Only Administrators and Solution Managers can create or change forms. Anyone who can add widgets can show a form on a dashboard with the Custom Code widget: paste the form's share link into Embed URL, or its embed code into Embed HTML.
Plan Availability | All plans. |
Permissions | Administrators and Solution Managers: create and modify forms. Administrators, Solution Creators and General Access members: add a Custom Code widget to a dashboard. |
Platform | Web |
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I cannot edit or embed a form: check these four things, in order
Administrators and Solution Managers edit forms. Anyone who can add widgets can embed one.
Your role. Administrators and Solution Managers modify forms. See Who can modify a form?.
The widget. Custom Code widget: the share link into Embed URL, the embed code into Embed HTML. See How do I embed a form in a dashboard?.
An empty widget. The form must be shared, and the link or code must sit in the matching box. See Frequently asked questions.
Sharing. The share link and embed code come from Sharing Forms.
Still stuck: select the chat button in the lower-right corner of SmartSuite. The last block of the panel shows the service status, and Send a message in the same panel reaches support. Include the dashboard, the form and what you pasted. The widget is described in Custom Code Widget.
Who can modify a form?
Administrators and Solution Managers. If you cannot edit a form from the dashboard, ask one of them to make the change.
How do I embed a form in a dashboard?
Open the form view and copy its share link or embed code (see Sharing Forms).
Open the dashboard and click Add Widget, then select Custom Code Widget.
Choose Embed URL and paste the share link, or choose Embed HTML and paste the embed code.
Click Add Widget. The form is now shown on the dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
Can dashboard viewers submit the embedded form?
Can dashboard viewers submit the embedded form?
Yes. The embedded form works like the shared form; submissions create records in the form's table.
Why does the widget show nothing?
Why does the widget show nothing?
Check that the form is shared and that you pasted a link into Embed URL or code into Embed HTML, not the other way round.
Can I resize the widget?
Can I resize the widget?
Yes. Drag the widget's edges on the dashboard.
Last verified 26 Oct 2026.