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Create and Manage Custom Alert Forms

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The Alert Form template can be built out as a Custom Alert Form. You can add, remove, and rearrange form fields as desired. This article will show you how to create a custom alert form.

Important Note

Customs forms can be assigned as the default forms accessed by specific roles.

Create a Custom Alert Form

  1. Sign in to the system if you have not already

  2. Scroll down to Settings, then select Custom Alert Forms
    The Custom Alert Forms tab in the expanded Settings menu.

  3. Click the + New Form button in the top right corner of the page
    The New Form button.

  4. Enter an Alert Form Name and Description
    The Alert For Name and Description input fields.

    Note:

    The Alert Form Name and Description fields are required.

  5. Select a Form Type from the drop-down
    The Alert Form Type dropdown menu.

    Note:

    The Form Type field is required.

    • Alert: Use this form for alerts

    • Poll: Use this form for polls

  6. Click Add New Field to add an additional field to the form if desired
    The Add New Field button.

  7. Select the new field you want to add from the list if desired
    An example image of the list of Alert type options.

    Note:

    The Add New Field list will auto-populate with all available fields that do not already appear on the form.

  8. To change the position of a field on the form, drag and drop the field(s) to the desired location
    The double-bar positional icon to the left of the field Name column.

    Note:

    Some fields are connected to others and cannot be moved independently.

  9. To make a specific field required on the form, check the Required checkbox that corresponds to that field if desired
    The checkbox toggles in the Required column.

  10. Click the Trash Can icon next to a field to delete the field if desired
    The trash can icons to the right of the Required column.

  11. Click Save
    The Save button below the form fields.

  12. The custom alert form has been added to the system


Edit a Custom Alert Form

Important Note

You can only edit custom Send Alert and Send Poll forms.

Instructions

  1. Sign in to the system if you have not already

  2. Scroll down to Settings, then select Custom Alert Forms
    The Custom Alert Forms tab in the expanded Settings menu.

  3. Select the Alert or Poll Form that you wish to edit
    An example image of a form in the list of forms in the Custom Alert Forms tab.

  4. Edit the Alert Form Name, Description, and Form Type, as needed
    The Alert Form Name, Description, and Form Type input fields.

  5. Click Add New Field if you wish to add an additional field to the form
    The Add New Field button.

  6. Select the new field you want to add from the list if desired
    An example image of the list of Alert type options.

    Note:

    The Add New Field list will auto-populate with all available fields that do not already appear on the form.

  7. To change the position of a field on the form, drag and drop the field(s) to the desired location
    The double-bar positional icon to the left of the field Name column.

    Note:

    Some fields are connected to others and cannot be moved independently.

  8. To make a specific field required on the form, check the Required checkbox that corresponds to that field if desired
    The checkbox toggles in the Required column.

  9. Click the Trash Can icon next to a field to delete the field if desired
    The trash can icons to the right of the Required column.

  10. Click Save to save your changes
    The Save button below the form fields.

  11. The form has been edited


Copy a Custom Alert Form

  1. Sign in to the system if you have not already

  2. Scroll down to Settings, then select Custom Alert Forms
    The Custom Alert Forms tab in the expanded Settings menu.

  3. Click the Copy icon
    The Copy icon to the right of the Alert Type column.

  4. Type a Name for the copy
    The New Form Name input field in the Copy Alert Form modal.

  5. Click Create to clone the form as is; Click Customize to edit the form
    The Create and Customize URLs in the Copy Alert Form modal.


Delete a Custom Alert Form

  1. Sign in to the system if you have not already

  2. Scroll down to Settings, then select Custom Alert Forms
    The Custom Alert Forms tab in the expanded Settings menu.

  3. Click the trash can icon for the form
    The trash can icons to the right of the Copy icons and the Alert Type column.

  4. Click the Delete button
    The Delete button in the Delete Form modal.