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The supportsApplyEditsWithGlobalIDs warning

The QuickCapture designer shows a warning if your project contains feature layers that have the supportsApplyEditsWithGlobalIDs property is set to false. Many feature layers (including those created from the ArcGIS Online templates) by default will have this property set to false, so if you create a QuickCapture project from them, you will see the following warning in the QuickCapture Designer analyser UI:

(The following layers are configured in a way that may cause photo loss)

Currently, this is just a warning, meaning that you can still save the project without applying the fix. However it is strongly recommended that you don’t ignore it. In the future we will make this an error, which will prevent you from saving the project, until the issue is resolved. See this deprecation notice.

The reason that supportsApplyEditsWithGlobalIDs is important is that the setting that supports reliable transactions when uploading attachments (particularly when working in low bandwidth conditions) and helps the QuickCapture mobile app to prevent the upload of duplicate features.

I'm seeing the warning in the QuickCapture Designer, what do I do?

If you are using a hosted feature service in ArcGIS Online, setting supportsApplyEditsWithGlobalIDs is really simple. You just need to enable the Sync capability on your layer. It does not matter if there are existing features and attachments in the layer, the steps will still work. You can follow the steps outlined in this blog.

If you are using non hosted feature layers or ArcGIS enterprise then the steps shared in this Survey123 blog, also apply to QuickCapture.

Encountering duplicate feature submissions in QuickCapture could be experienced when working in areas areas with poor network connectivity. This article explains the underlying cause of duplicate submissions and shares information on how the issue is addressed in the 1.21 release.

QuickCapture offers two types of templates to help you get started quickly with your data collection projects: Solution-based templates and Project-based templates. In this blog, we’ll explore both types and how they can help streamline your project creation process.

QuickCapture 1.20 release update for Mobile (Android, iOS and Windows) and web designer.

The QuickCapture designer now offers 2 options for enabling oriented imagery in the designer: Oriented imagery and Oriented imagery (Classic). The first option utilizes the new oriented imagery feature layer item type, that is well integrated into the ArcGIS platform. For example, the layer can be directly opened in the ArcGIS Online Map Viewer or in ArcGIS Pro. The the second option (classic) untilzes the old catalog item type, which can be consumed by stand alone web apps and an community supported ArcGIS Pro addin. 

For any layers in your project, you can enable both options! This is because for the time being the oriented imager feature layer implementation, does not yet match the capabilities of the classic verion (yet).

Learn how to streamline field data collection using the integrated Arcade editor in the QuickCapture web designer. You can configure Arcade expressions from the Data tab for each capture field in the project.

Try out the integrated Arcade editor in the QuickCapture web designer to write Arcade expressions that populate fields for collected data. This workflow is applicable to data collected online and offline.

Arcade, more user inputs, oriented imagery layer support and more in this update! Read on to learn more...

In the event that records to fail to send from your mobile device, we need a method for recovering and exporting them, so that they can be appended to the feature layer.

These are the steps for an iOS device

• Install iTunes on your laptop
• Connect the device to your laptop
• Open iTunes, click on your device, and navigate to: File Sharing > Apps: QuickCapture > select the “ArcGIS” folder > 'Save' it to a local directory

• Within that folder, locate a file with a ".qcr" (QuickCapture Recovery) extension.
• Rename this file with a ".zip" extension, and then extract the data locally.
• Within the unzipped folder, find the sqlite database containing the orphaned records.

For an Android device, the process is the same.  However we can use File Explorer instead of iTunes.

Join us on November 9. Learn about what's coming, test the Beta software and provide feedback to the QuickCapture team!