Field Names

  • Resolved patrickradcliffe

    (@patrickradcliffe)


    8 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hi WS Form Support,

    I’m building a multi-step form for a wholesale portal (Elementor Pro + Hello theme) and need to set explicit field Names for JSON mapping to Business Central.

    Issue

    • In the form editor, when I select a field and open Advanced, I don’t see a Data → Name input—only style/restrictions.
    • I also don’t see a toolbar option like More/View → Show Field Names.
    • Screenshots attached show the editor and Advanced tab.

    Questions

    1. Where do I enable Show Field Names (or Developer Mode) so I can set the Name for each field? Is this feature available in my build/license?
    2. For repeatable groups (Contacts, Ship-to, Registrations), which feature do I need—Repeatable Section in PRO? How do I set the section Name so submissions output arrays (e.g., contacts[])?
    3. To POST custom JSON to Power Automate, do I need WS Form PRO → Actions → Webhook? Can I send custom JSON with my own keys?
    4. If I stay on Free, what’s the recommended way to get submission data with predictable keys (alternative to Webhook)?

    Environment

    • WordPress
    • WS Form: version Free
    • Theme: Hello
    • Page builder: Elementor Pro [version]
    • URL: partner.patrickradcliffe.com (staging)

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Author Mark Westguard

    (@westguard)

    8 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hi @patrickradcliffe

    Thanks for your inquiry!

    1. Unless I am mistaken, it looks like you might be asking an AI chatbot for assistance because Data > Name / Show Field Names and Developer Mode are not settings we have. I’d recommend referring to our knowledge base for support.

      Field names in WS Form are fixed intentionally and that is explained in more detail here:

      https://wsform.com/knowledgebase/html-form-attributes/

      In short they are fixed to ensure functionality such as repeaters, conditional logic and calculations work efficiently.

      However, as that article also explains there are plenty of ways of referencing fields in other ways. For example you can use IDs, classes or even add your own custom attributes.

      If you need to send data to a third party API (e.g. Power Automate) our PRO edition has actions such as the Webhook and Run WordPress Hook that enable you to fully customize the names used for each field in the payload.
    2. Repeatable sections are available in all editions of WS Form PRO (Personal, Freelance and Agency). Using our Webhook action in PRO you could use dot notation to format an API load in any way you wish, including converting repeaters to arrays of objects.
    3. Yes. WS Form PRO has the Webhook action that enables you to build JSON payloads that you can send to third party APIs. It is documented in detail here.
    4. If you opt to stay on LITE, consider using one of our hooks to capture the submitted data and write your own PHP to connect to the API endpoint. The Webhook action does make that a lot easier and quicker to set up though.

    I hope this helps!

    Mark

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