Ensiheim Meteorite Strike Day Release (1.9)
Around 11:30 A.M. on November 7, 1492, a young boy saw a large stone plummet from the sky and land in a wheat field near the town of Ensisheim in Alsace, France. This fall is the earliest one witnessed in the Western world from which meteorite samples have been preserved.
Our Survey123 for ArcGIS 1.9 release celebrates the luck of this boy, who was fortunate enough to see the meteorite close… but not too close.
As usual, to experience the best out of the newest release you will want to keep your Survey123 components up to date:
- The build number of Survey123 Connect for ArcGIS is now 1.9.24 and can be downloaded on Windows, Mac and Ubuntu Linux.
- The latest Survey123 field app is now available in the app stores (Google Play, iTunes, Windows and Amazon) and its build number is 1.9.24 as well.
- The Survey123 website is all up to date for you, but you will need to clear your browser cache before you can see all the goodies!.
Public Surveys:
Many of you have been awaiting this one for a long time, so we are particularly proud of announcing that as of Survey123 1.9 you can now share your surveys publicly! This means people can submit data to your surveys without having to login with an ArcGIS account. This is ideal for crowd-sourcing and citizen science projects where you work with non-sensitive data and where understanding who is submitting what, is not critical.
This is our first cut at Public Surveys. We know we need to add some refinements, but we did not want to hold anything for you and get your feedback early. To learn about Public Surveys in more detail you can have a look at this blog post: https://community.esri.com/groups/survey123/blog/2016/11/10/getting-started-with-public-surveys
Enhancements to the Survey123 website:
The Survey123 website can be accessed via survey123.arcgis.com. Through the website, you can create your own surveys, manage who can access them and analyze contributions. There are three key enhancements in this release of the Survey123 website:
- You can now share your surveys publicly (as described above)
- Added support for e-mail type of questions.
- Analyze and Data tabs now include a date range filter to more easily create reports and understand submitted data. This filter option is quite handy if you want to better understand data captured. Your date filters will also be honored when you export your survey results in pdf format.
- Easier sharing of surveys using direct links and QR codes
If you cannot see the above changes in the website make sure you clear your browser cache.
Survey123 field app, Support for Enterprise Logins:
This is the first release of the Survey123 field app that works against ArcGIS organizations setup with Enterprise logins. Support is limited to authentication via SAML providers. Windows Integrated Authentication and PKI authentication are not supported.
If you want to use Windows Active Directory credentials to login into Survey123, you will need to configure your ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS to use Enterprise Logins through an ADFS SAML as described in this topic.
Survey123 field app, better support for Leica and Juniper Android devices:
The Survey123 for ArcGIS field app now runs on Leica Zeno 20 and Juniper Cedar CT7 and CT4 devices. This is great news for organizations who want to use Survey123 with high-end rugged field devices. Previous versions of Survey123 could not run on Zeno 20 and CT's due to specific limitations in the Android 4.1 operating system installed on these devices.
To make it easier for users of these devices to download Survey123, we also have published the Survey123 app into the Amazon app store.
Survey123 field app, enhancements:
Now supports three new appearances: spinner, numbers and calculator. More about these in an upcoming blog post.
Other fixes and enhancements.
BUG-000100131 When a cascading select question is set as repeating in a Survey123 for ArcGIS survey, navigating between multiple data points within the question deletes the information from previously answered questions
ENH-000099729 Optional fields that contain response constraints that are left blank restrict users from submitting survey responses in Survey123.
BUG-000099277 In Survey123 for ArcGIS, using the uuid() operator with repeats in a calculation only populates on the first record collected within the repeat.
BUG-000098967 Survey123 Android and iOS - wrong position of the arrow_HE
BUG-000098966 Survey123 for ArcGIS app page is LTR on iOS and Android_HE platforms.
BUG-000098833 In Survey123 for ArcGIS v1.7, answers to cascading selects are removed when a survey is saved as a draft and then reopened.
BUG-000098492 Default date and time values do not auto-populate when using repeats in Survey123 for ArcGIS.
BUG-000098360 When downloading data from a Survery123 survey that was made using Survey123 for ArcGIS Hub, the field names are converted to {field_1}, {field_2}, ... instead of honoring the name in the data table.
BUG-000098205 The Survey123 for ArcGIS app fails to launch on Leica Zeno 20 running the Android 4.2.2 operating system.
BUG-000097678 Enterprise logins do not work for iOS and Android devices in the Survey123 for ArcGIS app.
ENH-000097137 Documentation for Survey123 for ArcGIS Supported Operating systems is unclear as to what is considered a supported configuration
BUG-000096040 MOR_LOC_LT: Truncated string in Settings-Map in Survey123 Connect
BUG-000095634 MOR_I18N: Untranslated Settings tabs in Survey123 for ArcGIS Connect
BUG-000095604 MOR_I18N: Untranslated buttons "Cancel" and "Choose" when browse for Library Folder
BUG-000094990 MOR_I18N: Untranslated buttons "Cancel" and "Choose" when browse for Library Folder in Survey123 for ArcGIS app.
BUG-000094965 MOR_I18N: Untranslated string "Map Library Folder" in Settings
ENH-000093961 Enable auto populating for repeat questions based on the initial entry in Survey123 for ArcGIS app.
ENH-000092045 Add Survey123 for ArcGIS (Android) app to Amazon Marketplace.
ENH-000099729 Constraints are being evaluated against empty fields.
What is coming next?
We are now working towards our 1.10 release, which we plan to make available before the end of the year. In this upcoming release our main goal is to:
- Overhaul our support for submission_url, which at the moment is quite limited. This work in 1.10 is for all of you who want to configure Survey123 smart forms on top of existing ArcGIS feature services.
- Expand the Collaborate tab in the survey123 web site so you can let specific groups of people look at the Analyze and Data tabs.
We have also started work to address a few other big items which will be made available in early 2017:
- Support for editing workflows
- Streamlined setup for ArcGIS Enterprise users (setup for on-premises deployments including the survey123 web site)
- Complete localization of the help and survey123 web site
We all hope you enjoy this release. As usual, please keep reporting any issues and successes through the Survey123 GeoNet Group or Esri Technical Support. We take your feedback very seriously.