form simply drag-and-drop the “submission number” component into your form. This is available under the “data” component category as shown in the video below:

Unique Text Id

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All submission are automatically assigned a unique string/text that Team Forms uses to reference responses. You can access this unique identifier using the javascript function TF_RESPONSE_ID(). To display this id in the form itself simply:

  1. Drag and drop a text field into your form

  2. Under the data tab, locate the “Custom Default Value” option

  3. Paste the below JavaScript expression into the field

value = TF_RESPONSE_ID()

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