topic Re: Spaces in Photo Names in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Spaces in Photo Names

MarkEastwood — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 19:28:43 GMT

I can no longer add spaces to photo names after the update to version 3.15.146 of Survey123. I noticed that there are rules that file names must adhere to while reading the Media Questions documentation.

@IsmaelChivite - Is there any way I can enable the use of spaces in photo names?

Re: Spaces in Photo Names

Richard_Purkis — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:55:33 GMT

@MarkEastwood I can confirm it is not possible to enable spaces in file names. As per the documentation you have already sourced, spaces and will be replaced with an underscore. I believe it is to ensure a space isn't treated as a delimiter and consequent issues down the line.

Re: Spaces in Photo Names

MarkEastwood — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:41:50 GMT

Thanks @Richard_Purkis ,

The documentation states that spaces will be replaced with an underscore which is totally fine for my organization. The issue that our field users are having with this is the time it takes to add an underscore rather then a space during data collection. I know it seems like a minor time increase but I have had multiple users come to me asking if I could revert back the change.

Was Survey123 meant to restrict users from even entering in spaces in photo file names? Or should they still be able to submit records with spaces and those spaces then be replaced with underscores?

Re: Spaces in Photo Names

Richard_Purkis — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:07:09 GMT

@MarkEastwood I tested myself and found the same as you. The Survey123 field app restricts you from entering spaces.

The previous point about converting spaces is done if a filename is calculated in the bind::esri:parameters column, such as fileName=concat("asset1"," ", now()) will show as asset1_1657123232563.jpg

I can only recommend that if you want spaces allowed, and converted to underscores whilst typing, it is raised as an Idea.