Introduction to multi-step form sequence introduction-to-multi-step-form-sequence

Adobe recommends using the modern and extensible data capture Core Componentsfor creating new Adaptive Formsor adding Adaptive Forms to AEM Sites pages. These components represent a significant advancement in Adaptive Forms creation, ensuring impressive user experiences. This article describes older approach to author Adaptive Forms using foundation components.

Adaptive Forms enables Form Authors to create multi-step data capture experience with great ease. It comes with built-in support for creating multiple panels and associating each panel with different navigation patterns. Form Authors can group form fields in logical sections and represent a group as a panel. The overall navigation between panels is controlled using the panel layout. Authors can choose to arrange panels in different layouts, for example, placing sequentially using the Wizard layout or in an improvised manner using the Tabbed layout. For information about panel layouts, see Layout capabilities of Adaptive Forms.

In a typical form filling experience, there are more steps involved than just capturing data. A complete form submission can include other steps, like signing the form digitally, verifying the information filled in the form, processing payments, and so on. It differs from case to case.

If your use case mandates a set of steps for data capturing or there are regulations that need certain steps to be followed, Experience Manager Forms provides a way to enforce that common structure across forms. The premeditated implementation of form structure defines the sequence of steps for a form.

Example of a multi-step form sequence

Let us take a use case where you must create a sequence for fill, verify, sign, and confirmation steps for a form. The steps to create such a sequence is as follows:

After you have defined the form sequence in the form template, you can use it create forms that will have the basic structure defined as the sequence in place, though you can always customize the form to suit your requirements.

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