topic Re: Can we use a autocomplete question type but enter a new value? in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Can we use a autocomplete question type but enter a new value?

BenVan_Kesteren1 — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 03:21:33 GMT

Hey,

We have a survey question with appearance type of autocomplete, it is pulling the values nicely from the choices sheet.

If I wanted to add a new value, not currently in the list, can I allow new values be entered?

I have attached the xls as it may be of use.

Thanks!

Re: Can we use a autocomplete question type but enter a new value?

Anonymous User — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:34:45 GMT

Yes, you can affix 'or other' to the select one in the type column e.g.

select_one name or other

Otherwise we could have a choice 'other' alongside a second question, with relevancy set:

https://community.esri.com/groups/survey123/blog/2017/12/01/another-other-in-survey123

Re: Can we use a autocomplete question type but enter a new value?

BenVan_Kesteren1 — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 01:06:23 GMT

Hey Chris,

I like the relevancy option you have suggested, keeping the other item in the same column as the select_one, so we are looking down this avenue.

We have set it up and got this working great, and based on the answer to this hidden calculation, we are hoping to pre-fill the next question, which is 'job title', based on what option was selected in that question, using pulldata.

We had this working before adding the other option, so we are hoping this is still possible with the new configuration. If the user selects other it will not have a match in the staff.csv and not pre-fill, but we want the user to be able to manually enter it here.

I have pasted our spreadsheet, hopefully this explains our intention a little better (staff.csv is in original post above). We are not getting any errors, we are just not getting anything showing in the Job Title box.

Cheers

type

name

label

hint

constraint

constraint_message

required

required_message

appearance

default

readonly

relevant

calculation

geopoint

Playgrounds_point

Point

integer

Asset_ID

begin repeat

playground_inspection

Playground Inspection

select_one name

inspector_name_temp

Name

yes

autocomplete

text

inspector_name_other

Insert Full Name

yes

selected(${inspector_name_temp},'other')

hidden

inspector_name

Other Name

if(selected(${inspector_name_temp},'other'),${inspector_name_other},${inspector_name_temp})

text

job_title

Job Title

not(regex(.,","))

No Commas Allowed

yes

pulldata('staff','position','username', ${inspector_name})

image

signature

Signature

yes

signature

end repeat

Re: Can we use a autocomplete question type but enter a new value?

Gisbert61 — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:43:17 GMT

Thanks Ben,

Exactly what I was looking for; autocompleting is great for my butterfly (list of 50 species) survey!