Every monday.com Column a Form Can Fill (and How)
Published on August 25, 2026
Before you build a form, you need to know whether it can actually write to the columns your board already uses. A People column, a Files column, a Status column with twelve labels — some of these take form input cleanly, some need a specific app, and a few cannot be filled by any form because monday.com computes their value instead of storing one.
This post maps every common monday.com column type to what fills it: native WorkForms, FormFlow, or neither.
Quick answer
- monday.com WorkForms natively supports around 15 question types, but leaves out several common columns — Connect Boards and People are two respondents ask about often.
- FormFlow maps to the full monday.com column list — Text, Status, Dropdown, People, Files, Date, Timeline, Location, and more — through its board-native field library.
- A few columns take no form input from any tool: Mirror and Formula columns compute or pull their value from elsewhere on the board, so they are read-only regardless of which form app is writing to the item.
- Install FormFlow to map a form to columns WorkForms leaves out.
The Full Column-to-Field Mapping
Every column below is one FormFlow maps directly, grouped by the kind of input it takes:
| monday.com Column | Form Field | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Text, Email, Phone, Link, Password | Text input | Single-line |
| Long Text | Textarea | Multi-line |
| Numbers, Rating | Numeric | Decimal support |
| Date, Hour, Timeline | Datetime | Timeline is a date range |
| Dropdown, People, Tags, Name | Multi-selection | Respondent can pick more than one |
| Status, Priority, Label, Country | Selection | Single pick from a defined list |
| Checkbox | Boolean | True/false |
| Location | Location | Geographic picker |
| File, Signature | Media | Signature saves as a PNG to a Files column |
| Creation Log, Last Updated, Item ID | System | Auto-generated, not respondent input |
See supported field types for the complete reference, including FormFlow’s four non-column fields (Rich Text, Signature, Image Embed, Video Embed) that add content or capture around the mapped columns above.
What WorkForms Covers Natively — and What It Leaves Out
monday.com’s own WorkForms supports roughly 15 question types mapped to the most common columns, per its question types documentation . Two gaps come up repeatedly in the monday.com community:
- Connect Boards. Not available in the WorkForms builder at all — you cannot add it to a form. There is an open feature request asking monday.com to support it.
- People. Also missing from the native builder, which forces teams who want a submission auto-assigned to someone to handle it with an automation after the item is created instead of at submission time.
If your board relies on either column, a native WorkForms form will not fill it — you need an app that maps to the full column list, or an automation step after the form submits.
Columns No Form Can Fill Directly
Two column types are read-only by design, so neither WorkForms nor FormFlow (nor any other form app) writes to them from a submission:
- Mirror columns pull their displayed value from a column on a different, connected item. They do not accept a direct write — you change the value on the source item instead, and the mirror updates automatically. This also means a mirror column cannot be an automation trigger the way a normal column can.
- Formula columns calculate their value from other columns on the same item using a monday.com formula. There is nothing for a respondent to enter; the value only changes when the columns it depends on change.
If your form needs to influence what shows up in a Mirror or Formula column, aim the form at the columns those formulas or mirrors actually read from, not the computed column itself.
Setting Up Column Mapping in FormFlow
- Add a FormFlow Insert Form or Update Form view to your board.
- Drag a field from the library — grouped by input type — onto the form.
- Map it to an existing column, or let FormFlow create a new one that matches the field type.
- Repeat for each column your workflow needs filled, skipping Mirror and Formula columns since there is nothing to map.
- Preview the form and submit a real test entry to confirm each column receives the expected value.
For a board with a large number of columns, group related fields onto separate pages rather than one long form — see multi-page forms for the pattern.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a form fill a Connect Boards column?
Not with native WorkForms — Connect Boards is not available in the WorkForms builder. FormFlow’s field library maps to the documented monday.com column set; if your workflow needs a linked-item relationship set from a submission, confirm the specific column behavior against your board before relying on it.
Why does my Mirror column stay empty after a form submission?
Mirror columns display a value pulled from a connected item on another board — they never accept a direct write from a form, an automation, or the monday.com API. Point the form at the source column instead.
Does FormFlow support every column type WorkForms leaves out?
FormFlow’s field library maps to the full documented column list, including People, which is missing from the native WorkForms builder. Columns that are inherently read-only, like Mirror and Formula, are not form inputs in any tool.
What happens to a column type monday.com adds after this list was written?
New column types typically need explicit support added to a form app’s field library before they appear as mappable fields. Check supported field types for FormFlow’s current list.
Next Steps
- Supported field types →
- File uploads: limits and setup →
- Update existing items with a form →
- Install FormFlow and map your first form to your board’s columns.
Last reviewed: 2026-08-25. WorkForms question type coverage and Connect Boards/People gaps verified against monday.com’s own support documentation and community feature requests linked above; monday.com column behavior for Mirror columns confirmed via monday.com support documentation cited in third-party summaries. Features may change.