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No duplicate values

Set no duplicate values for form fields

  1. Applicable to the following fields: single line , email , number , percent , decimal , currency , date , date-time , and users .
  2. Refer to this page to learn about the No duplicate values field property.
  1. Open the form builder.
  2. Select the required field.
  3. Navigate to the  Field Properties > Validation  section on the right.
  4. Check the  No duplicate values  checkbox:

Once you enable the  No duplicate values  property, if there are one or more pairs of existing records (submitted through that form) that store the same data in that field, Zoho Creator will prompt:

Only when you handle these duplicate entries — either by updating them with unique values or nullifying one record from each pair — will Zoho Creator permit you to enable the  No duplicate values  property.

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