Passing attributes from Survey123 to Field Maps

Question

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a survey that has it's geospatial extent collected in FieldMaps, but has it's attribution filled out in Survey123.

Passing from Field Maps to Survey123 has been successful, but is there a way to go from a S123 form to FM?

I've tried using Attribute expressions in field maps, creating this:

var base = "https://survey123.arcgis.app?";var item = "itemID=9fe23dfba1b44dbf913196c054b026ad";var gid = "&field:incoming_id=" + $feature.GlobalID;
var callback =    "&callback=https%3A%2F%2Ffieldmaps.arcgis.app%2F%3FreferenceContext%3DupdateFeature" +    "%26featureSourceURL%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fservices6.arcgis.com%2FualF5oA8RRY0xcbo%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FTest_FM_Layer%2FFeatureServer%2F0" +    "%26featureID%3D" + $feature.GlobalID +    "%26featureAttributes%3D%7B%22asset_id%22%3A%22" + $feature.asset_id + "%22%7D";
return base + item + gid + callback;  It will lead to the Survey123 form, but I get an error  when heading back to field maps "Unable to update feature. A feature with the specified ID couldnt be found." How can I successfully fill out a Survey123 form and then replicate that forms collected attribution in the attribution of a separate feature class in Field Maps? I'd like to have the improved forms of Survey123 whilst collecting positions in Field Maps.

TylerGraham2 · Answer

For one thing, you need to encode your url using the UrlEncode() function in arcade to ensure consistently valid links.

The more I look at this, the more I am confused.  Are you creating a feature in Field Maps in one feature service, then creating a feature in Survey123 in a different feature service, and then trying to get Survey123 to copy data from the Survey123 feature service to the feature in the Field Maps feature service?  If so, I don't think you can do that with url parameters. Survey123 url parameters are good for finding existing records and pulling existing data in, but not good for pushing data to other sources. You would want to look at Khem's suggestion of Power Automate or some other automation app to do the task if that is the case.

If you are using 2 different feature services to collect data for the same what is the same record entered by the same person I'm going to ask: "What is the reason for doing it that way?"

If you start your workflow in Field Maps you can do what it seems like you are trying to do with one feature service. Collect the feature geometry there and submit it, which creates the feature in the feature service with a globalid. Then you can have some arcade in the pop-up that creates a dynamic link using url parameters to use the global id to find the feature and open it in Survey123.

Launch the field app—ArcGIS Survey123 | Documentation

karyal@stalbert.ca_stalbert · Answer

@LukeRoyle8

You can use the Power Automate to write data back to field maps feature layer. I have used it in some of my workflows.

DavidSolari · Answer

For clarification: would your workflow support collecting the geometry in Field Maps, hiding the attributes from editing, and providing an Arcade expression that opens the feature up in Survey123 via Global ID? This way you're only editing one feature between both apps. Alternatively you can make an Arcade link to a different feature layer (or a table layer in the same feature service) and pass in the GlobalID to a foreign key field, this works better if you need to do offline work. If neither option fits then that's a tough one, this level of app ping-pong is beyond what I've worked with.