https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/85288.aspxThu, 13 Dec 2012 15:26:17 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:85288Hilary Stoupa0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/85288.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=85288<p>Hi - What version of InfoPath are you using? Are you using SharePoint?</p><p>Forms can be submitted to a form library and promoted properties can be used to display form data in the library. You can base a form off a database to allow submitting data there. You can export to Excel - and InfoPath gives you options of a single or multiple forms. You can use a third party product (or custom code) to save data to SharePoint lists or SQL (i.e, <a href="http://www.qdabra.com/en/products/DBXL.aspx">DBXL</a>, <a href="http://www.qdabra.com/en/products/qRules_new.aspx">qRules</a>).</p><p>Here&#39;s an Office Online page that may help as well - it was written for IP 2003, but is still relevant. </p><p><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/infopath-help/what-can-i-do-with-the-data-collected-in-a-form-HA001122794.aspx">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/infopath-help/what-can-i-do-with-the-data-collected-in-a-form-HA001122794.aspx</a><br /></p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/85241.aspxTue, 11 Dec 2012 23:01:12 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:85241mmendes0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/85241.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=85241<p>Hello all,</p><p>I had my first contact with InfoPath today so I&#39;m very very newbie! I have done a few forms, added a few controls and made a submit button... But... I still don&#39;t know how can I collect data with this tool. For example: I create a new survay, I send the survay to a few emails, people answer my questions and I recive a mail with the answers&nbsp;but how can I optimize this? Is it possible to receive data directly on a database? or is it possible to receive data and collect all data into an excel worksheet?</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Mariana&nbsp;</p>