topic Hidden field in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Hidden field

MichaelJabot — Fri, 26 May 2017 20:43:56 GMT

Could someone please share an example of a hidden field. I can not seem to get the syntax correct. THANK YOU!

Re: Hidden field

MichaelKelly — Sat, 27 May 2017 09:20:02 GMT

There are two main ways of hiding fields.

1. Specifying hidden as the field type (as in rows 3 and 4 in the attached Excel document). You use the bind::esri:fieldType column to specify what you want the field type to be:

type	name	label	bind::esri:fieldType
hidden	HiddenString	Hidden String	esriFieldTypeString
hidden	HiddenInteger	Hidden Integer	esriFieldTypeInteger

2. Using the relevant column to hide a question (as in rows 5 and 6 in the attached Excel document):

type	name	label	relevant
select_one ListYesNo	ShowNextQuestion	Show Next Question
geopoint	Location	Selection Location	${ShowNextQuestion}='Yes'

Hidden fields will never be displayed in Survey123, whereas fields with relevancy set on them will be displayed if the specific condition is met.

You can check exactly what will be published in the Schema Preview within Survey123 Connect:

Re: Hidden field

ReneAubut — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:55:10 GMT

When using hidden questions in Survey123 forms, I notice that these fields are by default invisible in ArcGIS Pro, but visible in Survey123 Web page. Of course I could set these fields to invisible in the table section but I need to set this every time i open the feature layer in Survey123 Web page. Is it possible to have it by default to invisible?

Re: Hidden field

JamesTedrick — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:57:36 GMT

Hi Rene,

I'm not sure what you are referring to by hidden questions being hidden by default in ArcGIS Pro - that should not be the case (and is not the case in my testing).

Re: Hidden field

ReneAubut — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:47:31 GMT

HI James, the added image shows the fields visibility upon adding my Survey123 Feature Layer in Pro. My hidden type questions are not visible as I want it to be. When viewing the same feature Layer in the data tab of survey123, all these hidden fields are visible

Re: Hidden field

JamesTedrick — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:28:11 GMT

Hi Rene,

Again, I would not expect hidden fields to be hidden automatically if published by Survey123. Could you share the JSON of the feature layer info? I'm not sure why Pro would be hiding fields unless it was specified there.

Re: Hidden field

ReneAubut — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:36:08 GMT

James, I presumed it is the forminfo.json

Re: Hidden field

JamesTedrick — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 22:37:01 GMT

Hi Rene,

I was asking for the JSON version of the 'Service URL' you can get to via the Item Details page of the feature service.

Re: Hidden field

ReneAubut — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:29:12 GMT

Hi James,

service url is https://services.arcgis.com/Cif2vyIafUMtRuVN/arcgis/rest/services/service_9df173124eca4e3fa5a166e0e515f443/FeatureServer

Re: Hidden field

JamesTedrick — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 22:46:55 GMT

Hi Rene,

The service is secured; that is why I was asking for the JSON. Perhaps opening an Esri Technical Support ticket would make this a bit quicker to diagnose than relying on the GeoNet forum.

Re: Hidden field

Anonymous User — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:34:45 GMT

Hello James,

Longtime reader, first time commenter. Was this resolved?

kind regards,

-Daniel