This article walks through the basic steps of setting up a Form within a Workflow.
Table of contents:
Getting Started
Where do I find the Form Configuration page?
How do I start building a Form?
How do I add fields to an existing Form?
How do I edit Section visibility?
Dynamic Form Section Visibility
How do I make a field Mandatory or Hidden?
How do I add a Section Description?
How do I "Add Contract Owners to my form"
Updates & Amendments to your Configuration
How do I delete a Form section?
How do I edit fields in a Section?
Appearance & Other Settings
How do I check a Form Sections Hidden/Read-only/Editable Settings?
Where do I find the Form configuration page?
On the FIRST Workflow Phase, click the menu icon (three vertical dots) and then select "Edit this Phase"
Then, navigate to the "Form" tab along the right-hand side
💡 This FIRST phase is where the majority of your form-building should take place (i.e. adding form sections, editing fields, adding descriptions etc.)
You will see why in later configuration chapters...
How do I start building a Form?
From the Form tab, click "ADD SECTION" to start building the Form. 
The Form Section builder will open. This will allow you to create a new form section from the 2 below categories:
- "Predefined" Forms - these contain fields which exist in your Gatekeeper repository in either the Core Gatekeeper Data model or Custom Metadata Groups, and can be pulled into the Workflow as needed:
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- Core Metadata - to select this, choose a Predefined option (Supplier or Contract) then leave the Custom Data Group option blank
- Custom Metadata - to select this, choose a Predefined option (Supplier/Contract) then select the name of the Custom Data Group you wish to add to the form
- Attached file with Expiry Date
💡 Once you have added a Custom Metadata group to a Workflow Form - any new fields which are added to the custom group will automatically add themselves to the workflow form too!
- Workflow Only Forms - these fields exist only in the Workflow and are primarily used to drive the form experience and build automated Workflow transitions based on a specific input.
- To select this section type, leave the Predefined option blank
Ensure that a "Section Name" has been added and specify any Predefined data fields before clicking on "Save"
Please keep the following considerations in mind when configuring Sections:
Section Name - Freeform text. This will be shown and formatted as a heading on the Form
Predefined - Dropdown. When used, this will build the form section from metadata fields in your repository
Custom Data Group - Dropdown (hidden until "Predefined" is set). This allows for the use of Custom Data Groups (if present)
Description - Freeform text. Populate this if you wish to give guidance/context to your users when they come to this form section (and be sure to check "Display Description"!)
If any "Predefined" options are selected (Supplier, Contract, File with Expiry), the form will be populated with all the related fields. The below example displays Gatekeeper core Contract fields.
How do I add Fields to an existing Form?
You may add fields directly to a form section in 2 scenarios:
1) While building a "Workflow Only" Form Section
2) When re-adding fields to a "Predefined" Form Section (e.g. where a field had previously been deleted and you wish to restore it!)
From any Section where visible, click the available "ADD FIELD" option.
Then, simply enter a Label along with any other the specifics before selecting "Save".
Any newly created Workflow form fields should now appear in the appropriate Section.
Here's how the new "Request Priority" field would display on the Form:
How do I edit Section visibility?
Each Section of a form can be set as:
- Read-only
- Hidden
- Editable
Note: Section visibility can be set independently in each phase of any Workflow.
Dynamic ("Custom") Visibility
"Custom" offers the flexibility to build tailored visibility criteria. This means that Gatekeeper will check a set of criteria (configured by you) to set the visibility of the Form Section for each card that arrives at the phase and is viewed by users.
Tailored visibility criteria can be applied to all users viewing the form or can be applied at a Workflow Group level.
💡 If no workflow group is set, the rules will apply to all users
For more detailed information on Workflow Groups, click here.
To add conditions to form visibility, select Custom then click the "ADD" button to add your rule/s
If your rules are set to "Based on: And", ALL conditions must be true when a card enters the phase for the designated visibility option to be applied
If your rules are set to "Based on: Or", ANY conditions in the list being true will apply the designated visibility option
If no conditions are entered then the visibility will always be considered true
It is possible to create complex form visibility rules by using multiple sets of conditions. The system will prioritise the most specific rule for the user. i.e. applying visibility for the user's Workflow Group first
How do I make a field Mandatory or Hidden?
For each field, you have the following checkbox options:
- Mandatory - You can set this field to be required for Form/Phase completion on a field by field basis, or for all fields in the Section by choosing the first "Mandatory" checkbox.
- Hidden - You can select this option to hide the field from your Form/Phase completion on a field by field basis, or for all fields in the Section by choosing the first "Hidden" checkbox.
Note: You cannot have a field set to Hidden and Mandatory at the same time. In this case, selecting the second option will deselect the first automatically.
How do I add a Section Description?
When creating the Section, ensure that a Description is included and "Display Description" is checked before hitting "Save".
To edit or add the Description for an existing Section, click on the "Edit" icon to the right-hand side.
The Description will display on the Form as highlighted in light yellow below:
How do I lock a field?
Locking a field is a way to remove the amount of manual input required by users when submitting new request forms. When a field is locked on a start phase, it cannot be edited by a user submitting a new card
i.e. the field will always be pre-populated and uneditable for all new cards
Alternatively, we can also lock fields to multiple values within the same dropdown. This will then provide a choice for the user to select 1 of the locked values to be utilised.
E.g. If we have 3 currencies setup within our system. AUD, USD, and CAD.
We can lock the currency field to AUD or USD, in which the end user would not be able to select CAD, but would be able to select 1 value from our existing options.
To lock a field to a pre-determined value, from the Form tab of the Start Phase, hit the pencil icon to edit a field, then click "Locked".
Did you know that you can lock any field with a type of Dropdown or Multi-select Dropdown?
This will open a new pop-up, allowing you to choose what to set as the locked value
Ensure you Click ✅ Save after selecting the Locked value!
This will appear to the user pre-filled and greyed out:
This is common to perform for fields such as "Contract Status" and "Contract Approval" which will always be "Pipeline" and "Awaiting Approval" respectively for any new contract request but you may think of uses for other fields where it is possible!
NB. After a card has been created, locked fields can be edited later in the workflow. They are not locked for the whole process!
💡 Pro Tip: To make your request forms shorter and clearer, it can be useful to set any locked fields to "hidden" so your users only see what is relevant to them! 💡
How do I unlock a field?
After "locking" a field, it is possible to remove the Locked value (or "Locker" as they're sometimes referred to in the system)
1. Click 
to Edit the field
2. Untick the ☑️ Locked checkbox
3. Hit ✅ Save
This field will now be unlocked for new forms
4. Click to Edit the field again
5. Tick the ☑️ Locked checkbox
6. Hit the X next to the saved field value
7. Hit ✅ Submit
8. Untick the ☑️ Locked checkbox
9. Hit ✅ Save
You will now be able to remove the field value stored as the "Locker" value.
(This is a mandatory step for any values you wish to remove permanently from Gatekeeper)
Adding Contract Owners to Your Form
The above video shows how to add Contract Owners to the Predefined: Contract Data form section
The same steps can be followed to re-add fields which have been removed from Metadata form sections (including Contract Core Data, Vendor Core Data and any Custom Groups)
How do I delete a Form field?
If a Form field is available for deletion, clicking the "Edit" (three dots) icon to the right of the field will reveal a trash can icon. Gatekeeper will ask if you are sure before you select "Delete".
How do I delete a Form section?
If a Form section is available for deletion you can do this by clicking the trash can icon to the right of the form visibility rules. Gatekeeper will ask if you are sure before you select "Delete".
⚠️ Warning - once you delete a Field or Form Section, any workflow cards with those value populated will permanently lose that data!
Re-adding the fields/sections will not restore previous card data to the workflow form!
How do I edit fields in a Section?
To edit any of the fields housed in a Gatekeeper Form Section, just select the Edit icon (three dots) to the right of the appropriate field.
Click the pencil/paper icon to modify the Form field.
From the corresponding screen, designate any of the following:
- Label - This is how the field will be labelled in the Form and throughout the Workflow process
- Set as card name - This determines the Card Name as shown in the Workflow
- Type - Choose from an available Gatekeeper field type. For more detailed information regarding field Types, click here.
Note: The Type for any Gatekeeper field is locked once created and cannot be changed. This option will be restricted unless a new field is being added.
- Description - This offers a place to house a description of this field Gatekeeper for informational purposes
- Text - This is the text appearing when a user hovers over the "i" icon (only visible on the Form if Text has been added).
- Link - A URL can be added here if desired, recommended to use a shortened link for user experience.
- Link Text - If entering a Link for your field, this can be used to give the URL a title (rather than displaying the whole URL itself!)
Here's how the "Contract Name" field would display on the Form based on the above configuration.
Be sure to click ✅ Save when done.
How do I set the Card Name?
Typically, we see the card name being the Contract Name or Supplier Name.
In fact, if you add a Predefined Contract Core Metadata or Supplier Core Metadata form section to your workflow, Gatekeeper will choose the Contract Name or Supplier Name as your default Card Name automatically - whichever you add first
However, you can use almost any field in your workflow form to serve as the card name
To set the Card Name 🛠
1. Find your desired field within the First Phase's Form tab and select the Edit icon (three dots) to the right as shown below
2. Click the pencil/paper icon to modify the field settings
Check the box that says "Set as card name" and click "Save".
The card name can be identified at a glance by the bold font when viewing it in the Form configuration page:
How do I amend Form Layouts?
There are 2 types of Form Layout.
1. Simple Layout
This presents all form sections to the form submitter in one continuous page. It maximises the width available for the input boxes.
This layout is better suited for shorter forms or forms where long inputs need to be provided
i.e. the Side Menu layout takes away some of the screen space from fields to display a menu. Therefore, users typing long answers or viewing long question names may prefer the Simple layout
2. Side Menu Layout
This layout gives the form submitter a way to paginate through each section.
This layout is better suited for long forms with many complex sections.
Changing Form Layout 🛠
Click 
LAYOUT on the form Phase
You can customise the layout on a phase-by-phase basis or quickly set all phases to use the same layout by selecting "Apply to all Phases."
Viewing Form Section Settings 🔎
You can view the Hidden/Read-Only/Editable settings for your Form in 2 ways:
1 - While editing a specific phase, you will be able to see on the Form tab the setting alongside each Form section title:
2 - While on the kanban view, you will be able to switch to the Form Config mode. This will show you the Form settings for every Section/Field across every workflow phase
While in this global Form Configuration view, you can also edit the Mandatory/Hidden settings for Fields or entire Form Sections by hovering over them:
Up Next ➡️
Once you have configured all your Form sections, fields & guidance, learn how to get these forms into the hands of your users so they can initiate new workflows for requesting contract/vendor-based processes