Connect SurveyCTO and Google Sheets

SurveyCTO collects interviews in the field, even offline. FlowMattic takes each submission once it reaches the server and writes it to Google Sheets from your WordPress site, so research coordinators and monitoring teams can check incoming data, follow enumerator progress and share clean tabs with partners.

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When this happens in SurveyCTO1 trigger

Do this in Google Sheets19 actions

1. TriggerNew Form Submission

2. ActionAdd New Row

When SurveyCTO fires New Form Submission, FlowMattic runs Add New Row in Google Sheets with the data from that event.

You build this in the FlowMattic workflow builder on your own site. See the setup steps

SurveyCTO and Google Sheets workflows you can build

Each one uses only triggers and actions the two integrations ship today, plus FlowMattic's own tools. Where the library has a ready-made template, import it instead of building from scratch.

Ready-made template

Save each SurveyCTO submission to a sheet

Every interview that syncs becomes a row with the answers you map, so the coordinator sees the day's field work without downloading an export.

New Form SubmissionAdd New Row

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Give each survey form its own tab

Projects running a baseline and a follow-up form route each submission by form ID, so the tabs never mix answers from different questionnaires.

New Form SubmissionRouterAdd New Row

Write each household member as a separate row

Repeat groups such as household rosters arrive as a list. Loop over it and add one row per member, linked to the parent submission by its key.

New Form SubmissionJSON ParserIteratorAdd New Row

Send interviews without consent to a review tab

A Branch checks the consent answer. Interviews with consent go to the main tab, the rest go to a review tab the supervisor checks before analysis.

New Form SubmissionBranchAdd New Row

Split GPS points into latitude and longitude columns

A geopoint answer often holds several values in one string. Split it with Text Formatter so mapping tools can read latitude and longitude from separate columns.

New Form SubmissionText FormatterAdd New Row

Summarise open-ended answers with AI

An AI Agent reads long free-text answers and writes a short theme next to each, so the team can skim hundreds of comments before formal coding.

New Form SubmissionAI AgentAdd New Row

Set up: each submission as a row

At the end, every submission to the SurveyCTO form you choose is added to your Google Sheet as one row.

Match the header row to your form
Add columns for the fields you need, such as KEY, Enumerator, Region, Completed and the main answers.
Connect SurveyCTO and Google Sheets
In FlowMattic, open Connects and add your SurveyCTO server account and a Google Sheets account with edit access.
Start with New Form Submission
Create a workflow with the SurveyCTO New Form Submission trigger, pick the form, then send a test submission from a device so FlowMattic captures it.
Map and switch on
Add Google Sheets Add New Row, map the fields to columns, test the step and switch the workflow on.

Import the ready-made template Beginner, about 5 min to set up

From SurveyCTO	To Google Sheets
KEY	KEY
Enumerator ID	Enumerator
Region	Region
Completion date	Completed
Consent	Consent

Triggers and actions in this pair

A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.

Good to know

Interviews collected offline reach the workflow only when the device sends them to the server. Use the form's own completion time for the date column, not the time of the run.
Field names come from your form definition, so the mapping above is an example. Renaming a field in a new form version means remapping it in FlowMattic.
Survey data often includes personal details. Share the sheet only with people your data protection plan allows, and leave out fields the sheet does not need.

SurveyCTO

Integration page

Triggers (1)

New Form SubmissionTriggers for a new form submission.

Google Sheets

Integration page

Triggers (6)

New Spreadsheet RowTrigger when a new row is added to the spreadsheet
New Or Updated Spreadsheet RowTrigger when a row is updated in the spreadsheet
Deleted Spreadsheet RowTrigger when a row is deleted from the spreadsheet
Update Cell DataTrigger when any cell is updated in the spreadsheet
Update Specific Cell DataTrigger when a specific cell is updated in the spreadsheet
Update Specific Column ValueTrigger when a specific column value is updated in the spreadsheet

Actions (19)

Add New RowAdd a new row with mapped data
Update RowUpdate existing row in specific spreadsheet with mapped data
Delete RowDelete row by ID in specific spreadsheet
Clear Row DataClear data or row by ID in specific spreadsheet
Lookup Row DataSearch for data in specific spreadsheet
Get Cell DataGet data for particular cell in specific spreadsheet
Update Cell DataUpdate data for particular cell in specific spreadsheet
Get Row CountGet total number of rows in specific spreadsheet
Get Row DataGet rows data from the sheet based on specified range
Create Spreadsheet ColumnCreate a new column in specific spreadsheet
Create New SheetCreate a new sheet in specific spreadsheet
Import CSV or JSON to Existing SheetImport CSV or JSON data to existing sheet in specific spreadsheet
Copy SheetCopy a sheet to another or within the same spreadsheet
Get RowsRetrieve rows in JSON format for use with Iterator
Export sheet to CSVExport the selected sheet to CSV format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to ExcelExport the spreadsheet to Excel (.xlsx) format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to PDFExport the spreadsheet to PDF format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to OpenDocumentExport the spreadsheet to OpenDocument (.ods) format and save to WordPress Media Library
Export Sheet to TSVExport the selected sheet to TSV format and save to WordPress Media Library

Why run this pair with FlowMattic

SurveyCTO and Google Sheets connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.

Field progress without exports

Coordinators see each synced interview in a shared sheet, which makes it easy to spot a missing village or a slow enumerator.

Data passes through your server

FlowMattic runs on your own WordPress site, so submissions travel from SurveyCTO to the sheet without another company's automation account in between.

Large surveys at a fixed cost

Runs are unlimited, so a census-style survey with thousands of submissions costs the same as a small pilot.

Common questions

How do I send SurveyCTO data to Google Sheets automatically?

Create a FlowMattic workflow with the SurveyCTO New Form Submission trigger, choose the form and add Google Sheets Add New Row. Map the fields you need, test with a real submission and switch it on.

What about submissions made offline?

They are sent to the workflow once the device syncs with your SurveyCTO server. The row appears then, so date it with the form's completion field rather than the run time.

Can repeat groups go into their own rows?

Yes. Parse the repeat group with JSON Parser, loop over it with Iterator and run Add New Row for each entry, with the submission KEY in a column to link it back.

Can I keep test submissions out of the sheet?

Yes. Add a Filter that stops submissions from your test enumerator IDs or devices before the Add New Row step.

Can several forms write to one spreadsheet?

Yes. Use one workflow per form pointed at its own tab, or a single workflow with a Router on the form ID.

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Reviewed 27 Oct 2026. The example workflows are written with AI from the real triggers and actions of both integrations and checked against them. SurveyCTO integration 1.0.0, Google Sheets integration 2.2.4.