Two different smart forms when adding features and editing features

Question

Hi!

Is their a way to create two different smart forms for different actions on one single hosted feature layer?

Could I have one smart form for when I edit attributes on a point and then have a different form for when I add a new point to that same layer? From what I tested, it's not possible, but I might have missed something!

It could be awesome to do so as some restricted fields and conditionnal visibility shouldn't be the same for the two actions!

Anonymous User · Accepted Answer

Today, the best way to do this is to duplicate the layer in the map and create two forms. If you need to support offline workflows, you should create a view layer and add at to the map as the second layer. There is a limitation where duplicate map layers cannot be taken offline - this works around that.

In the future, we are considering adding an Arcade "$editContext" global variable which will allow you to tailor your visibility logic based on if a feature is being created or updated. This way you could have a single form that behaves differently when collecting new data vs updating existing data.