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Form error and recovery storyboard

Teach one recoverable form issue from cause to successful retry. The illustrative quantity example must be adapted to the product’s actual validation rule and wording.

By AnimroUpdated 2 min readAI-assisted · independently agent-reviewed

Who this is for: Teams producing form-completion training.

What to prepare

  • Actual validation evidence
  • Invalid and corrected states
  • Saved result
  • All required-field context

Scene-by-scene storyboard

30-second planning sequence · illustrative copy and visual direction

  1. 01

    0–5s

    Show the task

    Display the sample request form with Quantity labeled and other required fields accounted for.

    On screen:Submit the sample request

  2. 02

    5–10s

    Enter the invalid value

    Enter 0 in Quantity and trigger validation through the actual observed action.

    On screen:Quantity: 0

  3. 03

    10–16s

    Read the feedback

    Hold the exact supplied validation message beside the field; the illustrative wording is Enter a quantity greater than zero.

    On screen:Check the quantity requirement

  4. 04

    16–21s

    Correct the cause

    Replace 0 with 3 while preserving unrelated entries.

    On screen:Quantity: 3

  5. 05

    21–26s

    Retry the submission

    Perform the real submit action and show actual pending or confirmation feedback.

    On screen:Submit the corrected request

  6. 06

    26–30s

    Verify the result

    Hold the saved sample record with quantity 3 and a stable identifier.

    On screen:Submission confirmed · Quantity 3

Make it your own

Validation rule and values
Replace invalid zero and corrected three together using a harmless observed rule.
Exact feedback
Use the real validation wording and the action that triggers it.
Saved result
Supply confirmation and a matching created record with the corrected value.

Prepare validation facts

Capture the actual invalid condition, message and trigger. Do not assume positive integers are required unless the product confirms it. Replace the example consistently when a different field rule is used.

Adapt the error

For a missing reviewer, show the empty selection and choose a valid role. For a date issue, retain the exact accepted format. A 15-second cut may omit general context but must preserve feedback, correction and confirmation.

Review recovery completion

Clearing a red border does not prove the form was submitted. Inspect the created object after retry and confirm that other fields retained their real values. Do not invent an error just to make a shipping-product demo more dramatic; a hypothetical teaching example must stay labeled.

Review checklist

  • The shown correction resolves the shown cause.
  • Feedback has a readable hold.
  • The final state proves successful submission.
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