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Overview

Once public forms have been submitted, you may view or download them for printing or other purposes. This guide shows you how to access submitted forms, search for specific submissions, and download PDFs of completed forms—either individually or in bulk.

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Viewing public forms

Follow these steps to view submitted public forms:

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Step 1: Navigate to Submitted public forms

In the upper right corner of any page, click Settings and type “Submitted” in the filter input box.

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Step 2: Open the Submitted public forms page

Click the Submitted public forms option in the menu.

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Step 3: Review the submitted forms list

This will take you to a list of all the contacts that were matched or created by a submitted form in your project. The Forms submitted page provides key information about each submission, including:
  • Submission contact type (Name of the public form)
  • Date and time of submission
  • IP address of the submitter
  • Web browser used
  • Matching results for existing records

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Step 4: Download individual form PDFs

Next to each contact, you’ll see an icon you can click to download a copy of that contact’s form. What’s in the PDF:
  • All form fields and submitted values
  • Form branding (logo, header)
  • Signature image (if captured)
  • Timestamp of submission
  • Contact information

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Step 5: Delete form submissions (if needed)

At the end of each contact row, you’ll find the option to Delete the form submission.
Important: Deleting a form submission will permanently remove both the form and the associated contact record from your Broadstripes project. This action cannot be undone, and the record cannot be retrieved after deletion.

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Searching for public forms

If you are looking for a specific public form, you can search for attachments with that form’s name. The search will return all records that have a downloadable attachment with that name.
  1. Go to the main Search page
  2. Use the search bar to search for attachments with the form name
  3. Review the results to find specific form submissions
Alternative: Search by contact type if you set a specific contact type for your form:
  • type = “[Your Form’s Contact Type name]” e.g. type = "Contract Worker"
  • This returns all contacts created by that specific form

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Downloading public forms

You may download the PDF(s) created by a public form submission one at a time or in bulk. Here’s how:

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Download multiple forms in bulk

From the search results page, select one or more contacts with attached forms. If you are new to working with search results, this Selecting (and deselecting) contacts article can show you how. Step 1: Select contacts in search results Use the checkboxes in the search results to select the contacts whose forms you want to download. Step 2: Generate attachments report Next, go the Reports dropdown menu and select Attachments. Step 3: Download the zip file Broadstripes will generate a zip file containing the requested forms.
This report will download all the attachments for each contact, not just the public form PDFs. If a contact has other attachments, those will be included in the zip file as well.

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Download a single form

To view a single form, you may simply go to the person’s record and download it from the Attachments tab. Step 1: Open the contact record Search for and open the contact record in Broadstripes. Step 2: Navigate to Attachments tab Click on the Attachments tab in the contact record. Step 3: Download the form PDF Click on the file with the name of the public form to download. What’s in the PDF:
  • All form fields and submitted values
  • Form branding (logo, header)
  • Signature image (if captured)
  • Timestamp of submission
  • Contact information
By following these steps, you can efficiently manage, view, and download your submitted public forms.

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Next Steps

Here are links to the other documentation pages for public forms: