This will be a step by step walkthrough of how you can leverage Zapier to customize the action following a form submission in Beekeeper. In this particular case, we will be entering the form information, along with the form submitter's information, into a Google Sheets spreadsheet.

Pre-requisites

• A subscription to the Ops-Suite with a selected form to build this workflow around (see our documentation here)
• A paid premium Zapier account as this requires the Webhooks feature and Multi-step Zaps
• An account with the target service (here we are using Google Sheets)

Walkthrough

For this setup we will be using a sample form with three very basic questions as shown below.

This whole process requires several steps, but follow along with the screenshots in this guide and you will have your new workflow up and running in no time.

Step 1: Generate a Webhook URL within Zapier and Test Data

1. Go to the Beekeeper Dashboard and follow these instructions to create your form.
2. Log into Zapier and create a zap with Webhooks by Zapier and Google Sheets where the action for Webhooks is Catch Hook and the action for Google Sheets is Create Spreadsheet Row.
   
   We will eventually be adding a step in between that retrieves a user from Beekeeper, but for now this will be enough to get started.
   
   
3. After selecting Use Zap, you should be taken to a Choose App & Event page that has a Custom Webhook URL. Take this URL and copy it to your clipboard.
4. Return to the Forms builder page and click on the gear icon of your form.
5. Click on Connect Submission > Connect to Webhook.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Once in the Send Submissions to Webhook dialog box, paste your copied Custom Webhook URL into the text field and hit Save.
   
   
   
7. Before you can continue with the configuration of the zap, you need to create a sample submission first.
   • Click on the gear icon again and then Share Form > Get Link.
     
     
   • Paste the copied Link into a new tab or window
   • Fill out the form that is loaded and click Submit
     
     
8. Once you've hit submit and see the Done button, return to Zapier and click continue and then Test Trigger. This should populate with data from the form you just submitted and will be viewable in the screenshot below. Click continue and move on to Step 2!
   
   

Step 2: Retrieve User Information from Beekeeper

While the PTO form we are using requests information about the user who submitted it, sometimes you need to see other info about that user, like username, email, phone number or any other important piece of information held in Beekeeper.

1.) To retrieve this info we will add another step in the zap by clicking on the plus button between the two existing Zap stages. Choose the Beekeeper app and select the option Find User. 

2.) Click Continue and select your tenant if it has already been connected, or select the Add a New Account button to connect your Beekeeper tenant. This requires you to create a bot if you haven't already.

3.) Continue through that page and see the Customize User window. Here there is one required field called Search Query and for this, click the dropdown and see all of the fields that are available to search. Select the Payload Submitted By field, and hit continue to test the data.

4.) Once the test has run, it should pull the form submitter's Beekeeper profile information. If this is successful, it should take you directly to the Create Spreadsheet Row in Google Sheets and conclude Step 2 of this workflow setup!

Step 3: Populating Google Sheets with Form and User Data

To finish up the whole workflow, we must finally enter this information we have been gathering into the target spreadsheet. This assumes you already have a Google account with a Google sheet you wish to record the data in. Use row 1 to define what will be imported by Zapier as shown below and while there is much more information captured by the form, for the purpose of this walkthrough I will be populating just 4 fields in the Google sheet, as seen below. Use this as an opportunity to figure out what information will be important to capture!

We will be using the Webhook to populate question 1, question 2, and question 3 and using the Beekeeper user lookup to populate Username and Last Name.

1.) Click into the Create Spreadsheet Row in Google Sheets step, and see the Choose Account page. Use the Google Sheet account drop-down and select (or connect) your Google account where you created the submissions sheet.

2.) Click Continue and, once you are in Customize Spreadsheet Row, use the Spreadsheet and Worksheet drop-downs to select the correct sheet and page to pipe data to.

3.) Once you have selected the Spreadsheet and Worksheet where you wish to populate the data, the page should refresh and provide you a list of the headers that you can choose to submit data to!

4.) For each of these drop-downs, you have the opportunity to select data from the Catch Hook or the Find User in Beekeeper step to be included on the form line. For question 1, question 2 and question 3 use the Catch Hook values. In this step, the field names will have a randomized ID value that can be a bit confusing at first. Do not fear, just check to make sure the label is the correct question before selecting the value object to put into the Spreadsheet row. For example, here I'm checking the Question 1 label and then selecting the value to be put into that column of the spreadsheet.

5.) After mapping the fields how you would like them, click Continue and then Test & Continue. Check your spreadsheet and see that the data has been correctly populated!

6.) Once the final test has gone through, an option should appear that says Zap is ready - now turn it on! and once you want to bring this workflow live, hit the toggle and adjust the permissions in Beekeeper for the shortcut!

You should now be all set up, but if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please reach out to your CSM, CSE or Support.

Other Uses for Webhook Connected Forms

Now that you understand the full workflow of a Webhook Connected Form, the final step can be adjusted with Zapier's connected apps, to fit any use case you need!

Here we used Google Sheets, but Zapier provides a Microsoft Office 365 integration that can connect directly to Excel, a Gmail integration that can send out an email with form submission information, and even a Twitter integration that could tweet form submissions if you would like.