I wish to know if we can hide fields in a form?
Secondly I wish to know if an edit form is possible.
Sorry am a noob
Vijay
Hi @glenmarkaquatic , welcome 
no worries at all.
For hiding fields in a form:
You can manage this from the datasheet view. Open the form, then switch to its linked datasheet view from the top.
In that view, you can toggle field visibility, and the form will reflect the same settings.
About editing existing records with a form:
At the moment, forms are mainly designed for creating new records. Editing existing records directly through a form isn’t supported yet.
If you don’t mind sharing your use case for an edit form, it would help us better understand what you’re trying to achieve and pass more accurate feedback to the team.
Hi,.
Thank you very much.
I wish to use Bika for managing a multi center swimming Academy. Most of my users are not very IT aware. A form is the easiest thing they are used to. I need forms for approvals (upodate a field in an existing record) this coupled with the upcoming Button feature would provide an alternate UI as the mirror feature does not have forms. Other use case is for people to edit information like profiles requirements etc. I dont know if I could explain it clearly.
Regards
Vijay
Hi @glenmarkaquatic,
As I mentioned in the other thread, I put together a simple workflow that might fit your use case. You can treat this as a reference rather than a strict recommendation.
The idea is to use two databases:
• A – Coach Submissions
• B – Swimmer Records
Each database has its own form.
The coach form only needs a few fields, for example:
• Swimmer ID (or any unique identifier)
• Test score / result
Then you can set up an automation like this:
• Trigger: when a coach submits the form
• Action: find the matching swimmer record in the Swimmer database using the unique ID
• Action: update the relevant fields (test result, etc.)
This way, coaches only interact with a simple form, while the main swimmer record stays in one place and gets updated automatically in the background.
Hope this helps as a possible approach.