The first thing you need to do to create a Gravity Form-based wpDataTable is to prepare a Gravity Form, and add at least one form entry in it. In this tutorial we will create a wpDataTable based on a dummy “Seminar Feedback Form” form that has 15 entries. Each form field will be shown as a wpDataTable column, and each form entry will render one row in the wpDataTable. On the left side you can see a dummy form that will be used in this tutorial.

Form fields that can be displayed in wpDataTable as columns are: “Event Name“, “Event Venue“, “Date“, “Group/Association Name”, “Do you think this venue is appropriate?“, “Did you receive all the information you required?“, “How would you rate any workshops attended?“, “Would you like to attendee any further Conference?“,  although it is not required to show all of them in the table.

Set a name for your new wpDataTable to help you find the table later; then choose “Gravity Form” as the Input data source type. After you choose “Gravity Form” as a table type, a new selectbox “Choose a Gravity Form” will appear. With this selectbox, you can choose a form, that will provide entries as data for your new table. In this tutorial we will use the “Seminar Feedback” form.

After this step you will see a selectbox “Choose fields to show as columns” that allows you to choose the form fields you will use as columns. Using this selectbox, you can choose form fields that will be used in the table. Fields are separated in two categories: Form Fields and Common fields.

Form Fields are fields that were added in the process of creating a Gravity Form. Here, the fields are: “Your Name“, “Your Phone Number“, “Is This Pick Up or Delivery?“, “Delivery Date“, “Delivery Time“, “Delivery Address“, “Product Name“, “Select Your Size“, “Select Your Crust“, “Choose Your Toppings”, “Instructions or Additional Comments” and “Your Order Total“.

Common Fields are the default metadata fields that exist for every Gravity Form entry, and can be added in every Gravity Form based wpDataTable. These fields are always same: “Entry Date“, “Entry Id“, “User” and “User IP“.

As mentioned above, it is not required to add all these fields to create a wpDataTable – just choose the ones you would like to show in the table. In this example we will add “Event Name“, “Event Venue“, “Date“, “Group/Association Name”, “Do you think this venue is appropriate?“, “Did you receive all the information you required?“, “How would you rate any workshops attended?“, “Would you like to attendee any further Conference?“, and “Entry Date” from the Common Fields category.

Once you’ve selected the fields/columns you want to show in the table, click “Save Changes”, and a wpDataTable will be created and displayed in the “Table preview and columns setup” card. You can see in the image on the left that the new wpDataTable. Each row represents one form entry that was previously added in the form.