Add a Form view with + in a sheet’s view bar. Configure its title, description, displayed fields, required fields, submit button, and success message. Preview the actual response experience before sharing. The record-name field always appears and is required, so each submission creates an identifiable record.

Choose appropriate questions#

Forms support text, long text, number, duration, rating, phone, checkbox, date, status, select, multi-select, URL, and email. They do not expose Person, attachments, linked-record pickers, timers, formulas, or rollups as public input. A required checkbox must be checked. Ratings accept integers zero through five; controlled options must match current field choices.

Publish and stop submissions#

  • Save form changes and resolve any stale-preview message.
  • A workspace owner or admin chooses Publish form. Editors can build an unpublished form but cannot manage public sharing; published-form editing is restricted to managers.
  • Copy the complete generated link and open it in a separate signed-out browser session. Submit a synthetic example and confirm that it appears correctly in the sheet.
  • Use Stop accepting responses to revoke the public capability. Republish to create a new link if needed.

Handle rejected responses#

Submissions use server validation and existing sheet rules. If a rule requires a value the form does not collect, adjust the intake design or rule rather than leaving respondents trapped. A changed form asks the respondent to refresh. Revoked links and forms in archived workbooks stop accepting responses.

Submission retries use an idempotent identifier to avoid creating a duplicate from the same attempt. The endpoint is rate-limited and bounds request size. A saved workbook template does not carry a published form capability into a new workbook.