Auto populate Date in a field and keep that date the next time the smart form is opened

ChristineTombleson1

Hello - I have field in a smart form in Field Maps that uses a calculated expression of Now() to auto populate the current date.   However, when a user goes back to the form to review on another day, I don't want the current date populating. I want the original date to remain in the field. This is meant to be a read only field that populates the date a feature was created and keeps that date.  When I go into edit the feature, the date keeps changing to the current date.  How can I fix this?  Thank you.     

LeeButler

You could try using the IsEmpty function to only input the current date when the date field is empty. If the date field already has a value then you can return this so the date isn't updated:

 

var dateField = $feature.Date //Change this to your date field

if (IsEmpty(dateField)){

  return Now()

}

else {

  return dateField

}