topic Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

DanielKonzek — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:57:17 GMT

I enabled 'Inbox' for a survey with repeat questions. I added the field 'bind::esri:parameters' to my survey and set the value to allowUpdates=true query=’1=1’ in this column for my "begin repeat". I am able to view and edit my repeat questions from my "Sent box", but they do not show up when I access a survey from my 'Inbox'. Any suggestions?

Thank you,

Dan

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JamesTedrick — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:42:43 GMT

Hi Dan,

The parameters you are providing are the correct ones. I'm not seeing the same issue on a test service. Can you check the feature service settings- are there any restrictions on viewing the repeats (only those you've created, etc)?

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

DanielKonzek — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 20:02:52 GMT

Thanks James,

Do I need to add these parameters for each question within the repeat, or just in the row for "begin repeat'? I'll double check my feature service settings.

Thanks again,

Dan

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JamesTedrick — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 20:03:55 GMT

The settings need to applied only at the "begin repeat" row.

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

מנהל_תקשובמנהל_מערכת — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:43:04 GMT

hi ,

I have the same issue now , running Survey123Connect version 2.5.44

I am using Feature Class in ArcSDE 10.4.1 and i followed all rules regrading related tables, but i cant see the "repeat" in INBOX.

the repeat shows in all other ESRI application such as arcGIS Desktop and PRO and even in OUTBOX of Survey123 Or collector but not in INBOX .

can any one tell me if it 's a bug or i did something wrong

thanks in advanced

iris hadar

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JamesTedrick — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:35:32 GMT

Hi Iris,

Can you provide information on the parameters used in the XLS file for the repeat?

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

מנהל_תקשובמנהל_מערכת — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 07:50:24 GMT

Hi,

I can attach the excel file if you give email to send to , i will try to describe in the mintime:

these are the rows from excel epresnting the repeat

this is the setting for submission url

should i have enter any other parameters ?

iris hadar

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JamesTedrick — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:41:32 GMT

Hi Iris,

in particular, I was asking for what parameters you have in the bind::esri:parameters column, if present. Per Prepare for editing existing survey data—Survey123 for ArcGIS | ArcGIS , the settings in that column control the behavior of repeats - the default (blank/empty in that column) indicates that the Inbox will be in an 'add-only' behavior.

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JeffPuuri1 — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:02:27 GMT

I am also trying Refresh previously submitted values in attribute fields contained in Repeats blocks on my survey form. In the bind::esri:parameters column on each begin repeat row, I have the value set to allowUpdates=true. But when I refresh, none of my Repeats blocks contain the previously submitted values. I did try the syntax shown in the initial post that also has query='1=1' but was receiving an error during the refresh so I went back to just allowUpdates=true. I do not have an Inbox filter set.

I did try enabling this setting on the Repeats blocks on a service that was already published. It was able to republish without overwriting the data. But I was wondering if I might to delete this service and publish from scratch. Bottom line, has anyone been able to get this capability working per the Survey123 documentation? Thanks for anyone who might be able to provide some additional configuration that I might be able to try.

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JeffPuuri1 — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:08:44 GMT

I have attached the XLSX for a super simple form that I use for Inbox Refresh testing with Repeats blocks. When I send the survey, I can see the attribute values in the main and related classes for the feature service. In fact I can edit attributes from the main survey and the related records in an Arcgis Online web map. However, when I refresh the Inbox in Survey123, I see the edit changes to attribute values in the main survey, but the repeats block is essentially empty as it is ready for data entry into the 1st record, even though the underlying feature service has more than one related record. In the bind::esri:parameters column on the begin repeat row I have tried it with allowUpdates=true and another time with allowUpdates=true 1=1, but neither time could I refresh previously submitted values back into the fields within the Repeats block.

JTedrick-esristaff‌ you mentioned that you had been able to have this work on an Esri test service. Do you see anything configured for the Repeats block in the XLSX that I have attached that is different from what you are doing? Also, is there anything else I can check configuration-wise on the feature service itself?

Thank you,

Jeff Puuri

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JamesTedrick — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:33:18 GMT

Hi Jeff,

In your XLS file, the parameters have

allowUpdates=true 1=1

You only should need

allowUpdates=true

the 1=1 is the default query and doesn't not to be there (and, as you noted in your comment, accompanied with the query= ).

Also note that single vs. double quotation marks matter in the case of the query; it should have been

query="1=1"

single quotes must be used for text inside a query, forcing double quotes only to encapsulate the query statement.

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JeffPuuri1 — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:32:02 GMT

Thanks for the clarification, James. In fact I was just coming back here to update this thread with a report of success by simply entering the bare words

query allowUpdates

into the bind cell for the case where I don't need to filter anything coming back out during a refresh. Thanks for pointing out the formatting nuances when further filtering might be necessary.

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

ShawnRoberts1 — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 14:42:42 GMT

Hi Jeff, thanks for that update! I wasn't having any success with the bind parameter as allowUpdates=true or any variations of that. But your text of "query allowUpdates" solved the problem perfectly!

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

AndrewRyan3 — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:58:39 GMT

Hi guys, I was wondering if any of you know if the "query allowUpdates" causes survey123 to not allow a repeat item to be deleted form a copied sent survey. the esri::bind::parameter is working great for me, but I need to be able to delete entire repeats for our new surveys that use copied sent data. I think that allowUpdates, might be part of the problem. is there an allowDeletes? or allowTotalModificationAndDestructionOfRepeatData?

Thanks!

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JamesTedrick — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:28:56 GMT

Hi Andrew,

The allowUpdates property does not allow for deleting repeat records; this is to minimize the accidental loss of data. We have discussed an allowDeletes keyword to enable this functionality; I've listed your request in the discussion.

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

AndrewRyan3 — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:38:00 GMT

OK great! Thanks for working through my terrible explanations to help me with this.

I would very much be interested in allowDeletes functionality, especially if I can control whether it is enabled for the inbox, or just for the sent surveys. I absolutely understand why locking down deletes is preferable to a lot of users, and for my users, accidentally overwriting a previously submitted days data thinking you were creating a new survey would be bad news.

thanks again.

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

Anonymous User — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 01:35:16 GMT

I too would like to have the allowDelete functionality

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

Anonymous User — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 04:15:43 GMT

Hi JTedrick-esristaff‌,

The allowUpdates query doesn't work with image type questions.

Doesn't let you edit on previously sent images
When adding additional images (edit pane) to a previously sent survey, none of the new images are saved in related tables (but duplicates of previously sent images).

Could you please look into this?

Thanks,

Gee

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

JamesTedrick — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 04:43:03 GMT

Hi Geethaka,

Yes, allowUpdates does not allow for the updating of images at this time.

Re: Repeat questions in 'Inbox' not showing

DeonLengton — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:42:43 GMT

Hi fellow Survey123 users

Just to confirm: Using repeats in a survey and then opening that same survey from the inbox should work 100% now? I tried the above with the latest versions of the Survey123 software and cant seem to get it working. JTedrick-esristaff can you perhaps post a working sample of this? Or is there one on the Survey123 blog that i didnt see?