Once I start a survey and it becomes an active layer within Arc/GIS Online, is there a way for me to add data to the survey table from an exisiting database?

[KyleRosenberg]

Seem I am having trouble adding data to a a Survey123 generated databse.  Is there a way to add data from an existing database (XLS/CSV etc) to an database generated from a Survey123 survey?

Thanks!

[CarmelConnolly]

Hi Terry, 

It sounds like using repeats/related tables might help you - In Survey123 you would set the survey up to include a repeat (answers are wrote to a table associated with the feature service):Repeats—Survey123 for ArcGIS | ArcGIS and then for future audits, you would use Collector for ArcGIS to add more audits/surveys to that points, more information here:Related Tables – Exploring New Ways to use Collector for ArcGIS | ArcGIS Blog 

So in essence, you begin with 1 point on a map for a building (or whatever is being audited) and then there's a table associated with that point that holds each audit that's happened over time. 

A limitation that comes to mind is that Survey123 functionality like hints and conditional questions won't translate to Collector.

Carmel