https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/41.aspxIf you're not sure where to ask your question, ask it here. If necessary, our moderators will make sure it gets classified in the correct board.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/96168.aspxThu, 27 Feb 2014 22:50:41 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:96168mered27180https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/96168.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&PostID=96168<p>Hello,</p><p>I&#39;m brand new to InfoPath and have been asked to design a form that my department will fill out for project proposals. </p><p>Users will submit the form to me via email and I will put them in the appropriate network folder for managers to edit and approve or disapprove.</p><p>Once the proposals have been edited and approved, I need to consolidate some data from all of these forms into a budget report.&nbsp; <br /></p><p>I am scheduled to take an intro to InfoPath class next week but the form I created has to go out before I will have a chance to figure out what I&#39;m doing. My question is, if I just publish this form, email it out and have users submit to me via email, will I be able to &quot;compile&quot; data later on having not set up a data connection in the beginning? I assume I would want to put it into Access (I have a fair amount of experience with the program) but have also see a few people mention &quot;compiling forms&quot; into a report. I just want to know if I will have an option later or if I will end up doing a bunch of manual entry because this form has to go out a week before I learn how to use it :-)<br /></p><p>Thank you very much in advance for any information you can provide to me. <br /></p>