topic Re: create default from an initial input in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/create-default-from-an-initial-input/m-p/811237#M13350 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Andrew,</P><P></P><P>By "<SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">become a default for the rest of the session" do you mean for all new surveys collected after the first one? Note that the calculations, defaults and other settings configured in the survey only apply to that survey record (feature) and its related records and are not shared across different surveys (features) when opening a new collect survey entry.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">However, have you considered using the signed in user to set the default you want, this can be done with a calculation in the survey for instance.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">Phil.</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:54:18 GMT Anonymous User 2018-06-06T00:54:18Z create default from an initial input https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/create-default-from-an-initial-input/m-p/811236#M13349 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when an inspector is using the survey on site i want the initial "who is the surveyor" question to become a default for the rest of the session?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 May 2018 11:50:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/create-default-from-an-initial-input/m-p/811236#M13349 AndrewBishop3 2018-05-30T11:50:58Z Re: create default from an initial input https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/create-default-from-an-initial-input/m-p/811237#M13350 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Andrew,</P><P></P><P>By "<SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">become a default for the rest of the session" do you mean for all new surveys collected after the first one? Note that the calculations, defaults and other settings configured in the survey only apply to that survey record (feature) and its related records and are not shared across different surveys (features) when opening a new collect survey entry.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">However, have you considered using the signed in user to set the default you want, this can be done with a calculation in the survey for instance.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="background-color: #ffffff;">Phil.</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:54:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/create-default-from-an-initial-input/m-p/811237#M13350 Anonymous User 2018-06-06T00:54:18Z