topic Re: how to pose restriction on the character field entry. in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

how to pose restriction on the character field entry.

GeorgeSuresh — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:41:48 GMT

I would like to restrict the input into my text field as follows:

- exactly 6 characters, with each of these characters to be only numbers (0-9)

(I can do the same if I change the field to 'integer', except that the integer field will NOT take leading zeros as part of the 6-digit number - for example, 012345 is not a 6-digit number)

Re: how to pose restriction on the character field entry.

Anonymous User — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 01:28:26 GMT

Hi George,

Have you tried using an input mask, you can find more information here: Esri custom columns—Survey123 for ArcGIS | ArcGIS

Also some other others in GeoNet have posted about using input masks and leading zeros: https://community.esri.com/message/831863-re-integer-field-is-truncated-when-the-survey-is-saved-then-edited?commentID=8… and Integer Field in Survey123 does not allow more than 9 digits and https://community.esri.com/thread/217821-why-are-integers-now-limited-to-9-digits?commentID=784563#comment-830343 and Remove commas from Integer field type. There are lots of other posts and even workaround for input mask and leading zeros if you want to have a more in depth search.

Phil.

Re: how to pose restriction on the character field entry.

GeorgeSuresh — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:16:19 GMT

Thanks, Phil.

I'll check it out.

-- Suresh