Ensuring results from public survey are secure - Survey123 Connect

EmmaWhite5

Hi Survey123 Users,

I am creating a new public survey using Survey123 Connect and I want to make sure the data being recorded is secure.

I have followed @IsmaelChivite's blog https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-blog/securing-data-in-public-surveys-survey123-connect/ba-p/898436 but since it was written, Survey123 Connect made some changes.

The folder contents of my survey and sharing levels after following the steps of the blog are shown below;

The submission_url pasted in the survey's .xlsx spreadsheet is linked to the feature layer (hosted, view) "..._form".

Does this set up look right for a public survey with secure records? I'm unsure about the feature layer (hosted, view) "..._form" being shared publicly. Public Data Collection has also been toggled on for this layer which I'm not sure about either... but every time I follow the steps in the blog, this is the sharing I end up with. 

Any comments would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Emma

 

 

ryanuthoff

Esri did streamline some of this process last year. Here is a blog post that I think helps explain some of the changes you are seeing. 

Anyway, you have the S123 form itself along with the _form feature layer shared publicly (which is what the S123 form is connected to), so I think you should be good. The only other thing to check is to make sure your feature layer settings are configured correctly.

Since it is shared publicly, what you can do is just open an incognito tab and try to access the data anonymously to verify you can't access any of the underlying data.

Here is another blog post that might be helpful for you as well, although it's also a little dated.