Nintex Forms supports designing the form of a SharePoint external list (External Content Type). For more information on SharePoint External List (External Content Type), refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee558737.aspx. 

Designing a form for SharePoint External List

1. Configure and set up the SharePoint external list in your SharePoint environment. For more information on setting up a SharePoint external list, please refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728816.aspx.
2. Once the SharePoint external list has been configured, design the form using Nintex Forms as per a standard SharePoint list. Refer to Getting started with the form designer for more information on designing a Nintex form.

Note: When designing a Nintex form for a SharePoint external list, the form designer has the ability to change the controls of the external data columns which otherwise would have limited users to just a single line textbox when using the out of the box SharePoint external list.

Important

• Nintex Forms does not support the ID column when designing forms for a SharePoint external list. It is recommended that the external content type manages the ID creation.
• Publishing to Nintex Live is not supported when designing a Nintex form for a SharePoint external list.

Related Topics

Getting started with the form designer
Designing forms in Nintex Workflow