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Resubmit form data Laserfiche

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Updated September 8

asked on September 8

Hello everyone,

I would like to know if there is a way in Laserfiche Forms to reuse or relaunch forms that have already been submitted and whose process has been completed, without requiring the user to re-enter all the information. The idea would be to leverage the data from existing submissions in order to pass them through an updated process or trigger a new action (such as saving into the repository).

Thank you in advance for your feedback and experiences on this topic.

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replied on September 8

Depending on what kind of data you have, it is possible to do this with Workflow, but you will need the Instance Id and the last Submission Id for the instance you want to replicate.

I don't think you can add files/attachments, but you can use Retrieve Business Process Variables to pull form data and Invoke Business Process to start an instance with the data from the original.

Retrieve Business process Variables
- Use custom settings to set the Instance Id and Submission Id manually because this won't be triggered directly by an instance.
- I usually configure the workflow with input parameters and use the last Submission Id so it gets the most recent data.
Invoke Business Process
- Set each variable equal to the equivalent variable from the original instance
- This also works for tables/collections; just set each field/column equal to the equivalent values pulled from the original form.

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replied on September 8

Thank you, Jason, for taking an interest in my issue and providing a solution. However, I believe the problem is slightly more complicated than that. When I created my process, I forgot to link the record to the process.

As a result, the first forms were not saved in the repository (neither the form nor the metadata).

I have fixed this for the new forms.

How can I retrieve the first 50 submitted forms that were not recorded? I was wondering if it would be possible to automatically resubmit those first 50 forms.

Thanks in advance.

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replied on September 8

I finally followed your advice and it’s working perfectly now. Thanks a lot for your help!

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