idea Repeat records created dynamically AND POPULATED from previous question selections in ArcGIS Survey123 Ideas

Repeat records created dynamically AND POPULATED from previous question selections

LindsayRaabe_FPCWA — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:32:16 GMT

Problem: In Survey123, we have use cases where using a select_multiple question, the user checks all relevant categories that we need to detail in the repeat, but currently there's no way to dynamically create a record for each selected value in the repeat - only the total count of selected values.

Idea: Include functionality in Survey123 Connect so that a repeat can have records pre-created AND pre-filled from a select_multiple question outside the repeat. For example:

Use Case: Enforce rigid data practices so that all required records are captured with no reliance on the user ensuring that they manually add enough repeat records or selected the correct types for each category that needs detailing.

Re: Repeat records created dynamically AND POPULATED from previous question selections

AlfredBaldenweck — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:02:02 GMT

This is another case where S123 really needs a list or array data type.

We have multiple workflows where we end up creating a repeat record for each thing selected, but it's incumbent on the user to remember which record is for what OR on the form author to create a separate repeat for each value. This is kind of gross. (That being said, I think you could get around this by copying the values from each value repeat into a final, cumulative repeat and then get rid of the others? Idk, can you set repeat types to bind-esri-null?)

Having S123 do it for us would be sweet.

Re: Repeat records created dynamically AND POPULATED from previous question selections

Neal_t_k — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:59:15 GMT

@LindsayRaabe_FPCWA Maybe I am missing something. Can't you use selected-at(${multi-select question}, pos(..)-1) to get that repeat question to prefill appropriately?

Re: Repeat records created dynamically AND POPULATED from previous question selections

LindsayRaabe_FPCWA — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:23:02 GMT

Thanks for the tip - got it to work using the below:

type	name	label	appearance	required	readonly	calculation	relevant	choice_filter	repeat_count
select_multiple a_i	Relevant_AIs	<b>What unintended and intended Actions & Inactions (A&Is) were evident?</b>		yes
calculate	total_ais	total_ais				count-selected(${Relevant_AIs})
begin repeat	Actions_Inactions_AIs	Actions & Inactions (A&Is)</b>	minimal				count-selected(${Relevant_AIs}) > 0 and not(selected(${Relevant_AIs}, 'None'))		${total_ais}
calculate	rec_ais_num	rec_ais_num				position(..)
note	rec_ais_note_people	<b><font color='red'>Record ${rec_ais_num} of ${total_ais} (Complete for each A&I listed below)
select_one a_i	AandI	Actions & Inactions	minimal	yes	yes	selected-at(${Relevant_AIs}, ${rec_ais_num} - 1)	selected(${Relevant_AIs}, name)
text	AandI_description	Description		yes
end repeat