scope of variables

TracyLove — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 18:56:59 GMT

Is there any possible way to store a variable such that it can be used during the creation of successive features? For example a survey team ID or a reservoir level for bathymetric temperature readings. So the scope of operation is really the field map when it is opened.
Is there any way to store a variable that can be accessed by any of the arcade expressions associated with a form? So the scope is just within each new features data entry form. For example in my case, multiple fields need to access attributes in the previous record..

var lastRecord = FIRST(ORDERBY($layer,'created_time DESC'));
seems like my field map would run a lot faster if i was not running that query for each field.

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scope of variables