Is it possible to morph an a form submission asset into anything else?
Basiscally, I want to publish content captured through a form to the front end. But form submission assets can't really be viewed so well. I've linked assets in the submission logs under a new folder as type 2 assets. But is there anything more I can do to make them behave or display more like a standard page?
Where are the morphing options?
I looked on the forum and the advice says that the asset has to be under construction and then you can morph the asset type in the settings screen. I've tried this with form submissions, standard pages and asset builders that were all under construction, but no options appeared to morph on the settings screen. I tried logging in as the root user - no difference. Is it because of the asset types I've got to start with?
Morphing really only applies to things like files and users. But yes, you were correct that it is on the settings screen, you were just trying the wrong asset type.
As for the form submissions, since they don't have URLs you can't view them as their own page really. But, you can set up an asset listing to list them, and you could set it to show only 1 asset at a time, which would show it as its own page but through the asset listing page. If you want the submissions to be public, you need to change the permissions of the submissions folder, as it has public read access denied by default.
To my knowledge you cannot morph a form submission asset into anything else. The morphing option has been specifically coded only for certain asset types (that share common functionality). The form submission data can be exported into xml/csv on the submission logs screen of the form asset if you wish to manipulate the data outside of matrix. If you wanted to convert them to standard pages the process would most likely be a manual one, or there has been custom development approaches for things like this in the past.
Form submissions can also be listed out using an asset listing if you wanted to expose the information submitted in forms to the front end of your website.
Is it possible to morph an a form submission asset into anything else?
Basiscally, I want to publish content captured through a form to the front end. But form submission assets can't really be viewed so well. I've linked assets in the submission logs under a new folder as type 2 assets. But is there anything more I can do to make them behave or display more like a standard page?
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The Form Submission data is stored in a format that is not compatible with any other asset. Further to that this asset does not inherit from any particular asset type that would support a "morph" operation.
The Form Submission data can be listed via an Asset Listing targeting the Submissions folder.
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2. Where are the morphing options?
I looked on the forum and the advice says that the asset has to be under construction and then you can morph the asset type in the settings screen. I've tried this with form submissions, standard pages and asset builders that were all under construction, but no options appeared to morph on the settings screen. I tried logging in as the root user - no difference. Is it because of the asset types I've got to start with?
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The asset types listed (if at all) will depend on the inheritance structure of the asset you are trying to morph. For a list of this structure, please click the Asset Tree icon in the toolbar on the backend. This shows asset inheritance but the destination asset type must also be capable of storing the data in the same way. For example, it is possible to morph a "Backend User" to a "User".
Edit: Thanks also to Nic and Anthony for the posts above while I was composing mine
