Can we have an ArcGIS Online user submit a Survey123 survey, but not have the ability to edit the Feature Layer?

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Hi,

We have a project in place that assigns surveys to ArcGIS online named users. They log in through the mobile app and fill out the survey and submit.

The issue is that now this user can log in through ArcGIS online, find the Feature Layer, and edit the data. Is there a way where we can allow the user to submit surveys to this layer, but not be able to edit the layer itself? I tried messing with the Edit settings but if I stop them from being able to edit the data layer, they aren't able to submit the survey.

LMedeirosUI · Answer

Wouldn't this mean that all new submissions were only being submitted to the "new" view layer? I'm assuming step 5 is accomplished using the submission URL in the Settings tab (within Survey123 Connect).

This is my thinking (and I'm new to this entire Survey123/ArcGIS system). When you give a group of users the ability to submit to the survey, you share the hosted feature layer with them. If you go into AGOL and remove the group from the share privileges, they can no longer submit to that survey. Would creating a new view (and using that feature layer for the survey's submission URL) put the data in the "new" and "main" feature layers and not copy their edits to the hosted feature layer? If it doesn't put the data in the "main" feature layer then it seems like it would just create another data table with the data and no way to prevent users from editing it.

Assuming I'm wrong in my thinking, would this allow multiple submissions by the same user? I'm not sure why the "completed" field is necessary. Couldn't it just (essentially) be a copy of the hosted feature layer, perhaps with fewer fields?

Thanks!

jcarlson · Answer

Trouble is, under the hood, S123 is just submitting an Apply Edits request, which doesn't have anything "in" it that would differentiate between clients. An enterprising user could submit the whole edit via a URL request. Perhaps that will change with a later version, though.

https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/services-reference/enterprise/apply-edits-feature-service-layer-.htm

BenWan · Answer

For sure, definitely seems like a good enhancement for platform recognition and to have them differentiated. Thanks.