topic Re: Put UserName in a Field in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Put UserName in a Field

JohnMcConalogue — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:41:43 GMT

I want to add the surveyor's username into a field.

How can I pick up the username?

Thanks.

Re: Put UserName in a Field

JamesTedrick — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:12:10 GMT

Hi John,

The using Survey123Connect, the easiest way to do this is to add a field of type username to the survey- the field will not be visible, but will record the username. Refer to the 'Question Types' section in XLSForm essentials—Survey123 for ArcGIS | ArcGIS That being said, Survey123 uses a feature call editor tracking (Editor tracking for feature services—Documentation (10.3 and 10.3.1) | ArcGIS for Server ) that automatically records the username (and date & time) of when a survey is submitted.

Re: Put UserName in a Field

JohnMcConalogue — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:23:31 GMT

Again, thanks for the reply James.

How can I get the Username to display on the survey though?

Re: Put UserName in a Field

JamesTedrick — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:33:35 GMT

You can use the property function to access the username if you want it in a visible field - see the 'Device and user properties' section in Prepopulate answers—Survey123 for ArcGIS | ArcGIS

Re: Put UserName in a Field

JohnMcConalogue — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 09:50:50 GMT

Thanks James.

Re: Put UserName in a Field

CarlHolt1 — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:30:39 GMT

If the field is turned to readonly=yes, will it appear in the report?

Re: Put UserName in a Field

JamesTedrick — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:22:12 GMT

The readonly attribute shouldn't have any bearing on the report - that's only to indicate that the field is readonly in the collection phase.

Re: Put UserName in a Field

PeterMacKenzie2 — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 03:45:07 GMT

I tried this but it didn't work -
pulldata("@property", 'username')
how do you put the user name so I can have a message: "you are signed in as" and [esri username]

Re: Put UserName in a Field

JamesTedrick — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:18:36 GMT

Hi Peter,

You can have a question of type 'username' and then use that in a calculation.

Re: Put UserName in a Field

AdamDaily — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:29:32 GMT

James,

I don't see a 'username' function under the device and user properties pulldata list. As others note, the username question alone does not display in the survey. I added an additional text question to my survey with a

Calculation: ${username}, but all it returns is "Unknown @property: username". I am logged into AGOL, but testing through Survey Connect with an unpublished survey.

Re: Put UserName in a Field

IsmaelChivite — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:29:42 GMT

Do something like this:

type	name	label
username	theusername	Username

The username question type will capture the currently logged-in user into a field in your layer, but will not be shown in your form. If you want to show the loggedin username into the form, use a note question as shown below:

type	name	label
username	theusername	Username
note		Username is ${theusername}

For completeness, there is an alternative way to get the username using the property('username) function. However, this function only works in the Survey123 field app. At the moment, property('username') does not work in the Survey123 field app.

Re: Put UserName in a Field

Slamon — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:55:40 GMT

We have this working in our forms but just started noticing that a small % of inspections are not capturing the username. It's not a specific user, or a specific form. It seems to be random. The user info IS being captured in the Created_User field in 100% of records. So the device knows who's entering data.
Any thoughts on why the Username field wouldn't also be populated?