idea Add a function to get the current field's value within the Form Calculation Arcade profile in ArcGIS Field Maps Ideas

Add a function to get the current field's value within the Form Calculation Arcade profile

Gavin_Leavitt — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 21:21:50 GMT

I would like to be able to get the current value from a form input without having to call the field by name when doing a calculation within Field Maps Form Calculation profile.

Take the following example that is calculating on the form input "DateTimeCompleted":

var current_datetime = Now() var f_name = "DateTimeCompleted" var exist = $feature[f_name] if (!IsEmpty(exist)){ return exist } return current_datetime

Instead of calling "DateTimeCompleted" it would be useful to use a contextual function to get the existing value of from the field that is getting calculated.

This would make it easier to write generic Arcade functions that can be quickly re-used.

Re: Add a function to get the current field's value within the Form Calculation Arcade profile

JustinReynolds — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 21:31:53 GMT

Hey Gavin,

To clarify, within the Form Calculation and Form Constraint Profiles, are you seeking a profile variable similar to something like $self and by extension $originalSelf?

Re: Add a function to get the current field's value within the Form Calculation Arcade profile

Gavin_Leavitt — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 22:02:58 GMT

@JustinReynolds Yes, I was not clear on the correct terminology for this idea, but profile variables of "$self" and "originalSelf" are exactly what I am asking for.

Re: Add a function to get the current field's value within the Form Calculation Arcade profile

MarkGo — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:37:57 GMT

These generic variables would immensely help with updating a group of fields based on a status flag. I don't want to have to create expressions for each field (there are about 2 dozen of them), when the same transformation needs to happen to each field.
Having $self would make this one single expression to handle all of the fields.