Does Pulldata not include numbers?

[MichaelPolinske]

Does the statement "can only be used to populate a label" above mean that I can not pull a number (elevation) from an external file? What if I change the number to be read as text? Can I use that in a calculation? My overall goal is to have a user input a point number, have Survey123 pull the elevation for that point number, do a calculation using a number inputted by user and show the new elevation. It seems simple enough but I can not get it to work.

[JamesTedrick]

Hi Michael,

The above is to note that values come in as strings without any conversion.  Due to how the form processing works, the best practice is to import the value via pulldata in a calculate field and then use either the int() or number() function in the calculation of the numeric field to populate the number field.