Dashboard Request Portal // Embedding Google Form with BloX

Solution:

To manage requests for new dashboards (or any other data collection needs) you can embed a Google Form straight into a dashboard using BloX! Get started with this BloX template and follow the steps below.

You can then create a dashboard to manage and track the responses by connecting to Google Sheets.

Embed Your Google Form

Collect Responses Straight From a Dashboard

Manage and Track Requests

Steps:

1. Create your Google Form

2. Configure settings to allow the form to render for any browser, even if no user is signed in to a google account. Then specify additional options.

3. Set up response collection to populate a Google Sheet.

4. Select Share then the embed <> Symbol to get iframe code

5. Modify the code for BloX

Double quotes are swapped for single quotes.

Before:

<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxLrVbjkRK25fkSwyRUQt7QZKO9h6-pBesI-7XuEXWK5GzSQ/viewform?embedded=true" width="700" height="520" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">Loading…</iframe>

After:

<iframe src='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxLrVbjkRK25fkSwyRUQt7QZKO9h6-pBesI-7XuEXWK5GzSQ/viewform?embedded=true' width='640' height='2931' frameborder='0' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>Loading…</iframe>

6. Import the BloX template.

7. Using the template, replace the text in line 20 with your modified code.