topic Re: Map not functioning on webform in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Map not functioning on webform

ICFAdmin — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:36:41 GMT

I've created a reporting form to use on a website and it seems to work pretty well. Except, I cannot get the geopoint to collect data. When I try it on my phone using the app it works fine. I can move the location of the map after it automatically finds my current location so I can put it on the location I want to record. However, on the webform, the map does not seem to record the new location.

For example, when I move the map to a new location, I see no corresponding change in the latitude or longitude. Also, if I use the search box to "jump to" a location, the map does not update.

I tried just moving the map to a location and hoped it was recording the location even though it was not showing it. In the end, the map put the point in my default location and not the location I choose with the map.

Here is a link to the form:

https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/86cfaa95ffe74bc4925f537a2364ca1f

I've tried in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and IE and have the same results in all.

I don't think there is much I can do from my end - it appears to be a programming issue. I would be happy to rebuild the form if that will help.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ICFAdmin — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:06:40 GMT

NOTE: I tested this with another Survey123 Webform and had the same issues. In both cases I built the form using the XLS spreadsheet and Survey123 Connect. When I build a form via the Survey123 website (simple way) and open it, the mapping function works as expected.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

Joseph_Kinyon — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:17:49 GMT

Confirming that I observed the same behavior.

1. "For example, when I move the map to a new location, I see no corresponding change in the latitude or longitude"
I noticed this only happens for Decimal Degrees, all the other coordinate systems update and you record that location using the selection on the map
(This might be a related to a pulldata function that is currently being fixed).

2. "If I use the search box to "jump to" a location, the map does not update" I'm confirming this to be the case for me also in Chrome on Windows 10

Joe

Re: Map not functioning on webform

IsmaelChivite — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:45:59 GMT

Thanks for reporting. We will look into this issue.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

IsmaelChivite — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:56:12 GMT

Quick update. We have a fix for this issue and we will move to production as soon as we can.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ScottKiley — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:13 GMT

Thanks Ismael Chivite,

I was having the same problem, so I updated Survey123 and Connect to the current release and republished my survey. Now the Survey errors when loading in the webform and the map fails to display (https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/96e92c0dabfd4b0a9e2f5c297ef558b8).

Also, when viewing the the data tab on the form in the Survey123 web site the site spins and spins.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ScottKiley — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:36:32 GMT

Ismael Chivite‌, Do you have an idea on when this fix will be made? We're contemplating rolling back to a previous version, but cannot find installation files. Thanks.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ScottKiley — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 21:01:53 GMT

We tried many things and determined that the only way correct this issue was to practically build a new form from scratch. I say practically, because we used the workflow to create a new Survey123 with existing feature service. The app works as expected now.

We had to add the following back in: 1) Anything that isn't a field (supporting images notes, etc.); 2) Everything to the right of the first 3 columns in the XLS Form (Hints, Constraints, Defaults, etc.); 3) Copy the choices list back to the worksheet.

There is still a problem with certain defaults, though. We were unable to put simple text defaults back in without getting the attached Form Logic error message.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

JamesTedrick — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 22:18:44 GMT

Hi Scott,

The map issue described above isn't one that can be fixed by the survey author- we will be updating the web form code tonight to address it.

In terms of supplying text defaults, are they within quotation marks?

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ScottKiley — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 22:31:37 GMT

Thanks James,‌

It's good to hear that there will be an update tonight.

We tried adding quotes to the text defaults and it didn't work. I thought we tried both single and double quotes. Which do you recommend we use?

Scott

Re: Map not functioning on webform

JamesTedrick — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 22:34:57 GMT

Double quotes - Excel tends to turn the first single quote as a signifier that 'This cell contains text, even if it looks like a number'. Could you share your XLSfile?

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ScottKiley — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 22:45:15 GMT

We'll try using double quotes and share the XLS file with you.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ScottKiley — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:08:10 GMT

We have double quotes on the defaults in the attached XLS form and still receive the form logic error.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

JamesTedrick — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:40:29 GMT

Hi Scott,

Thanks for sending the form. I can see the issue now. An issue was introduced in the use of default values on the webform - it's getting transferred to the output of the 'calculate' column. As a workaround, wrapping the default value with string() (i.e., string('MN') will get the value into the form

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ScottKiley — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:48:24 GMT

Thanks James.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ICFAdmin — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:48:23 GMT

James,

We see our form, the original for this post, now has a functioning map for the geopoint. Thank you. Two follow on questions.

Is there a way to have the form NOT show all of the additional diagnostic information by default (Lant/Long/Accuracy/etc)? If not, no big deal but form testers ask me about it. "What do I need to fill in here?"
When I try to publish an update to the form, it gets stuck "Enabling editor tracking". It jsut continues to spin and the updates never complete.

I'll try to just recreate the form completely to see if it solves the problem.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

JamesTedrick — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 15:30:43 GMT

1. There's a new appearance hide-input , that hides the manual coordinate entry by default.

2. I'm not sure why it might be getting stuck on 'Enabling editor tracking' - there might be a one of a few underlying reasons. One possibility is the survey length - how many questions are in the parent part of your survey?

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ScottKiley — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 21:07:21 GMT

hide-input is not available to use in he appearance column of the geopoint.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

JamesTedrick — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 21:10:46 GMT

It was introduced with 2.3 template of Survey123 Connect. To add it yourself:

1) go to the 'Types' worksheet

2) scroll to the appearances list - around for 35 or so

3) In the middle of the list (so as to cause it to be surrounded by the others), insert a row

4) in Column A, enter in the text "hide-input". If you want, you can add a description in column B

Alternatively, you could disable data validation for the cell and type it in manually.

Re: Map not functioning on webform

ScottKiley — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 21:17:24 GMT

Thanks James, that worked. We are on version 2.3.24 of Connect.