Designing forms for SharePoint external lists

This topic describes how to design forms for SharePoint external lists.

Nintex Forms supports designing the form of a SharePoint external list (external content types). You can change the controls of the external data columns. This ability to change controls is not available with out-of-the-box SharePoint external lists, which limit users to single line textboxes.

For more information on external content types, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee558737.aspx

Note: The ID column is not supported in forms designed for SharePoint external lists. We recommend that the external content type manage the ID creation.

Note: External forms are not supported for these forms; you cannot publish forms designed for SharePoint external lists to the Nintex external platform.

To design a form for a SharePoint external list

  1. Configure and set up the SharePoint external list. 

    For more information, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728816.aspx.

  2. Design the form using Nintex Forms.

    See Forms designer.

Related information

Forms designer

Design forms in Nintex Workflow