topic Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

vanessagiles — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 07:11:17 GMT

When designing a survey using Survey123 Web, it is possible to set caching for responses that will be repeated so that users won't have to retype their answers for each subsequent survey. I am finding that this doesn't work on either iPhone or Android App. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a way of fixing it?

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

ElizabethBrown2 — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:17:08 GMT

Yes, I've been having the same problem! This cache feature seems to work fine when entering data into the browser, but not the app itself.

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

vanessagiles — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:56:40 GMT

Sorry I forgot to post the outcome of this query. I believe it is a feature of the web-designed forms however the caching has yet to be added to the forms created using Connect. That's my understanding. Best to use favourites in the app instead.

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

ElizabethBrown2 — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:24:35 GMT

Thanks for the response, Vanessa! What is the favorites feature in the app you're referring to? Also do you know if ESRI has any plans to incorporate text chaching in the next version of the app?

Thank you!

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

JamesTedrick — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:31:42 GMT

Hi Elizabeth,

The mobile application has the ability to cache an entire survey form as the 'Favorite' survey; it currently can't cache an individual answer at this time. See Quick reference—Survey123 for ArcGIS | ArcGIS for more information.

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

MaureenPeniuk — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 01:16:26 GMT

I hope it does soon. As for sampling multiple sites in one day, it would be great if for certain questions, one could set it up so the previous response for that question came in as the default for that question for the next submission.

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

MaureenPeniuk — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 02:20:26 GMT

I just found the set as favourite - and paste favourite - at the top right of the form in the app; that is just what I needed!

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

ConorFlynn — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:15:30 GMT

Please add individual answer caching!

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

MiriamOlivares1 — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:31:04 GMT

James Tedrick, can you please share the status (or a URL to discussion) of cache? A researcher in my institution would like to use cache answers design in connect (not web). Is it possible to enable cache on the excel form? Thanks in advance.

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

DougBrowning — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:33:14 GMT

Another vote. Esp for super long lists where a subset is used a lot each day. Most other form programs attempt to learn user answers over time. Even moving the last picked item to the top of the list would be a start.

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

RobertTaylor5 — Wed, 13 May 2020 22:31:40 GMT

I am trying to use the cache answer feature in Survey 123 for ArcGIS version 3.9.148 on an iPad mini and this still does not seem to work. @ESRI support: do you know the status of this bug???

Re: Caching of text entries does not work in Survey123 App

AlvaroFaria — Tue, 26 May 2020 04:23:01 GMT

Hello ESRI Support Team,

I would like to add to this thread another question. I have already read in another post that the configuration for the caching is controlled in a different table than the XSLForm configuration (here). So, is that a way to keep this configuration once I start my survey in the web design then I migrate to the Surve123 Connect app to finish configuring the survey?

To give some more details: What is happening now is, I do the inicial configuration in the Survey123 web designer setting the configuration for some questions to be cached. Then, I need to configure the survey to work in English and French. That must be done using the XLSForms. Once I finish editing the XSLForm file, I republish the survey, then I lose the cache feature.

Unfortunately, I cannot use the field app since we are publishing our app internally in our enterprise solution that is locked for external access.

Thank you in advance for your comments.