FAQ

1. General Information:

This error is a Google bug that happens when you log into your internet browser profile with multiple Google accounts, but the email address signed into PerformFlow is not the default one. The default account is the account you logged in first, and it appears on the top of the account list.
The solution for this issue is creating a new internet browser profile using the email address you signed into PerformFlow.

If the add-on suddenly has error running although it works normally before, please send us email to [email protected]. Our team will contact with you ASAP to examine the issue.

  • If the problem happens to all users, we will issue a fixing update to solve the problem.
  • If the problem happens with your domain only, it is highly because your G Suite admin settings may prevent the add-on in certain cases. In this situation, it is recommended to contact your domain admin because we cannot fix nor allowed to access your system. Please rest assured that REFUND is still available.

Emails & Requests are different. For examples, if you set up a workflow with 2 recipients, a form respondent submit a request then 2 emails counted to be sent to 2 recipients. In average, a request from our users consists of 4 emails. That’s why free plan (100 emails) is calculated to be approximately 25 requests per month.
The smaller number of recipient you set up in the workflow, the more request you have with a fixed email quota and vice versa.

Recently there is a bug from Google which disconnects the add-on with Google Forms (You can check out the details here).

To fix the problem, open the add-on’s menu (), then go to “Quotas“. Here, switch “Activate PerformFlow” off then switch it on again to reset the add-on.

Permission to Google Drive is only necessary for the addon to perform actions related to your connected Google Form and spreadsheet on your behalf. In no circumstance that we will use those files for any other purposes or sharing to third parties. 

You can check out our all permissions and their purposes for more details.

No. PerformFlow only store data which is absolutely necessary for the addon to work properly. 

You can check out what data we store for more details.

In case you have tried several times to pay with your Credit/Debit Card but you didn’t receive any notification of successful payment, please create a PayPal account which links to your card:

Step 1: Access to: https://www.paypal.com/home

Step 2: Add your Credit/Debit Card to the PayPal account:

 

Step 3: Try making payment with PerformFlow one more time.

You can cancel your subscription anytime via our Subscription Dashboard or cancel the automatic payment in your PayPal account.

You data will still be stored in our database even after your subscription cancellation. If you want to remove your data, please contact to us via [email protected].

If you are Free user, you can change adminstrator by deactivating the addon from your current account, then activate it on your new account. Also make sure that your new account has access to all files associated with your form.

However, if you have subscribed to Paid Plan, you cannot change form’s adminstrator.

Yes, you can downgrade your subscription to a lower quota plan, but the downgrade will go into effect on the next billing date.

1. Switching from a 1-month to a 6-month subscription
Your current plan will be canceled, and the upgraded plan will be effective immediately.

Kindly note that you will not receive any credit for the 1-month subscription and will be charged the full amount of the new plan.

2. Switching from a 6-month to a 1-month subscription

First, let us explain the remaining credit of the 6-month subscription. For example, you have paid $39.00 for a 6-month plan (equals $6.50/month), then on the first month of your subscription, the remaining credit is $32.50 (= $39.00 – $6.50). In the second month, your remaining credit is $26.00 (= $39.00 – $6.50×2), and so on.

a) If the remaining credit is less than the new plan’s price, you will be charged a different amount.

b) If the remaining credit is greater than the new plan’s price, you will get the number of subscription months equal to the different amount divided by the new plan’s price.

No, you can change the form ownership via Google Forms settings. However, the new owner account CANNOT configure the add-on. 

That new account can only edit questions on the form, but beware that changing the form’s questions can break the add-on settings.

Yes, you can. Click here for how to do it.

No. You can use a different account for payment and it does not need to be your add-on-user account.Toggle Content

You can use the add-on with both those types of email.

In case you use the add-on for the company, it is highly recommend using a general account (which will be used for a long time). So even when your company has personnel changes, your company can still use that same general account for their workflow.

For Team Plan users, please click on Login, or go to apps.performflow.com/subscription.

The link will lead you to dashboard where you can check your team’s total quota, and start adding & removing users.

  • To add users, simply enter your member’s email address at “Add team member” section and click Add. Then the added email address will appear on “Manage team members” section above.
  • To remove users, simply click on the red-bin button on the left side of every email address.

You can check out this video for demonstration.

*Note: please be aware that email quota of Team Plan are used by the whole team. Meaning if a member sends emails, they are substracted to the team’s total quota.

  • You can get full refund within 30 days since the day you purchase. Simply email to [email protected] to proceed.
  • After 30 days of purchase, you will not receive any refund — including partial refund — regardless of the reason, even if it is due to technical problems of the PerformFlow add-on.
  • You will not receive refund for extra months that we provide as bonus gift.
  • Your data excluding custom email template data will be kept forever just like other Free plan users. Only data relating to custom email template will be kept within 30 days after you cancel subscription and after 30 days, it will be automatically deleted.
  • You can ask us to delete all of your data by emailing to [email protected]

2. Questions about Document/PDF Generation:

First, you will need to create a file template with Google Docs, then add it to the add-on.

When a Form submission is sent, the add-on will generate a new Google Document with information based on submission’s answers.

Finally, a PDF file will be generated based on your template. Both PDF and document file will be saved in your Google Drive.

With Free plan, you can only generate up to 100 files per month.

But with Individual or Team plan, you can generate unlimited amount of files per month.

There are 2 errors that may happen when you configure document generation:

Error 1: Missing field on Form

  • It means that there are Matching Question Fields appearing on your file template, yet none is found on your Google Form. The add-on will not generate any file if this error occurs.
  • Solution: Add the respective question of the missing fields to your Google Form 

(E.g. if your file template has <> field, yet your Google Form does not have it, add “Employee Name” question to your Form).

Error 2: Missing field on file template 

  • It means that there are questions appearing on your Google Form, yet their respective Matching Question Fields are not found on your file template. In this case, you can still generate files, but those files will not have the answers for the missing question fields.
  • Solution: Add the missing question fields to your file template

(E.g. if your Form has “Employee Name” question, yet your file template does not have it, add <> field to the template).

You can select your Google Drive’s folder (where you want to store generated files) in the addon’s Configuration menu in “Generate document/PDF only” mode.

But if you does not select any Google Drive in the Configuration, the add-on will automatically save generated PDF files to your “My Drive” section. Whereas your generated document will be saved to the folder where you put your file template.

No, unfortunately this feature is not available at the moment.

3. Questions about Approval Workflows:

When a form respondent submits a response to your form, the add-on automatically sends approval emails to the specified recipients. The recipients then can make an Approve/Reject & CommentOne-Click Approve, or One-Click Reject decision by clicking the approval buttons in the emails. Finally, the final email will be sent out to notify the recipients about the final approval status.

No, they don’t need a Google account except when the “Force recipients to sign in” option is enabled.

There is no limit to the number of recipients. However, be aware that the higher the number of recipients is, the more email quota will be used.

You can enable the option that allows the form respondent to edit their submission. However, recipients can not edit respondents’ submissions.

The email quota limit for the free plan is 100 emails per month. Also, you can only send up to 100 emails per day.

PerformFlow is an add-on based on Google services, so it must comply with Google’s email quota. The daily quota is the maximum number of emails a Google account can send daily. Google set this limit to prevent spamming and ensure their stable services.

A request needs to send multiple emails to different recipients and respondent (optional) for approval. This means that one request may costs lots of email quota.

When you run out of email quota, the addon will temporary stop running. You will have to wait for quota renewal to send email again.

If you are Free user, you can purchase Individual Plan and enjoy much higher quotas (at least 1200 emails/month) and unlimited emails sent per day.

You data will still be stored in our database even after your subscription cancellation. If you want to remove your data, please contact to us via [email protected].

Yes, but be aware that Form owner/adminstrator in particular still needs Google account. This is because the addon sends email on your Gmail behalf. 

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