topic Problem renaming attached photos in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Problem renaming attached photos

Andrew-Bowne — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:16:44 GMT

I have a survey where a user can attach one or more photos to a survey using a repeater. One of the requirements is to rename the photo to a name reflective of comments in the survey - i.e. (photo1), (photo2), etc. What I am finding is that you cannot rename an attachment using a name that duplicates any other attachment for that feature class. So, if John Doe submits a survey response ("A") with photo attachments renamed to "Photo1" and "Photo2", Survey response "B" from John Doe or any other user cannot have attachments also called "Photo1" and/or "Photo2". What happens is the Rename Dialog simply will not let you submit the name.

Anybody else experience this? Or, know of a workaround?

Re: Problem renaming attached photos

LeonardBarnhill — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:01:27 GMT

Experienced? Yes. My workaround was to behind-the-scene concat ${todays_date} to the provided rename of the photo.

Re: Problem renaming attached photos

Andrew-Bowne — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:29:41 GMT

I wonder why you can't have attachments with the same name? Especially if they are attachments for different features. Actually - why couldn't you have attachments for the same feature with the same name? I don't believe it to be an index field.