What's New in ArcGIS Survey123 (November 2025)
The November 2025 update to ArcGIS Survey123 is here, and it’s packed with new features and enhancements designed to make your survey creation and data collection workflows smarter, faster, and more accessible.
- Survey123 assistant added to the new survey page
- Create nested groups in the Web Designer
- AI powered text and audio analysis data capture (beta)
- Try the Next Generation of Survey123 field app
- Bug fixes and improvements
Start Building Surveys with the Help of an AI Assistant
Creating surveys is easier than ever with the help of the Survey123 assistant. And now, a new Survey123 Assistant tile has been added to the New Survey page, giving you a quick and intuitive way to start your form creation. Previously tucked away in the Design page, the assistant is now front and center, making it easier for both new and experienced users to jumpstart their survey creation process with the power of an AI assistant.
You can learn more about the Survey123 assistant from the Esri community blog and this blog for “10 Tips for getting a good response from the ArcGIS Survey123 AI assistant”.
Experience a smarter, faster, and more inspiring way to build surveys—right from the moment you click “New Survey.”
Start with the Survey123 Assistant
Nested Groups in the Web Designer: Build Smarter, More Organized Forms
The November release introduces support for nested groups in the Survey123 Web Designer—a long-requested enhancement that helps users model complex forms with greater clarity and structure.
Previously, the Web Designer only supported flat groups (could not include a group inside another group), limiting how questions could be organized. With this update, you can now drag and drop groups inside other groups, creating a hierarchy that mirrors the logical flow of your data collection process. This is especially valuable for advanced forms that require conditional logic or multi-level categorization.
- Using nested groups helps to:
- Organize related questions into clear and logical clusters.
- Apply visibility rules to entire sections based on user input.
- Improve readability and navigation for field users.
- Design forms that reflect real-world workflows, such as inspections, assessments, or incident reporting.
The question picker now includes a hierarchy line indicator, helping you visualize the nested structure as you build your form.
This enhancement empowers survey authors to create more intuitive and professional-grade forms with the visual feedback provided by the Web Designer.
Create Nested Groups in Web Designer
AI-Powered Text and Audio Analysis (Beta)
We are always looking for ways to reduce manual data entry, minimize errors, and streamline post-survey processing. Instead of functioning solely as passive holders of information, the latest AI features in Survey123 enable dynamic, intelligent data collection in real time throughout the survey process.
Building on the AI-powered image analysis, the November release introduces AI-powered text and audio analysis as beta features in production website. These tools allow your forms to do more of the work—automatically analyzing text responses and transcribing audio recordings to populate other questions in your survey.
Text Analysis
Text analysis lets you configure a calculation to extract or interpret information from a source text question. This is especially useful for:
- Sentiment analysis: Automatically determine whether a comment is positive, negative, or neutral—ideal for gauging public feedback on parks, facilities, or services.
- Entity extraction: Pull out key details like equipment names or error codes from technician notes, making it easier to categorize and respond to issues.
- Translation: Convert comments into a different language for downstream reviewers, while preserving the original text for reference.
These capabilities help form authors build smarter forms that can interpret open-ended responses and route them appropriately, saving time and improving data quality.
Examples of Text Analysis
Audio Transcription
Audio transcription enables hands-free data collection by converting recorded speech into text. This is particularly helpful when:
- Field inspectors need to dictate observations while wearing gloves or working in rugged environments.
- Citizen reporting apps allow users to describe issues verbally, with the transcribed text automatically populating incident descriptions for faster triage.
By integrating audio transcription, Survey123 supports more inclusive and accessible data collection, especially in multilingual or mobile-first scenarios.
Transcribe Audio Question to Text
Together, these AI-powered features transform how surveys operate—cutting down on typing, reducing follow-up work, and enabling more responsive and intelligent forms. For detailed descriptions of how to use these capabilities, see the blog “Make your Survey123 forms smarter with AI-powered image, text, and audio analysis”.
Try the Next Generation of Survey123 field app
We’re building a new Survey123 field app from the ground up—designed to be faster, more reliable, and easier to use. The next generation app brings a modern user experience, improved offline capabilities, and better integration with ArcGIS workflows. Learn more about the next generation of Survey123.
Want to help shape the future of Survey123?
Join the Esri Early Adopter Community to test the next generation field app, try out the beta features, and share your feedback. Your insights help us build tools that work better for everyone.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Website
- BUG-000163279: Fixed a bug where print preview took 30 seconds to load when the selected survey response included an image attachment.
- BUG-000167782: Resolved an issue where the website became unresponsive when loading organizations with 200+ surveys and individual surveys containing tens of thousands of records.
- BUG-000179672: Fixed a bug where the _results layer was not created if the survey was based on an existing feature layer in ArcGIS Online.
- BUG-000179515: Addressed a bug where submitting edits failed in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4/11.5 when visibility rules were applied to map questions and the option ‘Do not submit the answer’ was selected.
- BUG-000178235: Corrected garbled Japanese text in the basemap copyright message in survey reports.
Web App
- BUG-000145903: Fixed a bug where decimal values entered in integer questions were dropped instead of rounded to the nearest whole number.
- BUG-000179707: Fixed a bug where edits failed when visibility rules were applied to map questions in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4/11.5.
- BUG-000179861: Fixed a bug where a leading space was added to a note question’s label when using pull values.
- BUG-000144744: Addressed accessibility warning for <a> elements without href in repeat groups.
- BUG-000169828: Fixed calculated dateTime questions showing as empty when readonly was set to yes.
- BUG-000144920: Added accessible names to group icons.
- BUG-000176055: Resolved missing or invalid language error detected by WAVE tool.
- BUG-000144296: Fixed accessibility alert for <a> elements lacking href, id, or tabindex.
- BUG-000159522: Fixed “Fieldset missing legend” accessibility alert for grouped questions.
- BUG-000159576: Fixed Broken ARIA reference accessibility error.
Field App (version 3.24.23)
- BUG-000180032: On iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max with iOS 26 or later, a bug was fixed in which the app would crash when taking a photo.