Box: Upload File Recipe

Set up the Box: Upload File Workflow Recipe by completing these instructions.

Updated over a week ago

Upload PDF versions of your completed Forms to Box automatically with the Box Upload File Workflow recipe.

Follow the steps below to set up your recipe in the Workflows tab of the GoFormz web app.

  1. Click Create.

    Screenshot displaying the location of the Create button in the Workflows tab of the GoFormz web app.



    The Workflow Recipes Library will appear.

  2. Select the Box Workflow recipe.

    Screenshot displaying the Workflow Recipes Library in the GoFormz web app.



    You will navigate to the Workflow Recipe Builder.

  3. Setup your Workflow trigger by assigning your Completed By, Template, and Form completion options.

    1. Select the appropriate user-based trigger using the Completed By drop-down menu.

      Your Completed By selection indicates the user or users for whom you want this action to apply. Options include Anyone, Specific User, or Group.

    2. Select the appropriate Template from the Template drop-down menu.

    3. Check the box next to Only run after initial form completion if you want this Workflow to trigger only for the first time a Form is completed.

      Screenshot displaying the location of the trigger setup action in the Workflow builder in the GoFormz web app.


      Click Next.

  4. Set up your Export Form to PDF action.

    Assign your PDF settings by selecting the pages to be exported, and naming your PDF.

    a. Select the Form pages you want exported to PDF.

    Note: If you want to export all Form pages, leave this field blank.

    Screenshot displaying the Export Form to PDF action in the Workflow Builder of the GoFormz web app.


    b. Click Advanced. Here you will assign your PDF a name in Filename.

    Note: If you choose not to name your PDF, your PDF will adopt the name of the corresponding completed Form.

    Click Next.

  5. Set up your Upload File action.
    This will include establishing your Connection, Destination Path, and File URL.

    Connection is a drop-down menu which lists your available Box connections. Your Box connections determine the options available to you here.

    Your Destination Path determines the Box folder where your received files are delivered.

    Your File URL references the associated action steps and your output.

  6. If you want to activate your Workflow immediately, click the Activation slider.
    The Workflow Activation status will display as Active or Inactive.

    Screenshot displaying the location of the Activation Slider and Save button in the Workflow Builder of the GoFormz web app.


  7. Click Save.

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