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Creating InfoPath List and Adding Lists to SharePoint

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InfoPath is a versatile data-collection tool designed to make the creation of forms within SharePoint extremely easy, efficient, and connected to out-of-the-box or custom workflows. And yet, for IT pros and even SharePoint developers, InfoPath remains a mysterious application. Because SharePoint adoption is steadily increasing, I want to pull back the veil to show you how you can integrate InfoPath forms in your SharePoint environment without the need for coding.

Here is the Step by step procedure for a small example.

First open Infopath ---

File --- New --- Under Popular Form Templates  

 

Select **Sharepoint List. **

As soon as you select it, one dialog box will appear

i.e., **Data connection wizard Dialog box. **

It will ask the URL of your sharepoint site

Copy and paste your Sharepoint site url (Where do you want to deploy the List) and click on Next.

 

Then it will ask Whether you wanted to create New Sharepoint List or Customize an existing one.

Select New list and type name (For example ExampleList) of list.

Click Next.

 

Click Finish.

Now you can find Infopath list which is having default Title and Attachments columns. You can delete attachments column. (

But cannot able to delete Tilte column).

Create columns based on your requiremnt.

Create a submit button as well. 

Right click on Submit button---Under submit options button---

Enable Allow users to submit this from and send form data to a single destination,

Under that we do get different options like:

  • SharePoint list 
  • E-mail  
  • Sharepoint Doc Lib 
  • Web services 
  • Web server 
  • Hosting Env

Seelct SharePoint List from the drop down list.

It means that if you submit the List, it will save into SharePoint List under your Sharepoint Site.

Now save the file into your file location with some name. For example BasicExample.xsn.

Click Publish.

Select Sharepoint List and it will show you a dialog box message.

i.e., Your form template was published sucessfully and you will find a link "Open the SharePoint list in the browser".

You can find list in your SharePoint Site.

Now you can add lists to this directly from SharePoint.

or

Send this file (BasicExample.xsn) which you saved in your file location, to E-mail reciepents. If they fill the

List and click on submit button- it will be saved in your SharePoint Site list.

See, without SharePoint usage you can add lists to Sharepoint with help of Infopath Forms.