Do app integrations require an existing feature?

Question

Do the mobile app integrations require an existing feature in order to pass parameters between apps?  I'm developing a damage assessment collector using Survey123, but I'd like to use either Collector or Explorer to choose the location,  since I can use custom maps with those apps instead of only vector basemaps in Survey123.

JamesTedrick · Answer

Hi Josh,

The Survey123 field app doesn't support being opened in edit mode, only 'add new' - you would be creating a 2nd feature at the location.

Mark Bockenhauer · Answer

Josh,

You could use a Polygon feature that covers your entire area.  Just know that the feature location is not what you want to use, as it will be the centroid of the feature.   Use Survey123 to get the location.

mark

JoshSaad1 · Answer

Thanks for the response.  Let's say that I design it in such a way that Collector creates the point feature.  Do you know if there's a way for Collector to automatically trigger a Survey123 form to edit the attributes of that point?

Like, can they drop a point in Collector, save it, and then have Collector automatically switch to Survey123 to edit that feature, and then switch back to Collector after it's saved?