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Survey123 create ability to include media URL attachments as an attribute in CSV download

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08-05-2025 06:47 AM
BrendanConway2
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‎08-05-2025 06:47 AM
Survey123 create ability to include media URL attachments as an attribute in CSV download:
When using media data generated in the field by Survey123 (e.g. georeferenced photos), the media is visible in the map pop-ups created in Survey123, but is not visible if the data is exported as a CSV. 
It is very desirable to be able to use the data as an exported CSV because the data can be reconfigured and additional attributes added as columns e.g. re-visits to fieldwork site; data from others about the same locations. This is particularly the case for educational uses, but almost certainly would apply to a wide range of other use cases. The reconfigured CSV can then be uploaded as a Feature Layer which can be used and updated in the usual ways. This would make Survey123 an even more powerful tool.
Suggestion: 
Enable the CSV creation process in Survey123 to create an attribute column for Image_URL  (or for more than one image, Image_URL_1, Image_URL_2 etc)
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BrendanConway2
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‎08-10-2025 02:07 AM

Thanks Neal. Some helpful explanations and workarounds here. But a simple integrated solution is needed. The image URLs are easily accessible from the geodatabase so it cannot be difficult to integrate them as column(s) in the export CSV file.

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Leena_Abdulqader
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‎08-05-2025 08:18 PM

Hey @BrendanConway2, I would recommend adding your suggestion in the Survey123 ideas section.

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-ideas/idb-p/arcgis-survey123-ideas

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BrendanConway2
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‎08-10-2025 02:15 AM

Thanks Leena. I did that a few years ago.

Survey123 is almost ten years old now and I made the image URL suggestion within a few months of its launch. So my patience is kind of wearing thin!

Updates in the pipeline so perhaps, perhaps?!

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/survey123/announcements/announcing-the-next-generation-of-...

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