Appendix

1. Form Link Name : 

Form Link name is the form label name that uniquely identifies a form in Zoho People. Form Link name can be found in multiple methods. 

Method 1:Navigate to SettingsCustomizationForms Open the respective form > Under form properties tab, refer Label Name. 

Method 2: Navigate to Settings > Developer Space > Zoho People API > API reference tab > FormLinkName and the field label names available in that form can be seen. 

 Method 3: Use Fetch Forms API to retrieve the list of forms and its details available in your Zoho People account.

2. Field Label Name:

Field label name is the unique name assigned for a field in a form at the time of field creation. Zoho People allows user to change the Field display name at any time after creation but the field label name remains the same.  Field label name can be found in multiple methods.

Method 1: Navigate to Settings > Customization > Forms > Open the respective form > Click the field for which label name is needed > Select Field Properties tab in the right top corner and refer Label Name.


Method 2:Navigate to Settings > Developer Space > Zoho People API >  API reference tab > Expand the FormLinkName to find the field label names available in that form can be seen.

Method 3 : Use Get Fields of Form API to retrieve the list of field components available in a form with ID

Here in the Travel Request Form, Employee ID is Lookup Field created with employee form as reference to list all the employees created in employee form. Fetch component API for this form will list all the lookup values i.e employee id as well as its “ID” which will be needed to add/update the lookup fields using API. 

Note:  Whenever there is a lookup field in the form, the get components API will return all the values for the field with its "Id". This 'Id' has to be passed for the lookup fields in Create and Update APIs