Survey123 calculationMode=whenEmpty stopped working

[JerrySneary]

Hi @IsmaelChivite or anyone else, 

The parameter calculationMode=whenEmpty has stopped working for me. It's been working for almost a year. After a process of elimination, I found that if I turn off "readonly" or "hidden" it works, but if I turn off "readonly" or "hidden" it gives the submitter the ability to recalculate the field which I do not want to happen. Why is this happening, is this a new bug or expected behavior after one of the updates? Is there a work around to fix this?

Kind regards,

Jerry

[JonCardiello]

Hey Jerry,

I've been running into this same issue. Any luck?

Thanks,
Jon

[JerrySneary]

Hi @JonCardiello ,

For me it first happened on a date field. I figured out that if I wrap my calculation in "once()" that it behaves the same as "calculationMode=whenEmpty". If you want it to be read only create a note field to display your calculation. Make sure you set the "body::esri:visible" field to "no" to hide your original field with the calculation. Below is an example from one of my projects. I now use this method for any field that I want to use "calculationMode=whenEmpty".

type

name

label

hint

guidance_hint

appearance

required

required_message

readonly

default

calculation

constraint

constraint_message

relevant

choice_filter

repeat_count

media::audio

media::image

bind::type

bind::esri:fieldType

bind::esri:fieldLength

bind::esri:fieldAlias

body::esri:style

bind::esri:parameters

parameters

body::accept

body::esri:visible

date

Date_of_Request

Date of Request:

once(today())

esriFieldTypeDate

calculationMode=whenEmpty

no

note

<b>Date of Request:</b>

format-date(${Date_of_Request},'%m/%d/%Y')

regex(${Location_Status}, "P01|B1|T5")

Kind regards,

Jerry