HTML "a href" tag not working in web form

[RichardEasterbrook1]

My survey, created in Connect v3.17.54, populates the "Species URL" (${SpeciesURL}) note question using the pulldata() function from a CSV.  I then expose this URL as a hyperlink in the form as another note question.  Below is what I have in the label column.

Species URL: <a href=${SpeciesURL} target="_blank">${SpeciesURL}</a> 

As you can see from the screenshot below, this works in Survey123 Connect and the desktop application.

In the Survey123 web form, this URL does not work. Only the test in the label of the note field is displayed.

What the heck am I doing wrong?

[BarbaraWebster1 · Accepted solution]

Hi @RichardEasterbrook1,

There is a limitation in the webform with regards to updating HTML via question piping. The workaround for this is to calculate the HTML in a separate field using the concat() function. See the attached XLSForm for an example. 

Thank you,
- Barbara

[RichardEasterbrook1]

Barbara,

You are a rock star! I would never had figured this out on my own.  The HTML links now work!  

[BarbaraWebster1]

Glad you got it working!