topic Re: Cannot link a CSV file in Media folder to the survey (v 3.14 and 3.16) in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Cannot link a CSV file in Media folder to the survey (v 3.14 and 3.16)

KerryKang — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:33:15 GMT

Hi,

I have a survey that pull out x, y coordinates from the csv stored within the media folder. It was published at least 3.14 or earlier version and it's been working fine until I update the survey with 3.16.

The error I realized was that it does not pick up known x, y location and turned out there is no linkage between the CSV and the survey. I tried to add the CSV back, but it looks like there is no option for me to add the actual csv file from the media folder.

I re-downloaded version3.14 but it still does not give me an option to add the csv file directly. This affect an important app used by multiple organizations.

Thanks.

Re: Cannot link a CSV file in Media folder to the survey (v 3.14 and 3.16)

DougBrowning — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:48:41 GMT

You need to add the CSV as an AGOL item and then you link to that.

Hope that helps

Re: Cannot link a CSV file in Media folder to the survey (v 3.14 and 3.16)

KerryKang — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:08:58 GMT

Thank you @DougBrowning . It's too bad that the media folder option for csv is not valid anymore. Do you know if it would still work during offline?

Kerry

Re: Cannot link a CSV file in Media folder to the survey (v 3.14 and 3.16)

DougBrowning — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:03:09 GMT

Yes it works offline. You can still also use the media folder. I thought you meant linked content. Two different things.

Re: Cannot link a CSV file in Media folder to the survey (v 3.14 and 3.16)

IsmaelChivite — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:02:38 GMT

@KerryKang This is worth exploring in more detail. As @DougBrowning described, you can optionally link your CSV file, but you do not have to. A CSV file hosted in the media folder should work well in 3.16.

All you need to do is to copy the file in the media folder. I am not sure what you mean by "I tried to add the CSV back, but it looks like there is no option for me to add the actual csv file from the media folder". Really, all you do, is to copy the file into the folder.

Re: Cannot link a CSV file in Media folder to the survey (v 3.14 and 3.16)

KerryKang — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:53:59 GMT

@IsmaelChivite Thank you for your comments. I already have the x,y csv file in the media folder (I did not see 'media' tab next to 'linked content'. However it looks like it cannot pick up x, y values from the csv to create a point (see the image below). This error shows across any browsers that I am using, Edge, Chrome in both regular and private versions.

There is no change in the csv file other than updating a couple of attributes that won't affect in the workflow. Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Kerry

Re: Cannot link a CSV file in Media folder to the survey (v 3.14 and 3.16)

KerryKang — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 23:25:51 GMT

@IsmaelChivite

I actually could fix it by republishing it again through 3.14. There were multiple csv files that I kept as archive and I was wondering they might interfere with the functionality. The weird error message above 'Can not find your location. Please check your browser to ensure that your location is shared' was gone after cleaned up the media folder and republished in 3.14. However, when I republished the survey through 3.16, the error came back. Can I get more information why I experience this behaviour?

Kerry

Image of the survey when published through 3.14 (no error).