topic Re: Sample ID based upon calculated date no longer working in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Sample ID based upon calculated date no longer working

LorettaWinton1 — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 20:27:59 GMT

Hello,

As the Survey123 team has previously suggested, I have been successfully using a sample ID based upon a calculated date and relevant field for a long time. However it is no longer working. When I select 'yes' the specimen label box that opens is empty. This is a major problem for us. Can you explain what is happening and provide a fix?

select_one yes_no

specimen_collected

Specimen collected?

horizontal

text

calc_sample_id

Specimen label

Write this fun number on the specimen bag

${specimen_collected} = 'yes'

concat(format-date(now(), '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),'_',property('username'),'_GS')

Thanks,

Lori

PS I also attached the XLSX

Re: Sample ID based upon calculated date no longer working

GarretDubois — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:29:46 GMT

A fix for this problem would be very helpful

Re: Sample ID based upon calculated date no longer working

LorettaWinton1 — Fri, 04 May 2018 19:12:10 GMT

Hello?? Anybody have a suggestion on how to fix this??

Re: Sample ID based upon calculated date no longer working

JamesTedrick — Fri, 04 May 2018 22:36:30 GMT

Hi Loretta,

The issue is that the calculation is in a question that has a relevant expression. In 2.7, the behavior of relevant was changed to empty out the question to prevent submission (as non-relevant answers are not being asked). One way to address this would be to have the default for question #36 be yes (especially if specimen collection is the normal part of the workflow); alternatively, clicking on the label question and then pressing the refresh icon that will appear next to it will generate the label.