Latest Contributions by Chris_Anderson

I have created a survey for sea turtle nesting in FL using Survey123 that pulls data from multiple external CSVs, and the survey works very well. Unfortunately, some users are unable to use it because of sheer volume of nests and false crawls and/or restrictions when they can survey (e.g. rocket launches). Halfway through the season, I was able to create a QuickCapture project for one user as a test to help make data collection easier while on the beach, and it helped greatly. This year, I want to improve QC and make it available to more users. Unfortunately, I don't want to customize individual QC projects for each user. I am interested in using Arcade to pull data from external CSVs like in S123. So, 1) is this possible or will it be in the near future? and 2) being new to Arcade, does anyone have some sample code for pulling data from an external CSV and calculating field with the returned values that I can modify and use? Any help is greatly appreciated. Chris Anderson Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission   ... View more

I am adding some Arcade code to QC, and I am running into a small problem. The following code converting a Date field to a Text field with the capture works and returns the proper value: "${arcadeExpression: Text(Now(),'HHMM') }". The following code doing the same thing does not. The record hangs and stays in the "Outbox": "${arcadeExpression: Text(Now(),'HH:MM') }". The only difference is between the two is the colon in the format part of the Text function. Is there an issue with using code with colons in QC?   Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated. Chris Anderson ... View more

Hi. I am running into a problem that I hope someone out there that has either run into this issue or may know of a solution (or can put me in the direction of a solution). My agency is working with some citizen scientists/permit holders to create a sea turtle nesting survey. the goal is to collect the data while on the beach at a nest, instead of having them collect data using many different tools with differing levels of detail. One group of testers is running into an issue where Survey123 will shut down with no warning and no error message. This group is enter a large volume of data during a single survey (over 150 records per day during the core nesting season). We are wondering if the issue may be any one of the following: Could their phone and tablets not have enough RAM and/or internal memory for handling a large volume of data? The testers are running several different phones running Android v12 and 13. Could the complexity of the survey/size of the database be contributing to the problem? Presently, there are 225 columns over the main survey and 3 repeats. This complexity is a requirement by sea turtle managers. We use the Overview folder to allow users to access previous surveys where they have to revisit turtle nests and update information (disturbances, nest treatment, hatchling emergences). The number of surveys they download each day may be contributing to the issue. We are trying to duplicate the issue, but haven't been able to do so. A site visit is scheduled, but I wanted to see if anyone has any similar issues, solutions, advice, etc. Any help you have provide is greatly appreciated. Chris Anderson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ... View more

Hi. I am the administrator for my agency's AGO Organizational Account. We recently upgraded to Hub Premium and set up the separate community organizational account. Using various courses, videos, etc., I can go through and set up new sites and initiatives, but I have not seen any documents, videos, etc. on how to link the Hubs, apps, etc. from my agency's organizational account to the community org. account (I am sure I have missed the resource(s) that answers the questions below).  Do we need to set up a collaboration between the two accounts? What about cloning, copying, moving from one account to another?  Any help the community can provide is greatly appreciated. Chris Anderson ... View more

I have developed survey for staff to collect locations of animals from the air. Everything works great. One complaint that has come back from the biologists is the blue dot on the map showing their location is hard to see when moving over aerial photography. Is there any way to change this symbol to something larger or even change it to an airplane? Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated. Chris Anderson Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ... View more

Hi. When exporting a table of feature services using storage credits, is there any option to export the item's size and the attachment size separately? Presently, we are having to go into the properties of each individual file in our organization to see if the bulk of the memory is features or attachments. Any help is greatly appreciated, Chris Anderson Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ... View more