topic Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question. in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

JohnTruong — Mon, 21 May 2018 15:12:19 GMT

I'm having problems getting my first question is repeat question to have a set default value. Currently, I have a question that asks if the user has invasive plants in their plot. If the user selects checks yes for a yes/no question a repeat question will appear that lists 16 common invasive plants. The user will be asked to check yes/no if a specific species is present in their plot. I would like to default of the species to no (not present) so the user can quickly scroll through the list to find the correct species, and manually check yes. I've put no into the column "default" for this question but the first question (question 1) in the series of 16 questions does not default to no, nothing is checked. Only questions 2-16 have no as defaults. I've tried this on my other sets of repeat questions and the same issue occurs, the first question is never set to the default value but ever question after the first in the series of questions will have default value set.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

JamesTedrick — Mon, 21 May 2018 21:49:52 GMT

Hi John,

Is there a calculation also in the repeat section? There is a known issue with the combination of repeat_count and calculations affecting the default value for a question in a repeat.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

JohnTruong — Tue, 22 May 2018 11:49:34 GMT

Hi James,

There are no calculations in the calculations column in the row that the repeat begins and ends, that is what you are asking? However, I do have relevance set as ${microplot_yn} = yes (this means when the user selects "yes" to take a picture at the microplot the repeat will appear). I also have repeat count set to 3.

There are a couple calculations in between Begin and End. I've attached a photo highlighting the repeat I'm having problems with.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

JamesTedrick — Tue, 22 May 2018 15:42:50 GMT

Hi John,

Yes, the prism_counter is a calculation that is contributing to the issue I mentioned above.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

JohnTruong — Tue, 22 May 2018 16:38:44 GMT

Removed the prism_counter calculation and the default values were able to set for every question. Thank you James!

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

EmilyResseger — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:28:48 GMT

Has there been any movement on the known issue of the combination of repeat_count and calculations affecting the default value for a question in a repeat? I have a nested repeat in Version 3.0 and am trying to rely on a number of calculations and default values. The first repeat through is having issues with these not populating.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

JohnTruong — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:16:56 GMT

Hi Emily,

I believe there still has not been an update. I noticed that this only

occurred on the first question within the repeat question. After you move

onto the next question the default answer begins to appear.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

JohnathanHasthorpe — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 04:25:12 GMT

We have a fix for this on the EAC - please test out the latest release candidate builds here: https://earlyadopter.esri.com/project/home.html?cap=%7bE69EF91F-4574-4B98-882C-651F7B518EB7%7d

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

EmilyResseger — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 20:38:16 GMT

I missed the opportunity to try this in 3.1.136 Field App and 3.1.113 Connect on the EAC, but did try it today with 3.1.158 Field App and 3.1.126 Connect on the EAC, which should have had the functionality rolled into it. Unless I am missing a setting it still doesn't work. I set defaults in XLSForm in Connect, loaded the survey into the app, and the first repeat does not have the defaults loaded. The second repeat has them.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

JamesTedrick — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 12:16:27 GMT

Hi Emily,

Could you share your form? While this has been addressed for most situations with repeats, there are a couple of configurations which did not get fixed for 3.1.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

EmilyResseger — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:32:13 GMT

Here is a form that is giving us problems. It has defaults and calculations and involves a nested repeat. It's built on top of an existing feature service.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

Anonymous User — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 02:18:56 GMT

Hi John,

Just an update to let you know that we have been working on the issue you raised when setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question. A lot of progress has been made with repeats/nested repeats and defaults/calculations/relevants and missing values when opening the survey, so we believe the issue has been resolved for our upcoming 3.2 release.

If you have time, can you please check out the latest 3.2 RC builds available on EAC here: Welcome to our Feedback Community and provide any feedback. The sooner we can get feedback the sooner can can address any outstanding issues.

Phil.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

Anonymous User — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 02:24:32 GMT

Hi Emily,

Please try the latest 3.2 RC builds that are now available on EAC (3.2.192), we believe this will have fixed the issues you are facing with defaults and calculations and involves a nested repeat.

Phil.

Re: When setting a default answer for repeat question, default answer is not applied to first question.

ryanEvanczyk — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:17:47 GMT

Hi Philip,

I was wondering if there had been any change in setting a default answer for the first question in a nested repeat with a repeat_count of 1?

The default answer works when I get rid of the repeat_count.

Cheers,

RyanE