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(Implemented) Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

PeterVerwey — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 19:52:51 GMT

QuickCapture is a great tool to use to collect rapid field intel with a single big button interface. The new Project User Input field is invaluable to capture data common to all intel points collected during a session.

What I would like to see is multiple Project User Input fields. So that more session specific information can be captured automatically when used in the field.

One of our uses for QuickCapture is to collect land search information. With the current situation and one Project User Input, this can be used for example to record an operator's name.

If there were multiple fields available, entered as form input perhaps at app startup, other session specific attributes could also be allocated to the data table. These could include:

operator name
team name
search event reference number
search event name

Having the capacity to automatically allocate these to all points collected would allow multiple search events to use the app concurrently and easily catalog captured data to a specific search event.

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture - Status changed to: Under Consideration

Mandy_Li — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:52:59 GMT

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

Marc_Graham — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:08:25 GMT

This is a great idea and would make QuickCapture much more useful.

Also: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-quickcapture-questions/two-enhancement-requests-for-project-user-input/td-p/667913

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

BethLawson — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:15:56 GMT

This would be really useful for many of our QuickCapture projects. For example, we use QuickCapture with contractors who are carrying out pest weed control. Various pesticides are used for this work, and they are creating a point at every pest plant that they spray. Currently we have our QuickCapture interface set up with buttons for each species and chemical type. The single project user input field is used to specify their name and what company they work for. If they could enter what chemical they are using at the start of the session in an additional project user input field, that would greatly reduce the number of buttons on the screen and make it much easier to use.

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

JohnathanHasthorpe — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:33:17 GMT

Planned for the August 2021 1.10 release

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture - Status changed to: In Product Plan

JohnathanHasthorpe — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:43:28 GMT

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

Amanda__Huber — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:14:39 GMT

Our organization is also desperately looking for this functionality and we're excited to hear it's planned for the August update!

Thank you!

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture - Status changed to: Implemented

IsmaelChivite — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 08:32:56 GMT

Implemented in version 1.10 (August 2021). Thanks a lot for contributing to ArcGIS Ideas.

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/quickcapture/field-mobility/whats-new-in-arcgis-quickcapture-august-2021/

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

Amanda__Huber — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:19:17 GMT

@IsmaelChivite

Did the setting for Project User Inputs change? (If I remember correctly the setting was up here)

I can't seem to find the configuration for the Project User Input anymore:

Thanks!

- Amanda

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

Mandy_Li — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:19:32 GMT

Hi @Amanda__Huber Yes, in this 1.10 update, the project user input option is removed from the Settings. But you can still create and edit project user inputs, this is now done through the button > DATA tab > data field (text-based). See this blog https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-quickcapture-blog/understanding-user-inputs-in-arcgis-quickcapture/ba-p/892208 for how to configure a project user input.

We are planning to bring back the project user input setting option very soon.

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

Amanda__Huber — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:47:45 GMT

Hi @Mandy_Li,

Thanks for the quick reply!

We really appreciate the ability to add additional user inputs on buttons, but there is a lot of worth in having these "global" user inputs that pass information across all buttons. Do you know the timeline for this functionality to come back?

In addition, does that mean there is currently no way to edit existing project inputs like the one in my screenshot above? Is this a bug?

Thank you,

Amanda

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

Mandy_Li — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:17:53 GMT

Hi @Amanda__Huber The project user input ability is always there and remains as the global variable. In fact, now we support adding up to three project user inputs per project. To create and assign a global project user input, go to the button's data field and select the Project user input option. Then you can edit, delete this project user input, or reuse it to another data field. This blog here document details about how to configure a project user input: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-quickcapture-blog/understanding-user-inputs-in-arcgis-quickcapture/ba-p/892208

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

IsmaelChivite — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:45:21 GMT

@Amanda__Huber Please note that the ability to work with Project User Inputs was never completely removed. We simply temporarily moved access to this functionality from the top bar in designer, to the field mappings within the Data tab (button > DATA tab > data field).

From the help:

A project user input is created and configured by the project author on the Data tab for each field. To assign a project user input variable to a capture field of a button, on the Data tab, from the drop-down menu of the capture field, select Project user input. You can apply project user input variables only to text fields without domains.

As @Mandy_Li anticipated above, we reinstated access to the Project User Input list from the top bar. You still need to create new Project User Inputs (unlike before) from the data field mappings, but at least now you can see an edit existing ones from the top bar.

Without going into too much detail, we only let you create new Project User Inputs now from the data field mappings because we want to add support for domain lists in the future, and this is only possible if you tell us what the target field of your Project User Input is. The most natural way to do this is through the data field mappings.

We appreciate your comments. We are open to always revisit decisions we make and your input is welcomed.

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

MeganEngel — Fri, 13 May 2022 18:12:07 GMT

Is there documentation showing the syntax on how to launch QC from collector with multiple project user inputs?

Re: Multiple Project User Input fields in QuickCapture

MeganEngel — Fri, 13 May 2022 18:28:11 GMT

"arcgis-quickcapture://?itemId=XXXXX&userInput:001=Text String&userInput:002={Attribute}"