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New Responsive (Office365) - Current limitations

EuanGamble
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Updated: 28th April 2021

 

This page is updated regularly as we ship new features. If you are interested in a particular feature, please let us know in the comments below.

 

Current functionality which is available in Old Responsive but not available in New Responsive:

  • Controls not available
    • Calculated value (Planned - alternative solution)
    • Hyperlink (Under consideration)
  • Choice - Multiple control limitation
    • Choice - Multiple control does not have a 'Default value' property
  • Choice - Single control limitation
    • A choice cannot be deselected in the 'Display type' of 'Drop-down list'
  • Repeating section limitations
    • Binding a repeating section to a column and displaying on a Task Form
  • Variables
    • Cannot bind a variable to a SharePoint column (Under consideration)
  • Validation
    • People picker cannot be used in a validation rule
  • Functions not available
    • App created by
    • App modified by
    • Folder child count
    • Item Child Count
    • currency
    • currentRowNumber
    • inArray
    • rows
    • userEquals
    • Currency
    • DoesMemberExistInAudience
    • IsCurrentUser
    • XmlDecode
    • XmlEncode
    • Lookup function (Partially supported)
      • Not supported on Nintex Mobile
      • Does not support a returned array of multiple items.
        NB: The Array Separator on the Lookup function applies to a single column containing an array (e.g a Multichoice column, not a collection of returned items)
      • Lookup to Managed Metadata, People, Lookup columns is not supported
  • Rich text
    • Does not allow images (Planned for future release)
    • Does not allow coloured text (Planned for future release)
    • Does not allow background colour (Planned for future release)
  • Nintex Mobile
    • Default value for People Picker control is not supported
  • Translations
    • Currently, we are only supporting English. 
  • Nintex Forms Web Part
    • The Nintex Forms web part is currently not supported for New Responsive Forms.
  • Publishing APIs
    • The publishing APIs currently do not support New Responsive forms
  • Platform features
    • Manage The Base Form is not available currently
  • Print to PDF
    • Currently does not include the 'Page break guide'
  • Button
    • Cannot disable buttons
    • Cannot add buttons

 

The following functions are not currently planned as they can be achieved through rules or operator syntax:

  • LessThan
  • lessThanOrEqual
  • Or
  • Equals
  • GreaterThan
  • GreaterThanOrEqual
  • And
  • or
  • lessThan
  • lessThanOrEqual
  • equals
  • greaterThan
  • greaterThanOrEqual
  • and

 

Some features that have been requested which were not in the previous version of Nintex Responsive Forms:

  • Multipage
    • Cannot hide pages (This is currently under consideration but not scheduled. Please vote on this page if you would like to see this feature here)
    • Cannot conditionally build logic into Next/Previous buttons
  • Managed metadata limitations
    • Managed metadata control does not allow 'Fill-in' choices
  • Choice control limitations
    • Choice - Multiple control does not allow value to be set through rules
    • Choice - Multiple control does not allow fill-in choices
    • Choice - Single control does not allow fill-in choices when using Drop-down list
  • Repeating section
    • Does not support File Upload control (Considered for a future release)
    • Does not support Signature control (Considered for a future release)

 

Previously unavailable features now available:

  • Lookup control
    • Lookup control will now query across site collections within then tenant. 
  • Button features
    • Save as draft
    • Redirect
  • File Upload control
  • Single Line of Text (Text - Short)
    • Now supports regex for validation
  • People Picker limitations
    • Default value property is not available
  • Rules
    • Inline function to trigger a rule
  • Nintex Mobile
    • Forms will not appear in Nintex Mobile
    • Task Forms will not appear
  • Choice control limitations
    • Choice - Single control does not allow 'Fill-in' choices for radio button choice
  • Variables
    • Variables calculated on Form mode
  • Functions
    • lookup (NB: Lookup to Managed Metadata, People, Lookup columns are not supported)
    • IsMemberOfGroup
  • Repeating section
    • Calculation within a row 
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Best answer by eharris04 17 May 2019, 00:59

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Current limitations will change over time. So keep looking here for a list of what cannot be done until this goes GA.

F
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Is this list being updated?   I only see a couple items addressed.    Is there somewhere to see an ETA on any of these items?

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@fb123 wrote:

Is this list being updated?   I only see a couple items addressed.    Is there somewhere to see an ETA on any of these items?



Also interested in the ETA for these items

EuanGamble
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Hi @riveranl, 


 


What features are most important to you?


 


Cheers,
Euan 

R

Hey @EuanGamble ,


 


We are looking for the multipage ability listed above (conditionally hide pages), the fill-in ability for choice controls, buttons, hyperlinks, and calculated value controls as our top priority since we are using these controls in our current modern forms. 


 


Thanks!

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@EuanGamble


  I have a list with lots of items that have attachments that are now completely inaccessible that I've published a New Responsive Nintex form.  Is there a workaround to get to these files?

EuanGamble
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Hi @calmaguer,


 


This is a known issue we are aware of. Would you mind sending an email to support at support@nintex.com so we can get your details? This will increase the priority.


 


Thanks,


Euan

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Hi Euan,


 


I am having issue with the New Responsive form regarding the missing calculated value controls, the suggested method of using Label control with Variable does not seem to work for me. The scenario as follows:


 


I have a SharePoint list lookup control (source = Supplier List) and I wanted to display the lookup value of Contact Person from the list on the form dynamically when I change the selection. I try to create a variable to perform a lookup function and set a label to show the variable but nothing is showing.


 


Please let me know how I could overcome this.


 


Thanks,


Gan


 


 

EuanGamble
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Hi @ganww,


 


I have put together a video explaining how I would solve this.


 



 


Hope this is helpful.


 


Cheers,


Euan

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Hi Euan,


 


Thanks for taking the time to come up with this great video. I was not aware the need to use ParseLookup as the old Responsive form does not require that.


 


It is good to know you have the auto complete feature embedded to the dropdown controls. Nice!


 


Regards,


Gan

EuanGamble
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Hi Gan,


 


My youtube channel (Link) has quite a view short videos that may help you get up to speed with the New Responsive designer.


 


We are frequently updating the New Responsive designer, so please let us know what else you would like to see!

Cheers,


Euan

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Is there a way to set a multi-choice field with a default value?

EuanGamble
Userlevel 5
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Hi @rbachmann,


 


We currently do not support default value for the 'Choice - Multiple' control and cannot set the value through rules.


 


I have updated the Current Limitations page. Thanks for your question.


 


Cheers,


Euan

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Can you please add back the ability to use regex when validating a field on the new responsive form designer.  It is one of the dropped features that is keeping me from moving to the new designer.  The text mask is too limited for the validations I am trying to accomplish.


Thanks

EuanGamble
Userlevel 5
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Hi @RTK,


 


We have regex in the backlog but is not scheduled at this time.


 


Can you share the regex you would like to use and also the use case?


 


Thanks,


Euan

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Hello @EuanGamble ,


 


The current specific regex I want to use is:  ^[CcPpSsVv]{1}[Pp]{1}[0-9]{9}:[0-9]{2}$ 


This will ensure the input I get is in the exact format I need for our purchase orders and saves time for our clerks from having to go back to people and get the correct PO number when they miss a digit or pick the wrong type, etc.  I didn't see regex on the list of limitations yet.

EuanGamble
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Hi @RTK,


 


Thank you for providing that detail. I have updated the list of limitations.


 


Regards,


Euan


 


 

AnkurAgarawal
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@EuanGamble Hi, Do we have an cascading dropdown in new resposive form, i am not able to find option to filter dropdown values based on other selected value. Please suggest.


If it is not available now, any plans to include in near future?


 


Same is not mentioed in the current limitation list.


 


Thanks,


Ankur

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@EuanGamble 


To use the new responsive designer, we really need the hyperlink-control to link internal and external documents in the form. We can't understand why a probably simple control like that (in relation to other controls) is not included yet. Can you please give us an idea when it's planned to implement/publish?

Thanks in advance!

EuanGamble
Userlevel 5
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Hi @eveN,


 


We are wanting to complete the Hyperlink control, but it is dependant on some other work we are currently doing.



To give some background, SharePoint manages complex data in an unusual way. By that I mean the hyperlink stores the hyperlink title and the hyperlink as a string which, behind the scenes looks like "myhyperlink#;https://myhyperlink.com". So when we want to do formulas and rules, the data is not particularly helpful and requires more work. We are working on better ways to deal with this data and making our product easier to use.


 


I don't have a date, but it is certainly in our plan.


 


Would a hyperlink in a Text - Long (rich text) control help?


 



 


Cheers,


Euan

EuanGamble
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Hi @AnkurAgarawal,



Yes you can filter and use cascading drop downs. I have a video showing this functionality.


 



 


Cheers,
Euan

AnkurAgarawal
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Thank you @EuanGamble this is amazing, I missed it somehow.

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Hi,


Why is there no option to type in a date ? The only way is to use a "non-intuitive way" of selecting year, month and day. Is this something that is considered ? Is there a work around ?


 

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@nemegeerm1,Could you use a short text field?

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@riveranl Yes, ok I understand what you mean. But how do I the store the value in a date column ? I can only connect it to "single line of text" columns.

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