# Get Entries

Fetch one or more Gravity Forms entries and make the result available to later nodes.

![Get Entries settings selecting a form and active entries](/documentation/flowcrafter/screenshots/get-entries-settings.png)

## When to use it

Use Get Entries when the workflow needs entries other than the one that started the run: find a record by ID, search a form, or collect entries.

## Settings

![Get Entries settings searching the Workshop request form for active entries](/documentation/flowcrafter/screenshots/action-get-entries-settings.png)

| Setting | What it controls |
| --- | --- |
| Form Source | Form to search when no explicit entry ID is supplied. |
| Entry ID / Entry IDs | One ID, or a comma-separated list. A single **Entry ID** takes priority; all listed IDs must belong to one form. |
| Status | **Active** (default), spam, trash, or any status. |
| Created After / Created Before | Optional date limits. A date such as `2026-12-31` in Created Before includes that whole day; a date and time includes only entries created *before* that moment, so it lines up exactly with a Created After set to the same moment. |
| Field Filters | Exact matches by field ID or entry property. Values support [flow tags](/documentation/flowcrafter/building/using-flow-tags/). |
| Sort Key / Sort Direction | Orders results. The default is newest first (descending). |
| Limit | Maximum results. Defaults to `25`. |
| If No Entries Found | **Continue with empty output** (default), or fail the workflow. |
| Return | **Entry IDs only** (default) stores lightweight references and outputs the count. **Full entries** also puts each entry's field values in the output, for flow tags in later steps. |

## Output and branches

The single output always provides **Count** and **Form ID**. With **Return** set to **Full entries**, **Entries** contains normalized entry properties and field values.

With **Entry IDs only**, only [For Each](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/flow/for-each/) can hydrate the stored entries. Choose **Full entries** before connecting to [Filter](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/flow/filter/), [Deduplicate](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/flow/deduplicate/), [Group By](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/flow/group-by/), [Split](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/flow/split/), or [Format List](/documentation/flowcrafter/nodes/flow/format-list/). See [Processing Lists](/documentation/flowcrafter/building/processing-lists/).

## Example

Choose your support form, set **Status** to **Active**, add field filter `5 = open`, and connect the result to For Each to process up to 25 open requests. Here, the Each Item branch records a review note, and Done emails the team a batch summary.

![Get Entries finds open support requests before For Each records a note on each and sends a batch summary](/documentation/flowcrafter/screenshots/action-get-entries-workflow.png)