topic Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

YuyingLi — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:07:25 GMT

I have a feature services that enabled attachment based on the global ID. I created survey123 form based on the feature service and manually included photo repeat in the form. When I tried to publish the form to the existing feature service, I got an error message: the feature service does not match the requirement to edit repeat.

Anything I am missing?

Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

Anonymous User — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:10:40 GMT

Hi Yuying,

If the attachments are related to the main layer/table in the feature service, you do not need to add a repeat to the xlsform. Simply add a image type question to the survey and the attachments will be enabled and allowed one the main layer/table.

By adding an image question within a repeat (related table) it would indicate there is a related table that has attachments enabled.

Phil.

Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

YuyingLi — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:15:06 GMT

Thank you Phil –

So the name field should be the attachment table name, right? Do I need to identifiy the parameters in binding?

Yuying

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Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

Anonymous User — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:24:37 GMT

Do you have more than one layer/table in your feature service? Are you adding the records with attachments to the main layer or to the related table?

The name of image question will not matter if it is part of the main layer/table as we are not treating it as a real related table.

Can you send a screenshot of the Layer information section of the feature service page?

Phil.

Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

YuyingLi — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:33:43 GMT

I only have one layer in my feature service, the attachment is for the feature layer, not for a related table.

I tried to include the image field in the form and I was able to publish the form without any error…Looks like I was able to take 1 photo in Survey123 connect, but I was not able to take photo in the app – here is the screenshot of the attachment

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Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

Anonymous User — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:42:45 GMT

Hi Yuying,

Do you get an error when take photo in app and submit?

If you were able to publish survey without error the attachments shoudl be enabled and allow adding images.

Phil.

Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

YuyingLi — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:18:07 GMT

I was not able to take a photo via the app in my iphone. The photo field is grayed out…

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Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

Anonymous User — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:41:31 GMT

Are you trying to add the photo via editing via Inbox? Or are you collecting new survey?

Survey123 does not currently supporting adding/editing of attachments via the Inbox. Attachments can only be added when collecting a new survey and not when editing a survey via Inbox.

Phil.

Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

YuyingLi — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:39:10 GMT

Yes…I think now it makes sense now. So…can I edit the attachment to the related table via the inbox?

Thanks,

Yuying

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Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

JamesTedrick — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 07:53:11 GMT

Hi Yuying,

As Philip mentions above, we currently do not support adding/editing attachments via the Inbox, whether they are to the parent form or in a related table.

Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

SMauri — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:01:49 GMT

Hi James,

any ETA for supporting adding/editing attachments via Inbox? Any idea for a workaround in meantime?

Thank you,

Stefano

Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

JamesTedrick — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:48:32 GMT

Hi Stefano,

Adding attachments is supported for addition-only repeats. You could possibly construct separate forms for addition and updating as a workaround. We don't have a firm timeline for supporting this in update repeats.

Re: Survey123 form created from existing feature service cannot edit attachmnet

Anonymous User — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:09:03 GMT

James,

Is there any update on the supporting adding/editing attachments via inbox? Not understanding the separate form comment and how they would tie together.

I am wondering if it would be possible to invoke a new form and populate the new form with the ID from the inbox based form. What I am thinking is I am on a record with ID#123 and then invoke a simple form (maybe a web-based Survey123 form) via a button that launches the simple form in a browser via the survey web URL to capture pictures. When launched into the form the ID#123 is transferred to the new form. This will enable the attachments (pictures) to be tied back to the original feature service records through a related table.

Maybe this has been asked in another place in the forum...

Thanks in advance for your insight,

Robert