Latest Contributions by DavidNicholls

I Update - I eventually got on to GeoNet and had no difficult finding the attachment - and I have successful opened it in Survey123 Connect. And the form preview looks like I expected and wanted. Many thanks. Let me analyse the changes made verses the ones I made. I feel a lot better now. Thanks again for your time. And I got the messages on the Date specifications and the way Survey123 handles them. D ... View more

Ismael This is so distressing. I cannot see the attachment in either emails. Is it in the GeoNet records not the email? In the absence of your returned file, I tried to edit the EXL file I sent you I made sure I changed all the field_x names everywhere in the spreadsheet. But when I gave that file to Survey123 Connect, I got a flood of, well 10+, errors, warnings. I hate having to ask for help finding the attachment, but I have to, if we are to gain from all your kindness. David PS I cannot see GeoNet at the moment but I fixing that. ... View more

Thank you so much. Let me add these ideas. Originally (v 3) I used date now and time now but when I found the way the date was being displayed I began experimenting with Datetime now. I agree I do not need the redundancy in a final version. Did you intend to attach your corrections to my Camera Trap 6? I cannot see the attachment. I changed the field names and updated without getting an error. But when I went to publish I did get an error - because Survey123 found there were references to old field names. I presume I should have searched for the old field names to ensure there were unchanged instances? I am very grateful for your support. It is a v impressive service. ... View more

Thank you, that is generous. I think I have done the right things. In Survey123 Connect (Mac) My Survey Designs - On the Survey-project CameraTrap 6, create a new survey. Create new survey from Camera Trap 3 copy - the last functioning survey-project. Give the clone a title. New Survey-project icon displayed. Double Click Form Preview displayed. Click on spreadsheet icon - Open XLSForm spreadsheet. Change the field names in column B , the GDB fields, from the generic “field_0, …. to properly formed 10-20 ch meaningful names. Do not save exl spreadsheet but do click the Update survey XLSForm. Apparently updates. Add a second picture field - image. Updates. Have a look at Schema Preview. This does not match the revised XLSForm! Why not? Form Preview does not match the revised XLS Form. No second image field. I tried to publish but there Token error - more or less as expected because I had earlier got the error message previously reported. Attached - two error messages; - My XLSForm, as requested - my desktop Thank you. I found the Web Designer a treat- that worked quickly and easily. The need to have my own copy drove me to try and backup. That exposed the difference between the Survey123-generated field names and list choices verses my labels. That forced me to try Connect to fix this issue and to give me access to a smarter form. I think the only changes I made to last working version CameraTrap 3 copy and CameraTrap 6 is the change to the DB fields and the addition of a second image-photo field. I am really grateful for your willingness to help. David ... View more

Ah - if do not save the Excel version but if I “Update survey from XLSForm…” I make progress. Thank goodness. Re the DateNow issue - I am reporting that the Date now does not match the Time now - one might be in UTC (and is clearly ‘wrong’) but the Time now is local and correct. That apparent muddled mix is a problem. We are agreed I need to explore the UTC verse local times. Thank you - at least I know what to explore. Many thanks. David ... View more

I cannot make the cloned version work. In Excel, I alter one field name, save - and I get the same error message. ... View more

Ismael I am making the cloned version work. Many thanks. Your image was a critical help. Yes - I did initially go to the Developers Group, in my ignorance. Thanks for redirecting me. I am also v troubled that the “Date now” puts a day earlier in the server version, though it is/was correct on the phone. David ... View more

I am so grateful. The rub is in your first para. I cannot take that work. All the rest I was aware of - I had read your GeoNet. Thanks. In Connect, I opened my most-recent web designer version. I opened the Excel version, saved to a new name. Edited one database field name (column 2). Saved . I then get the error message “Error converting XLSForm There has been a problem trying to replace $ with the Path to the survey element ‘field0’. …” Clearly I am trying to edit the old version and I have not established a brand new and therefore unpublished and editable version. Why will it not me overwrite? Re your 2. I do want to change the geodatabase field names (from the ‘field_0’ to my meaningful “Sitecode”). I have not knowingly made any further reference to be altered. How do I overwrite or create a separate? The later seems a better option given the old works and has data attached. Regards D ... View more

You are wonderful. Many thanks. I did copy the file, exported as a shape file and as a package. I eventually decided that I had to use Connect - but when I tried to change the actual geodatabase domain values in Connect, it gave me gave me an error. But I will try again knowing I am on the right track. I saw my Web Designer version in Survey123 Connect, so I presume I can edit the Connect version (and save as a new survey)? Rather than recreating the whole anew? ... View more