Pre-populating a repeat question in survey123 connect

[DanielleGale]

Hi all, 

I have built a questionnaire in survey123 connect and would like the ability to pre-populate as much as the information as possible before sending to clients in order to reduce the amount of manual input required.

So far I have used a pulldata() function to pre-populate non-repeat questions from a client_data.csv file stored in the surveys media folder using the client_id as the look up column. I have then used a URL parameter to feed the client_id to the survey and pre-populate the information below. 

https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/141c94cfee124e5f8b2944000a6e9e10?field:client_id=123

However, this method does not work for the repeat questions within my survey. Is it possible to pre-populate repeat questions and if so how?

[LaurenceTait]

I'm thinking that the URL call is causing the problem because the repeat can't read it in real time. Can you change the name of the 'client_id' field to 'client_id_note' and then make the following changes: 

 

Hopefully the once() function will lock the value and allow the repeat to read it. If not, try toggling the client_id_confirm yes/no and see if it makes a difference.