This disclosure relates to creating configurable forms and for configuring forms as well as creating configurable flow form process files and configuring flow form process files and for auto-discovering some or all of the available actions that can be performed on a type of record from a set of form flows process files stored in a data store. Establishing a configurable form can include receiving a form file configured with an acceptability filter and at least one non-mandatory form item that is configured to be either on or off and in the applicability filter, and establishing at least one circumstance under which the non-mandatory form item is to be applied in the form file and generating a configurable form file. On a graphical user interface, along with mandatory form items, non-mandatory form items can be depicted depending upon establishment of circumstances determined by the applicability filter. A search list is disclosed that can nominate without code what data source should be used.