don't use the mode= URL parameter in Survey123

Question

Hi,

I’m using multiple Surveys, one is the submitter, and then a reviewer.

The reviewer gets a link that uses the globalid to fill out the form created by the submitter. From the Excel spreadsheet I created almost all the fields read only. But they need to be able to change the status: Aproved/Rejected

If I create the URL with mode=edit, it don’t honor the read only settings, and open op for everything. If I use the mode=view I can’t edit the one field. And If I remove the mode, it wont load.

Any ideas

BarbaraWebster1 · Answer

Thanks for the update @KennethLindhardt1, this bug was addressed in the most recent release of Survey123 (Dec. 14, 2021). If you republish the survey from Connect 3.13.251, the read only settings should be respected for questions with minimal appearances.

-Barbara

KennethLindhardt1 · Answer

If the appearance are with minimal it wont work, sorry for not updating this.

This should be logged in Esri now. Thanks.

BarbaraWebster1 · Answer

Hi @KennethLindhardt1,

I just tested a survey with a URL parameter of mode=edit, and it looks like the read only questions are respected. Could you share your XLSForm so we can see if it might be a form-specific issue?

Thanks,
-Barbara