Previewing a form

Last update: May 3, 2023

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AEM 6.4 has reached the end of extended support and this documentation is no longer updated. For further details, see our technical support periods. Find the supported versions here.

Overview

In AEM Forms, you can preview the forms and documents present in the repository. Preview helps to know exactly how the forms look and behave when they are released to the end users.

When previewing forms, they are rendered in interactive interface and the user can fill the forms with data. When previewing documents, they are rendered in non-interactive mode and the user can only view the document. For forms, an additional option of Custom Preview is available. Using this option, you can preview the form using data from an XML file. The data fills up some or all of the fields of the form being previewed.

The following table lists the preview options available for different types of supported forms:

Asset typeAvailable preview options
DocumentPDF preview
PDF FormPDF preview and Preview with Data
adaptive formHTML preview and HTML preview with Data
Form TemplatePDF preview, PDF preview with Data, HTML preview, HTML preview with Data

Previewing a form

  1. Select an asset you want to preview, and click Preview aem6forms_preview in the actions toolbar.

    NOTE
    To select an asset, switch to List view from the default Card view. Click aem6forms_viewlist or aem6forms_viewcard to switch views.

  2. Clicking Preview lists the possible preview options applicable for the selected Asset Type. Click the desired option to render the selected asset in a new tab.

    Your options are:

    • Preview as HTML
    • Preview with Data
    • Preview as PDF (available for form templates)