# GETFORMDATA Workflow Application

## Overview

The **GETFORMDATA** workflow application lets you retrieve form field values for a specified request. It is useful when you need to retrieve form data which is not mapped to process data.

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GETFORMDATA can only be used with TEXT, NUMERIC, and DATETIME type fields and data.
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## Using default and other parameters

The required parameter is `REQUEST_ID` (IN, numeric), which is the request ID that contains the process data to retrieve.

The optional parameter is `FORM_DATA_NAME` (IN, text), which is the process data name that contains the form data to query. By default, GETFORMDATA uses the `FORM_DATA` process data name.

The other parameters are defined in the workflow action according to your needs:

* **Parameter name**: The form field full ID (e.g. `REQUEST_AMOUNT`)
* **Receive value into**: The process data to update

#### 📌 Example

To retrieve the value of the `REQUEST_COMPANY` form field into the `CUSTOMER_COMPANY` process data , the process data and the field data types must be the same. You may have to add an exception management to handle possible errors (e.g. invalid request ID).