Inkify for Google Forms
Start with the job your form is doing, then follow the matching setup path for the builder, Connected Forms, lookup Sheets, templates, licensing, and launch checks.
Team Seats are purchased on the website and managed in Inkify Hub. Exact-email assignment works right away; domain controls can be verified later.
Fast path
Open Inkify
Choose Open Inkify setup for the guided builder. Choose Continue Inkify setup when Inkify has already prepared an ordinary setup change that needs an active-Form menu confirmation.
For a dashboard, Save & Deploy each Form, press Copy link under Your Inkify Form Link, then press Create or open a dashboard. Paste each Form link and press Add Form. Use Older dashboard setup only to maintain a dashboard created with the earlier process.
Form role
Form role changes the guidance, next-step buttons, and setup emphasis. It does not change the document purpose, signer behavior, PDF/email behavior, or Connected Forms payloads by itself.
Use this when one Google Form only needs signatures, copies, storage, and a live Inkify link.
Use this only to maintain an existing dashboard that already uses the earlier role-based setup.
Use this only to maintain an existing dashboard that already uses the earlier role-based setup.
Core setup
Signature and copies
In Signature & copies, Require signature pad controls whether Inkify collects a signature and creates signed PDFs. Choose Yes when the signer must draw or type a signature and receive a signed PDF copy.
Choose No only for response-only workflows. Response-only forms can send response receipts, but they do not create signed PDFs; this can make Create Preview PDF or a preview PDF unavailable until signature mode is changed.
Support
The sidebar Version row shows the Marketplace add-on version loaded in Google Forms. If it says Update available, reload Google Forms. If the badge remains, close every browser tab for that Google Form, then reopen the Form from Google Drive; already-open Google Forms tabs can keep an older add-on iframe. Do not start a Connected Forms step while Update available is still shown. Continue only after the Version row shows a version number without the update badge.
Use Copy Support Info when support asks for diagnostics. The support block can include add-on build, latest Marketplace script version, Hub renderer, and form deployment state without exposing private form answers. If it says Form deployment: Save & Deploy recommended, click Save & Deploy after setup is ready so this form records the latest form-owned deployment metadata.
Production health
View the Inkify production status page for sanitized component status and already-published incidents. Inkify performs private verification before a service interruption is published.
A Processing result is truthful: Processing means customer-owned synchronization has not yet proven the final result. It does not by itself prove an outage. A problem in one monitored component does not automatically mean every Inkify workflow is unavailable.
Production monitoring never reads Form answers, signatures, PDFs, email contents, or customer-owned files. It uses bounded readiness results, safe markers, counts, and synthetic test resources. Daily and weekly checks are bounded scheduled checks, not a continuous guarantee.
If your workflow remains blocked, contact support@naborlydone.com with the support code and a plain-English description. Do not send private setup codes, Form answers, signatures, PDFs, or private Google links.
Repair
Custom templates
Use Custom Google Doc template when you need a signed PDF to follow your own document layout. Inkify reads placeholders from the selected Doc and shows them in Template Fields so you can confirm what will be replaced.
{{Full Name}}, {{Email}}, {{Timestamp}}, {{TXID}}, and {{Signature}}.{{q:<itemId>}} placeholders from Template Fields when question wording might change later.Formatting checklist: keep placeholders as plain {{...}} text, avoid placing v1 placeholders only in drawings or comments, map or ignore every unresolved token, then preview the PDF before Save & Deploy.
{{Email}}{{Timestamp}}{{TXID}}{{Transaction ID}}{{IP Address}}{{Event ID}}{{Consent Version}}{{Consent Accepted At}}{{Consent Text Hash}}{{Signed Record Hash}}Connected Forms
Every Form in a dashboard is an equal Connected Form. You never choose where completion status is sent or received. Every active Form shares safe completion status with every other Form in that dashboard.
Use Open link when you want to send one Form by itself. The same stable Form link can also be pasted into more than one dashboard.
If you paste the same Form twice, Inkify keeps one card. If dashboard use is off, return to that Form and enable it, then paste the same link again.
If completing any one of several Forms is enough, open Some Forms are choices, check those Forms, and press Save choice. For example, adult liability OR minor liability can count as one choice. The signee only looks up their information; Inkify uses the Form already completed and does not ask the signee to choose or guess.
Disable dashboard use stops that Form from being added or checked in dashboards. Its standalone Form link keeps working. Existing cards and their last verified dates remain visible as Connection ended.
Re-enable dashboard use and paste the same stable Form link to reconnect it.
If Inkify shows a support code: follow the plain-English next action first. If the step still does not finish, choose Copy support code and send only that code to support. Never send a Form answer, signature, PDF, or private Google link.
If Google Forms shows an update or storage error: refresh the Form, reopen Inkify, and choose the same goal again. Existing connections and customer-owned files stay in place.
Lookup Sheets
If Inkify finds more than one matching record, the result needs review. Signer dashboards do not receive private Sheet IDs or row data.
Answers
Open the License status drawer near the top of Guided Form Builder. It shows the current badge, Refresh license action, purchase or manage options, Redeem license code controls, and purchased license codes when available. Team Seat assignment lives in Inkify Hub on the website; refresh the sidebar after an assignment changes.
Choose Open Inkify setup for the guided builder. Choose Continue Inkify setup when Inkify has already staged an ordinary setup change. For a dashboard, Save & Deploy each Form, press Copy link under Your Inkify Form Link, then press Create or open a dashboard. Paste each Form link and press Add Form. Use Older dashboard setup only to maintain a dashboard created with the earlier process.
Do not recreate the dashboard. Check the Inkify Version row. If it says Update available, or the current build is older than the latest Apps Script version, close every browser tab for that Google Form and reopen the Form from Google Drive. Press Create or open a dashboard again only after the Version row is current. The existing dashboard and customer-owned files are not changed.
Inkify found an existing PDF Confirmation column in the response Sheet. Choose Use this column & continue once. Inkify records the approval, avoids creating a duplicate, and finishes deployment automatically. Existing responses and column values are not changed.
Only the requirement owner add-on reads a selected lookup Sheet. Signer dashboards receive only the lookup result they need, not Sheet IDs, tabs, rows, or private row data.
They stay in the form owner Google Workspace. The customer-owned add-on handles Google Form responses, response Sheets, Drive storage, signed PDFs, custom templates, signed-copy emails, private signing keys, and retention choices.
Use normal Google Doc text with placeholders in double braces, then review them in Template Fields after selecting the Doc. Form-answer placeholders can use question titles such as {{Full Name}} or stable question tokens such as {{q:123456789}}. System placeholders that do not need matching form questions include {{Email}}, {{Timestamp}}, {{TXID}}, {{Transaction ID}}, {{IP Address}}, {{Event ID}}, {{Consent Version}}, {{Consent Accepted At}}, {{Consent Text Hash}}, and {{Signed Record Hash}}. Use {{Signature}} for a captured signature field.
Open Copies & Storage, confirm Signed PDF Mode is Custom Google Doc template, then use Template Fields > Review Template Fields. Tokens marked Matched are ready. Tokens marked Needs mapping need a dropdown selection or an Ignore checkmark. Keep placeholders as plain {{...}} text where possible, avoid relying on drawings or comments for v1 placeholders, Save Mappings after changes, then create a preview PDF before Save & Deploy.
Yes. Setup Coach is optional and starts only when you ask Inkify Help to start it. It can track safe progress metadata, such as counts, setup steps, and blocker categories, for up to 90 days. Automatic add-on setup sync is separate and requires opt-in in both chat and the add-on.
By default, requirement PDFs use the requirement owner storage folder named Signed PDFs. When the requirement owner enables Create subfolders by dashboard source context, connected requirement PDFs can be stored as Signed PDFs / <dashboard source context>. The requirement owner add-on still creates and owns the folder and PDF.
Yes, when the requirement owner enables the Dashboard Intent option Create subfolders by dashboard source context. The source context comes from the connected registration or intake dashboard, but the source owner cannot control storage routing or provide source-owned storage details.
Yes, when the requirement owner enables Source owner copy on signee emails and the connected source owner accepts that option while accepting the invite. The requirement owner Google account sends the signee confirmation or signed-copy email and BCCs the trusted connected source owner. BCC is not visible to the signee.
Optional public lookup checks legacy records and optional lookup Sheets that match the submitted identity. It does not open private Connected Forms projections from the public page. Private Connected Forms records are verified after the signee completes the dashboard flow, in the applicable customer-owned Google account. If a card says Not confirmed here, that does not mean the private connection failed: continue the required form, return to the dashboard, and use Inkify → Sync now only if a completed submission still shows Processing.
Yes. First complete a dashboard member Form for that person so Inkify knows whom to check. Then run Inkify → Sync now on the Form with the older completion and on the Form where you review the dashboard. Inkify checks newer responses first, continues through older history in bounded passes, and updates only Inkify-managed status and date columns. It does not change submitted answers, resend receipt emails, or regenerate PDFs. If more than one historical transaction matches the same person, Inkify shows Needs review instead of silently marking it complete.
Each form owner keeps their own Google Form response Sheet. A connected dashboard can show status for linked requirements, but it does not centralize every private answer from every requirement form into the source form response Sheet. New Inkify-managed response rows render their timestamps in that response Sheet's configured time zone, including a time-zone abbreviation, UTC offset, and IANA time zone so a shared Sheet stays clear. Existing historical rows are not rewritten.
Submitted At is when Google Forms accepted the response. Signed At is the final validated signature-completion time, so it can be earlier than Submitted At; response-only rows leave Signed At blank. Both are displayed in the response Sheet owner's configured time zone with the time-zone abbreviation, UTC offset, and IANA time zone. If a signer's device clock is implausibly far from Google Forms' server timestamp, Inkify uses the Google submission time for Signed At instead of recording a misleading past or future date. Older signed payloads that did not record a separate completion event may use the consent-acceptance time as the legacy fallback.
Inkify stopped waiting because it could not yet prove that Google Forms recorded the response. Choose Check status again on the same page. Do not submit the form again unless the form owner asks you to. If the response remains unconfirmed, the form owner should open the updated Inkify setup and run Save & Deploy once to refresh that form’s owner-controlled submission settings. If Inkify asks to protect older PDF Confirmation history, approve keeping the existing receipt links and adding the new protected PDF Confirmation column. Existing response rows and receipt links stay in place.
Do not submit the form again. Google Forms already recorded the response, so the signee may close the page. The Form owner should open the affected Google Form, choose Add-ons (puzzle icon) → Inkify → Open Inkify setup, review any launch issue, then choose Save & Deploy or Retry Deploy if shown. This repairs owner-side response Sheet, PDF, email, and Connected Forms processing without removing the Google response.
No. After Save & Deploy, use the Live Inkify Link shown in the Inkify sidebar. The Google Forms responder link bypasses the Inkify signing page.
Check the launch status near the bottom of the builder. Common blockers include a missing signed-in admin email, incomplete signature/copy settings, missing required storage setup, or Connected Forms questions that still need installation.
If the add-on Version row says Update available, reload Google Forms. If the badge remains, close every browser tab for that Google Form, then reopen the Form from Google Drive so the Marketplace add-on can load the newest code. Do not start a Connected Forms step while Update available is still shown; that tab is still running an older release and can repeat an already-corrected setup error. Continue only after the Version row shows a version number without the Update available badge. If Support Info says Form deployment: Save & Deploy recommended, the add-on is loaded but this form needs Save & Deploy to refresh its form-owned deployment metadata.
Open Recovery and repair, enter the Transaction ID or Workflow ID in Signed Copy Recovery, then choose Resend Existing Copy or Regenerate & Resend. Recovery runs from the customer-owned add-on context and uses the form owner storage and email path.
Inkify Help
Sign in with an Inkify-recognized email to ask setup, privacy, terms, sidebar, and workflow questions. Setup Coach can optionally remember safe setup progress for up to 90 days; automatic add-on setup sync is opt-in and metadata-only. Do not paste private form responses, signatures, PDFs, private keys, Sheet rows, Drive file contents, templates, member data, or raw form content.