# Edit form submission and CommCare app **URL:** \ **Category:** Users\ **Created:** [February 7, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/edit-form-submission-and-commcare-app/3256 "2017-02-07T12:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alberto\_Gualtieri1](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Alberto\_Gualtieri1](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Alberto_Gualtieri1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/edit-form-submission-and-commcare-app/3256/1 "2017-02-07T12:37:00Z")
Hi, If I edit a submitted form using the "Edit Form" option, does the edit reflect on the app? I tried to submit a couple of forms and than I made some edits using the "edit form" but the edits do not reflect on the app. Is there a way to make it happen? Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![Aliza\_Stone](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aliza\_Stone](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Aliza_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/edit-form-submission-and-commcare-app/3256/2 "2017-02-07T13:28:16Z")
Hi Alberto. Have you synced with the server since editing those submissions? You will need to do that in order for the changes made on HQ to show up on the phone. > **···** > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Alberto Gualtieri wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > If I edit a submitted form using the "Edit Form" option, does the edit > > reflect on the app? > > I tried to submit a couple of forms and than I made some edits using the > > "edit form" but the edits do not reflect on the app. Is there a way to make > > it happen? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Simon\_Kelly](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.dimagi.com/simon_kelly/32/494_2.png) [@Simon\_Kelly](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Simon_Kelly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/edit-form-submission-and-commcare-app/3256/3 "2017-02-07T13:55:21Z")
If the form updates a case then any change to the case will be synced to the mobile devices. I would caution against using 'Edit Form' for any core workflow since it does have some limitations as described here: [https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Edit+Form+Submissions](https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Edit+Form+Submissions) > **···** > > On 7 February 2017 at 14:37, Alberto Gualtieri wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > If I edit a submitted form using the "Edit Form" option, does the edit > > reflect on the app? > > I tried to submit a couple of forms and than I made some edits using the > > "edit form" but the edits do not reflect on the app. Is there a way to make > > it happen? > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > Simon Kelly > Senior Engineer | Dimagi South Africa ---
**Author:** ![Alberto\_Gualtieri](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Alberto\_Gualtieri](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Alberto_Gualtieri)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/edit-form-submission-and-commcare-app/3256/4 "2017-02-07T13:35:45Z")
I did but they phone doesn't reflect the changes I made... > **···** > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Aliza Stone wrote: > > > Hi Alberto. Have you synced with the server since editing those > > submissions? You will need to do that in order for the changes made on HQ > > to show up on the phone. > > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Alberto Gualtieri [koderrimo@gmail.com](mailto:koderrimo@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > If I edit a submitted form using the "Edit Form" option, does the edit > > > reflect on the app? > > > I tried to submit a couple of forms and than I made some edits using the > > > "edit form" but the edits do not reflect on the app. Is there a way to make > > > it happen? > > > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "commcare-users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > topic/commcare-users/Vr8PtsHWerU/unsubscribe. > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > _Alberto Gualtieri_ > United Nations University - MERIT > Master of Public Policy and Human Development, 2016 > ITA +393389164740 ---
**Author:** ![czue](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.dimagi.com/czue/32/493_2.png) [@czue](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/czue)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/edit-form-submission-and-commcare-app/3256/5 "2017-02-07T14:41:18Z")
I just added another limitation - you may need to perform a user data reset [https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/CommCare+Android+Troubleshooting](https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/CommCare+Android+Troubleshooting) on the device to see the updated data. Do ensure that you fully sync with server before doing this or you may lose data. > **···** > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Simon Kelly wrote: > > > If the form updates a case then any change to the case will be synced to > > the mobile devices. > > > > I would caution against using 'Edit Form' for any core workflow since it > > does have some limitations as described here: [https://confluence](https://confluence). > > [dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Edit+Form+Submissions](http://dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Edit+Form+Submissions) > > > > On 7 February 2017 at 14:37, Alberto Gualtieri [koderrimo@gmail.com](mailto:koderrimo@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > If I edit a submitted form using the "Edit Form" option, does the edit > > > reflect on the app? > > > I tried to submit a couple of forms and than I made some edits using the > > > "edit form" but the edits do not reflect on the app. Is there a way to make > > > it happen? > > > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "commcare-users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > Simon Kelly > > Senior Engineer | Dimagi South Africa > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout).