Survey123 Edit and Resend Not Working for Certain Fields

Question

Hello,

I created a survey that allows for the mobile user to edit and resend a previous submission from the Sent box on their mobile collection device. However, when you open the submitted survey for edits, some of the fields are grayed out and cannot be edited. Some specific issues are below:

* Cannot edit signature question. (I have read that image questions cannot be edited once submitted, but ESRI is working to correct this soon.)
* Repeat questions, can add additional repeats but cannot delete or even edit current entries
* Certain multiple choice questions

These limitations pretty much undermine the point of having an "edit and resend" option. Consequently our organization is resorting to use the alternative to create a new survey based on the previous submission. This allows for full editing of all previous questions except image attachments and signature question which are wiped. Also this method requires the survey author to go into the data records and delete the original submission to avoid having duplicates. In summary, this approach is far from ideal and I would like to know if there is a setting change I can make to the survey to "unlock" all of the questions for edits from the Sent box.

Thanks,

PK

entegroIreland · Answer

HI, has this issue been resolved withbeing able to edit and resend a completed survey that already has photos, mandatory questions answered in it?

RodellZorilla · Answer

Hello Patrick, have you had any luck with some fields not editable after submission? I also have setbind::esri:parameter with "query allowUpdates=true".

I have a "file" question type which allows users to batch upload files. However, when re-editing the record after submission, the "file" question type is not available anymore. The Image question type however is available, and users are able to attach new photos when re-editing an already submitted record.

I hope you've found a workaround/solution. I appreciate any input! Thank you!

PatrickKent1 · Answer

Phil,

Thank you for your response. I was able to set the edit parameter successfully for the repeats using the parameter code. Also the multiple choice questions is a non-issue. It turns out they were associated with the repeats and I did not realize.

The limitation on attachments is indeed a strange gap in the functionality but I am glad to hear that it is being worked on. We went ahead and submitted an enhancement request. Hopefully that will be corrected soon.

Thank you for your help!

PK