# Save As Draft without navigating user away from webform

**URL:** https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/save-as-draft-without-navigating-user-away-from-webform/820
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [July 18, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/save-as-draft-without-navigating-user-away-from-webform/820 "2017-07-18T13:16:32Z")
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### Author: ![schaubal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@schaubal](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/schaubal)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/save-as-draft-without-navigating-user-away-from-webform/820/1 "2017-07-18T13:16:32Z")

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Some background - I have a case where the user takes too long to complete the webform (this is not a custom form) and when they hit submit the form has timed out because the EngineDataProtectionLockTimeout is set to 15 mins.(more information on what the timeout is here [Web form: Timeouts occur after submitting a form](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/web-form-timeouts-occur-after-submitting-a-form/221))  
To resolve the issue my options seem to be

1. increase the timeout period **OR**
2. offer an ability for the user to save the current information entered. I assume this is possible if the user clicks the Save as draft button. But then user would navigate away from the screen.

My question is - Is there a way to save as draft without navigating the user from the screen.?

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### Author: ![eddy.daouk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discuss.workflowgen.com/eddy.daouk/32/672_2.png) [@eddy.daouk](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/eddy.daouk)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/save-as-draft-without-navigating-user-away-from-webform/820/2 "2017-07-18T13:27:02Z")

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Hi,

I don’t see the option “save the current information entered as draft without navigating the user from the screen.” written in the article mentioned. Kindly open a ticket on our Helpdesk if you need assistance regarding this.

Best Regards,  
Eddy.

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### Author: ![schaubal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@schaubal](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/schaubal)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/save-as-draft-without-navigating-user-away-from-webform/820/3 "2017-07-18T13:56:58Z")

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the link was just to refer to explanation of what EngineDataProtectionLockTimeout is . I have edited my question.