topic Re: Survey123 auto update forms in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Survey123 auto update forms

JordanMiller4 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:20:38 GMT

Is there anything we can make the forms update automatically on the phones? It's such a headache having to update forms on 30+ phones. We're still new to building our forms that we're constantly having to update everyone's phone when we make any changes.

Re: Survey123 auto update forms

DeonLengton — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:49:17 GMT

Hi Jordan

What process do you currently follow to update the survey?

If you go to the Get Surveys page on Survey123 then you simply have to click on the reload cloud image to refresh a survey that has already been downloaded onto a device:

In the above image - the first survey has already been downloaded so clicking on the cloud with the reload icon will reload the survey. The second survey hasnt been loaded so the icon is different.

Re: Survey123 auto update forms

JordanMiller4 — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:16:43 GMT

Hi Deon, thanks for the response. We was hoping there would be a way where the surveys would automatically update itself every day or once a week. If the app were to update the downloaded surveys we could prevent our operators from using old forms. Even though we tell our operators to update the surveys once a week there is usually a few that don't or they simply forget. It's very time consuming for me and our operators to check 30+ phones.

Re: Survey123 auto update forms

DeonLengton — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:28:38 GMT

Hi Jordan

I think you will need to customize the app, you might want to have a look at using AppStudio to tinker with the Survey123 template...

That's the only way you will get that functionality until it's built into the Survey123 app. You might also want to add your idea to https://community.esri.com/community/arcgis-ideas

Re: Survey123 auto update forms

DeonLengton — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:49:27 GMT

I see it is already on ArcGIS Ideas:

https://community.esri.com/ideas/13677