Can Survey123 Connect Form have more than one geopoint?

[SueBoelk2]

I have a survey where I want to collect points for three locations: a driveway location, a well, and a chiller point which is similar to a well. 

The analyze comes out good with only one non-critical suggestion, but I am getting this warning before publishing.

I understand that the chill_water is a table and needs to have a feature layer for the geometryPoint. Is only one geometryPoint allowed per form? The driveway location is the first point and I assume that it is collected initially on the map interface.

Does the warning meaning that the other two locations that I want to collect (well and chiller) are not collected?

I've read that more than one geopoint cannot be on a Survey123 form even though the form allows entry of more than one and the geopoint shows upon saving the form.

I went to the suggested ESRI page and tried searching for a simple answer but have not found a good explanation: Publish a survey—ArcGIS Survey123 | Documentation

Thanks for your help.

[JuanTomásMartinez17 · Accepted solution]

Hi @SueBoelk2,

Yes, you are correct in understanding that only one main geopoint can be stored directly at the form level in Survey123. This geopoint becomes the geometry of the resulting feature in the main feature layer, which in your case would likely be the driveway location.

However, it is possible to collect multiple geometries, including additional points like your well and chiller, if you include them inside repeats. When you place a geopoint question inside a repeat, Survey123 will create a related table with its own geometry field for each repeat entry. This allows you to collect separate locations (with full geometry) for each of those features.

So in your case, your form could look something like:

• Driveway location (main geopoint in the parent form)

• Repeat for well (with its own geopoint inside)

• Repeat for chiller (also with its own geopoint)

This structure ensures that each of the three locations is properly collected with geometry and saved in the appropriate layers or related tables.

The warning you're seeing likely means that Survey123 has detected multiple geopoint questions but only one is associated with the main feature layer, and it's letting you know that others (like chill_water) won't have their own layer to display them in a map.

Important note:
For some reason, when following this workflow, the layer is published with the “What features can editors see?” setting set to “Editors can't see any features” by default.
To be able to view all the geometries (from the main layer and the related tables) in a web map linked to your form, you need to adjust this setting so that editors can view features and delete/update if needed.

Hope this helps clarify the warning and your form setup!

[SueBoelk2]

Thank you so much for your simple and helpful points and explanation!

You make documentation understandable and easy to follow!