topic Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

NickDierks1 — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 17:55:55 GMT

In a survey published as a web form, I've noticed that constraint messages for certain questions will always display, regardless of the user input provided. This applies to custom constraint messages as well as the the default "It's an invalid answer" (when the constraint_message column is left blank). The constraint itself is triggered appropriately, turning red only when an incorrect input is provided, but the message displays the entire time (even before an input is provided), no matter what.

So far, I've seen this happen with text, integer, and date fields, but not yet a select_one. This occurs in both Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. I don't recall this happening before version 3.1, but I didn't do enough web form testing to be certain.

The fact that this behaviour is only within the web form, and even then is inconsistently applied to different question types, leads me to believe this is a bug, but I wanted to check here to make sure it's not just me. Is anyone else experiencing this? And if so, can anyone who hasn't upgraded to 3.1 test this?

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

IsmaelChivite — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 06:52:01 GMT

Hi. This could be a BUG. Could you please share the XLSForm so we can have a closer look? If you do not want to share the XLSForm attached to this thread, feel free to email the survey to survey123@esri.com referencing this GeoNet thread. Thanks!

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

NickDierks1 — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:05:12 GMT

Sure thing; attached is the test form I used to confirm it wasn't unique to my other survey.

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

TregChristopher — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 21:15:14 GMT

I'm seeing the same thing as Nick and (pretty sure) I didn't see it when I first published forms from Connect around 10/23 (using v 3_0_149) but then upgraded in November (to v 3_1_126) and now see the constraint messages, on load, in the webforms.

Confirming also that field app version still works as normal and that for webforms, the constraint shows regardless of custom vs default message and that it is on two different types of constraints ( a date field and an email field) (see pic below).

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

PhillipBailey — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:45:19 GMT

I have also encountered this issue (and others) using the new S123 version 3.1.126.

Connect vs. Web form functionality: repeats, calculations, relevant statements

In another thread(Survey123 Connect .>now() constraint not working ) I read that date isn't validating or being enforced until the end of the survey (until submitting).

Integer fields too as stated above.

I've had to abandon constraints and relevant statements in some cases just to get a working web version of a Survey.

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

Anonymous User — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:42:02 GMT

Any word about when we can expect this to be fixed? It looks very unprofessional to have the message appear or if no constraint is specified it just states the the answer is invalid when it is not.

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

JamesTedrick — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:50:27 GMT

Hi Nikholai,

This is planned to be addressed in our late February release.

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

deleted-user-gdY-GmN0uDXr — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:07:26 GMT

Has the version with this fix been released yet?

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

TregChristopher — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 21:20:31 GMT

I just tested and this was NOT fixed with the 3.3.51 release! In addition, it seems like the default condition for my observation date field (today()) is now not being added on load to the webform.

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

NickDierks1 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 22:55:34 GMT

To update:

As Treg Christopher‌ mentions above, this issue ended up not getting resolved in version 3.3, and is now scheduled for version 3.4 in May (source: Ismael Chivite‌'s comment in the 3.3 release notes thread).

I know it's not a survey-breaking issue, but I'm very much looking forward to it being resolved. Fingers crossed!

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

ElliottPlack1 — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:20:17 GMT

The update appears to have been completed!

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Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

FinneyCountyGIS — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:38:57 GMT

Has this been fixed? I am using version 3.7.62 and still encountering this issue. I have a calculated integer, and a constraint on that calculate to say .>0

The constraint message does not go away even after that calculation shows any integer greater than 0. The end user is still able to submit, however some users are confused and don't hit submit because it still looks like an error

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

FinneyCountyGIS — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:57:40 GMT

After testing, here is what i found.

I have a field "Total Points". I don't want the user to modify the total points so it is a read only field. When the user answers questions the points get totaled but the message doesn't go away.

When I turn off read-only and type in a value the message goes away. So it seems to be a problem with the calculation not triggering the constraint to validate.

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

TregChristopher — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 19:55:01 GMT

My location constraint on web from is working fine. It is a read-only note field, has a calculation to sum 2 integer fields (int(${ValidX}) + int(${ValidY})), and a constraint of .=2 so it won't show the constraint message unless the calc doesn't sum to 2. Just tested the web form (https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/a384e90f69744f2e846135a9ce80027f ) and it does in fact show the constraint message and prevent the user from submitting until they correct their location.

So I think in general, constraints in web forms seems to be working as expected, since the 3.4 or 3.5 release. In my situation with a spatial constraint, ideally the constraint would be on a hidden field (instead of a note field) because the constraint message shows on form load...so a a little messy looking but it is good enough for now.

One thought is that since you are using a note field, I think the calc needs to be cast to integer ( e.g. my calc is:int(${ValidX}) + int(${ValidY}) ), otherwise it might read the result as a string and then the constraint wouldn't fire if it is expecting your integer value of .>0

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

FinneyCountyGIS — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 20:05:27 GMT

My "Total Point" field was hidden with the bind::esri:fieldType set to esriFieldTypeInteger. However when adding the constraint to the hidden field it would still let them submit with 0 points.

So I change my "Total Point" field to an integer (not a note field) that i made read only.

My calculation for the "Total Point" field:

int(${MandatorySM_1}) + int(${VoluntarySM_1}) + int(${DeptStretching_1}) + int(${SDS_Review_2}) + int(${PPE_Inspection_2}) + int(${VehicleToolInsp_2}) + int(${Cleaning_2}) + int(${SafetySuggestion_2}) + int(${SafetyReport_2}) + int(${SafetyCommitteeMeeting_2}) + int(${DailyStandWalk_2}) + int(${PresentSafety_5}) + int(${NearMissReport_5}) + int(${SafetyImplemented_10})

My constraint is for the "Total Point" field:

.>0

Re: Constraint message in Web Form persists during correct answer

TregChristopher — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 22:06:53 GMT

That all looks right to me...Sorry I can't think of anything else as to why yours isn't working.

And yeah, hidden constraints don't seem to work on the web form (but do in the field app). This would be a nice feature that I would love to see working in the web form.