Collector for ArcGIS - Automatically Record Surveyor Name at Time of Survey

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10-16-2019 05:31 AM
PaulMcCord
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I'd like to set up Collector for ArcGIS so that each person conducting the survey automatically has their name recorded as the surveyor. We'd like to use this as a way to make sure that some of our surveyors are not filling in for others if someone shirks their responsibilities.

In our case we have five surveyors. If surveyor A conducts a survey, then I would like the Collector form to automatically record surveyor A (or some sort of unique identifier) as the person doing the work. I initially thought that setting up Feature Layer Views might be the solution, but according to this document I'm unable to change Value Lists in Feature Layer Views: Create hosted feature layer views—ArcGIS Online Help | Documentation 

Is there some other workflow where I would be able to somehow set each of the surveyors up so that their names are automatically recorded when they conduct a survey? Would configuring ownership of multiple Feature Layers (one for each surveyor) somehow solve this?

Thanks 

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JakeSkinner
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Hi Paul,

You can enable editor tracking:

Enable or disable editor tracking—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop 

If you are using an AGOL hosted feature service, and the service is already published:

Manage hosted feature layers—ArcGIS Online Help | Documentation 

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JakeSkinner
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Hi Paul,

You can enable editor tracking:

Enable or disable editor tracking—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop 

If you are using an AGOL hosted feature service, and the service is already published:

Manage hosted feature layers—ArcGIS Online Help | Documentation 

PaulMcCord
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Thanks Jake, this was much simpler than I thought! I simply changed the settings as suggested from your second link.

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