Dynamic Report Title with API for Python

Question

I'm following this guide to create a script to generate batches of reports: https://developers.arcgis.com/survey123/guide/create-reports-using-the-arcgis-api-for-python/

Is there a way to incorporate dynamic report titles from the survey results? When I create the reports in the web app, I use ${unique_form_id} as the report title. I can't seem to find a way to do that with the generate report function. If I can't control the name of the report, I'm not sure this is going to work for me.

ZacharySutherby · Accepted Answer

Hello @JamesTurner2,

You can use the report_title parameter for the generate_report() method to specify your individual report title(s) and within that string you can include your dynamic values. For example, you can set the report_title to "Report for ${unique_form_id}" and the value for the dollar sign curly bracket reference will be dynamically populated with the value from the record. The key with this is you won't be able to use python's format string capability unless you escape the curly brackets.