# Finalized form back to odk collect

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/finalized-form-back-to-odk-collect/5017>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 23, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/finalized-form-back-to-odk-collect/5017 "2015-11-23T07:27:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harrysmithooze](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@Harrysmithooze](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Harrysmithooze)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/finalized-form-back-to-odk-collect/5017/1 "2015-11-23T07:27:18Z")

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Hello,

How to get finalized form back to odk collect to do some correction in  
entry.

This is possible to send particular finalized form back to odk collect -\>  
Edit saved form section with filled data so user can easily change data and  
replace old data with new one?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/finalized-form-back-to-odk-collect/5017/2 "2015-11-23T07:28:49Z")

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The short answer is no.

Yaw

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> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:27 PM, [harrysmithooze@gmail.com](mailto:harrysmithooze@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > How to get finalized form back to odk collect to do some correction in  
> > entry.
> > 
> > This is possible to send particular finalized form back to odk collect -\>  
> > Edit saved form section with filled data so user can easily change data and  
> > replace old data with new one?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
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**Author:** ![Harrysmithooze](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@Harrysmithooze](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Harrysmithooze)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/finalized-form-back-to-odk-collect/5017/3 "2015-11-23T07:38:25Z")

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Thanks Yaw for your quick response

Is there any way to get data back to ODK Collect.

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> On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 12:59:34 PM UTC+5:30, Yaw Anokwa wrote: \> \> The short answer is no. \> \> Yaw \> -- \> Need ODK consultants? Nafundi provides form design, server setup, \> in-field training, and software development for ODK. Go to \> https://nafundi.com to get started. \> \> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:27 PM, \<harrysm...@gmail.com \> wrote: \> \> Hello, \> \> \> \> How to get finalized form back to odk collect to do some correction in \> \> entry. \> \> \> \> This is possible to send particular finalized form back to odk collect \> -\> \> \> Edit saved form section with filled data so user can easily change data \> and \> \> replace old data with new one? \> \> \> \> Thanks. \> \> \> \> -- \> \> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google \> Groups \> \> "ODK Developers" group. \> \> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send \> an \> \> email to opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com \> . \> \> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. \>

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**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/finalized-form-back-to-odk-collect/5017/4 "2015-11-23T07:41:20Z")

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ODK 1.0 wasn't designed with that edit use-case in mind. You can try  
[https://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/data-preloading](https://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/data-preloading) as a  
potential workaround or try ODK 2.0 (it's in alpha, so caveat emptor).

Yaw

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> -- Need ODK consultants? Nafundi provides form design, server setup, in-field training, and software development for ODK. Go to https://nafundi.com to get started.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:38 PM, [harrysmithooze@gmail.com](mailto:harrysmithooze@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Yaw for your quick response
> > 
> > Is there any way to get data back to ODK Collect.
> > 
> > On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 12:59:34 PM UTC+5:30, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
> > 
> > > The short answer is no.
> > > 
> > > ## Yaw
> > > 
> > > Need ODK consultants? Nafundi provides form design, server setup,  
> > > in-field training, and software development for ODK. Go to  
> > > [https://nafundi.com](https://nafundi.com) to get started.
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:27 PM, [harrysm...@gmail.com](mailto:harrysm...@gmail.com) wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > How to get finalized form back to odk collect to do some correction in  
> > > > entry.
> > > > 
> > > > This is possible to send particular finalized form back to odk collect  
> > > > -\>  
> > > > Edit saved form section with filled data so user can easily change data  
> > > > and  
> > > > replace old data with new one?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > 
> > > > --  
> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google  
> > > > Groups  
> > > > "ODK Developers" group.  
> > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send  
> > > > an  
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> > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout).
> > 
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> > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout).
