Survey123 - Create a dropdown menu of codes which will autopopulate the name from a related list in the next field.

[SarahJorgensen]

Hi there,

New to ArcGIS here, so please bear with me. 😉

I have several lists of coded features (e.g. bird species codes; please see screenshot below) which I want to apply to drop down menus in Survey123 web app to collect data in the field app. I would like to create a dropdown menu which will autopopulate the name in the next field in Survey123 field app. 

I can do it in Field Maps really easy using a calculated Arcade expression. Is there a simple way to do this in Survey123?

Thanks in advance.

S

[ALBJORGUI]

Hi Sarah, 

I believe this should be straightforward.

On your survey xls, create a new field type text, then give it the name you prefer and on the calculation column ( I think it's column K) add ${FieldName} (being field name the dropdown that you want autopopulated).

I hope this makes sense

[SarahJorgensen]

Hi @ALBJORGUI ,

Thank you for your reply!

I am currently working off macOS so don't have access to Survey123 Connect (having a new machine delivered next week). Is there any way this can be done in Survey123 Online?

Thanks.

Sarah

[ALBJORGUI]

If you created your survey with S123 connect you wont be able to make any changed in survey123 website I'm afraid

[SarahJorgensen]

I created my survey on the S123 website. So is there a way to do this in this case?

[ALBJORGUI]

I think you might, I am not very familiar with S123 capabilities. What I am pretty sure is that if you created yours with S123Connect then you can't modify it on S123website.