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to be a bit more specific :  is there a way to run searches in civi on the data elicited through whatever fields have been configured on the web form, for example, those "non civi (or profile)" fields that would display at /webform-results/table

Peter, they would be created in the webform itself, in other words, you would have favorite color and be able to search responses, ie, everyone saying red, and pull up civi search results of all who answered accordingly. Although your response is making me think, you maybe could configure custom data fields (if you know the options for each answer) load them into a profile, load the profile with the webform and have the logged in user simply select those? Not sure if you could search by response that way tho...

probably because I'm completely mislabeling it  I only mean the fields that load automatically from civicrm when you;re logged in, completing any web form, so i suppose not a profile just civi fields associated to that particular form. But I think you've answered it, which is they would have to be custom data values in civi that the user would select. For example if you want the user to tell you which county they live in, you would create the custom data set, load it as part of the civi fields associated with that webform (a better way to say it?) they they could tell us which county. From there search the responses and by activity types associated for the submission of that form maybe...just trying to avoid building a whole separate content node and hooking it into civi but sounds like that may end up being the way to go...thanks peter!

Ok, we'll check those out in more detail ...thx! H

Hey Coleman,

thanks for weighing in on this...yeah i see now what you and Peter mean about the activities and other types of custom data fields to deal with the kind of info we're trying to elicit. Its more of the latter (fave flavor) variety, not the core address fields we were curious about. the example I give above actually says "county," not country so if that was core it would be fantastic as we often find ourselves creating hundreds of custom data "multiple choice selections." it would be a godsend if that info (and things like township, arrondissement, etc.) were actually stored in the core by US State (and could load like "state"), but I'm guessing not...another huge help would be if, for that many fields, instead of having to create ten multiple choice selections then the next 90 one at a time, if we could somehow type in like a hundred at once (or each time), e.g. custom/group/field/option?reset=1&action=browse&gid=10&fid=190 - although, that probably goes beyond our discussion here.

Unfortunately it looks like the site in question is also throwing some sort of null error on the Drupal side when we try to save a webform (or any node) for the custom data types you mention; appears we need to do a php update before exploring as you recommend.

Its very tempting with webform module to try to use it in all these situations, however we find many times we are dealing with conceptual data entities whose attributes are complex enough to require numerous fields that relate to civi records and each other in ways that indicate drupal cck/views.

+1 for county webform integration.

I am pretty novice at programming, but how would one go about helping to implement this?

WOW! Thanks for the ultra super fast response!

I updated the module and while testing I found some issues.

The county field does not populate according to the state selected. It loads with every county from every state in the database. In troubleshooting this, I was getting an error when I attempted to edit the county form component. Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/miclcom/public_html/includes/common.inc on line 6582
On a different subject,  Is there a way to update the module without having to turn CiviCRM processing back on and re-create all the CiviCRM fields in existing forms?

Thanks again for your help! It would have taken me probably 16 hours to figure out how to implement the county field. I want to send a donation because of your help with this. Should I send it to for the "Make it happen" initiative? Also should I put anything special in the "Please provide instructions as to what to do with your contribution if this Make-it-Happen initiative is not sufficiently funded." field?