Update/Overwrite/Append Data Options for Contact Property Fields
Basically for each property I want 3 options to choose from: 1) Update value if blank 2) Append to value 3) Overwrite value
Sample use case(s): Append Option: Notes Field I have a comments field on my contact form where someone sends us a query. If that contact later submits another query I don't want to lose the previous info from my records. I want to see the new information appended to that field. (Can't keep creating new properties and using smart properties).
Overwrite Option Standard as happens curently with most fields, if a contact enters a new phone number it overrides the previous data to keep it updated with the latest information.
Update if Blank option - Lead Source When a lead comes in, I assign the Lead Source to it, but I only want that updated if there is no previous Lead Source assigned to it. I don't want subsequent forms to overwrite the value. Smart Field(s) works only partially because if I use the API to submit forms, smart fields do not stop it from being overwritten.
Posting on behalf of my customer, who is also requesting for a similar functionality. Requested feature: Append
If a user happens to submit this form more than once, and places a different value for a field than their original submission, they would like for both values to be stored under their record (append), and not for the new value to simply overwrite the original.
We have a "Which products are you interested in?" multi-pick field which is offered on various forms. Currently, if an individual fills out multiple forms, the values are overwritten.
This would be absolutely invaluable. Currently struggling to find ways around capturing details from events and this would save so many issues. I'm surprised that this hasn't received more attention
Please get this implemented soon.It really is damaging that we only have the option to override all data or just not import new properties at all. This has caused problems plenty of times for our sales and marketing departments.
This is our #1 issue with HubSpot and it's frankly concerning that this was reported 2 years ago and it still hasn't been fixed. This functionality is present in every one of your competitors systems and it boggles the mind that someone thought that this was a good implementation for customer form field submissions. As it is currently set, everytime a customer leaves a message in our "Contact Us" form it erases all of their previous comments and is therefore useless. We are having to use a third party form tool in order to retain our customer data. Is this actually in the development pipeline or is it just lip service for two years with no intention of actually correcting the #1 issue with your product.
@Joseph_Markman I agree with you 100%, just wanted to offer a potential fix for storing all your contact-us form submissions, as technically, the solution to the above idea doesn't necessarily solve your problem (unless you want to append infinitely to a single field).
You could consider creating separate unique deals out of your Contact form submissions. That way, all submissions are stored separately and linked to the correct contact. Might also be a good way to jumpstart your sales process if you also use Hubspot as a CRM.
Does anyone at HubSpot care about this functionality - is it being worked on?? The idea has been open for a long time. Frankly the lack of functionality, specifically around overwriting field value that already exist without being able to lock them in is very amateur. I am all too frustrated that I can't prevent fields from being overwritten - particularly when importing.
Hi @kristen_sb - just pointing out in case you missed it, there is for now a workaroud we use - use temp fields, import to there, then copy from the temp field to the regular field if that is blank. That can be done with a workflow.
Based on Hubspot's record, I hope and assume we will see some progress on this soon.
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