topic Re: Changing the default photo name in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Changing the default photo name

KevinBrown10 — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:42:30 GMT

Is it possible to change the default naming convention of the #photos collected from within the Survey123 app by using the value entered in a previous question?

Previous posts have shown me that you can manually change the photo name by typing from within the survey but I would like something more data driven to change the default settings.

Currently the default contains the field name followed by the date and time. I would like to keep this convention but would like to add an additional data driven field in the name. An example would be I have photos set up in a repeat. The first question in the repeat is Sample Location. Can I have the Sample Location value automatically be added to file name of the photograph?

Thanks for the help.

Re: Changing the default photo name

IsmaelChivite — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 19:12:32 GMT

Hi Kevin. Unfortunately, this is not possible at the moment.

Re: Changing the default photo name

AaronThompson — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:36:25 GMT

I am wondering if this capability has been introduced?

Re: Changing the default photo name

JamesTedrick — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:13:57 GMT

Hi Aaron,

This functionality has not yet been introduced.

Re: Changing the default photo name

AdamDaily — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 22:49:01 GMT

This would be very useful. Is it something being considered?

Re: Changing the default photo name

SageTezak1 — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:18:44 GMT

I know Survey123 has a frequent release schedule (every 6-8 weeks). Has this capability been added? Please advise.

Thank you!

Re: Changing the default photo name

DanielMcIlroy — Thu, 31 May 2018 06:08:08 GMT

Is there a plan to introduce this in a future release? This would be very handy for us, as some of our systems require the photos to be stored separately, so a naming convention that links photos (some of our forms have the photos in a repeat so that users can take multiple photos at a single site) would be excellent.

Re: Changing the default photo name

Anonymous User — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:41:39 GMT

Has this feature been added?

Re: Changing the default photo name

JamesTedrick — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:45:24 GMT

Hi Brita,

There hasn't been an update on this potential enhancement.

Re: Changing the default photo name

AdamDaily — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:19:47 GMT

I hope this enhancement is still being considered. I run a process every week to rename photos. Since using Survey I have had to rename thousands of pictures collected through the app. Data driven naming would still be a useful time saver.

Brita, if you are looking for software to assist in renaming exported files, I use Advanced Renamer. It's fast, cheap, easy to use, and has worked out well for us.

Re: Changing the default photo name

CPoynter — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 05:20:29 GMT

Hi James,

Any further news on this enhancement? Is there some way to plug into the click and rename manually functionality that exists with renaming photos at time of capture or maybe dynamic labeling?

Re: Changing the default photo name

Anonymous User — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 01:27:46 GMT

Hi Craig,

No, it is not currently possible to change the filename based on dynamic labelling. We have an enhancement in our backlog for this however no update on progress.

Phil.

Re: Changing the default photo name

DrewThompson — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:39:54 GMT

Hi Philip,

Do you have any updates on this feature? Is it being considered/implemented?

Re: Changing the default photo name

JamesTedrick — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 23:14:23 GMT

Hi Drew,

As of this time, there is not an update regarding this potential enhancement. I'll note that the Survey123 team tends to prioritize new features based on demand; in particular, voting on Set default photo name in Survey123 Connect/web designer and/or attaching your organization to the Esri Support Enhancement (ENH-000119299) will help gauge the demand/impact for this.

Re: Changing the default photo name

DougBrowning — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 23:49:41 GMT

If you export to a file system you can rename. Just posted it here https://community.esri.com/thread/245924-data-driven-image-naming

Re: Changing the default photo name

DrewThompson — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:00:29 GMT

Thanks James!

Re: Changing the default photo name

Christman — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:44:56 GMT

Yeah we need this!