Latest Contributions by AllenDailey1

‎01-12-2021

I have solved my problem. For anyone who may be curious, here is the solution. It's very simple - I had to update Survey123 Connect to the newest version and then republish the survey. Then, survey users had to DELETE and download the survey again; simply refreshing the survey without deleting it was not effective. What happened was that we found out at the 2020 UC that in version 3.10 of S123, the "extensions" folder had to be named "scripts." We have a custom javascript function in this folder for this survey. So a few months ago, we changed the folder name and republished the survey. We had users refresh the survey (rather than fully deleting it and redownloading it). But we did not notice that we were using version 3.5 of Survey123 Connect. (On that note, I have posted and commented in a couple of "Ideas" in the Esri Community to have the app actually give you some indication that a new version is available!!! That would have prevented this whole big ordeal that took several staff members multiple weeks to figure out.) So, version 3.5 of Survey123 Connect did not publish our scripts folder. Anyone who newly downloaded the survey after that date did not get the scripts folder, or actually any of the other changes we made to the survey. That is why this one user had the problem - she was the only one to download the survey (rather than refresh an existing survey) during this time. Actually, there was also another user who also newly downloaded the survey, and he had the same problem, but he never told us about it, so we didn't know about that until after a ton of digging. The other users, who previously had the survey and merely refreshed it after we did our survey edits, actually retained the extensions folder with the javascript file, so that file continued to work for them, weirdly. So our solution was to update Survey123 Connect, republish the survey, and ask survey users to DELETE and redownload the survey.

‎01-12-2021

My idea is for the Survey123 field app ON A COMPUTER to automatically notify the user that a software update is available. Currently, the update situation is confusing, because the app auto-updates on a phone, but not on a computer. So you get used to the notion that the app auto-updates, due to how it is on the phone. It is easy to forget that it does not auto-update on the computer. Plus, I find it outdated, inconvenient, and trouble-inviting that you have to remember, on your own initiative, that you might need to go hunt around to see if a new version is available or not. Having an old version can cause major functionality problems with some surveys. Thanks for considering this idea!

‎01-12-2021

Has anything been done on this issue? This post is pretty old. It would be so important for me to be able to (1) be notified that there is a new version of Survey123 Connect and (2) not have to install a new instance of the app, and instead just update the existing one. It is so inconvenient and cumbersome to have to uninstall and reinstall. And the fact that Survey123 Connect does not notify me that a new version is available has actually caused me and others in my organization about a full week of work or maybe more, due to a problem with a custom JS function we have attached to a survey - it was not working, and we all had the new version of Survey123 on our phones. it took forever to figure out that the problem was because the survey was published via an outdated version of Survey123 Connect. So, the lack of notification of a new version cost us many hundreds of dollars in work time. Seemingly all other software tells the user when an update is available (or it just auto-updates), so it seems very outdated, inconvenient, and incredibly non-intuitive that the user has to take initiative to remember to check for updates.

‎12-21-2020

Thank you! Turns out we were able to find a folder of his backup files, even though we can't access his "real" files, and there was a copy of the script files. It included a .py file that seems to be the basis for most of the rest of it, so I have been working on editing it. You were right, he used QT Designer, I discovered, and there were a couple of .ui files in the folder we found; your hints were helpful! Thanks! Allen

‎12-21-2020

Thanks, Dan. That's good to know about the files being compiled for a reason - makes sense. Allen

‎12-15-2020

I know this is only tangentially related to ArcGIS, but I thought I'd give this a try and see if anyone could help. I need to edit a script/tool created by someone who no longer works at my organization. The tool has a simple GUI that staff use to "promote" a Geocortex site (which contains ArcGIS map services) from our dev server to our prod server. This basically just involves copying a folder. We need the tool because staff aren't given direct access to the prod server. My goal is to simply add the names of our new servers so users can select those. The folder that contains all the tool's files does not have a .py file. It only has lots of .pyd and .pyc and .dll files, plus an .exe which is the GUI. I have no idea how the previous employee built it. Those files are not human readable or editable. Is there any way to edit any of it? I noticed that the copysites.exe.log file contains text that refers to a file called copysites.py, but that does not exist in the folder or any of the subfolders.

‎12-01-2020

Thanks, @JamesTedrick ! Unfortunately I don't know yet. I know that would probably be a key detail. I haven't heard back from the staff member about that yet.

‎12-01-2020

Thanks, @JamesTedrick ! Unfortunately I don't know yet. I know that would probably be a key detail. I haven't heard back from the staff member about that yet.

‎12-01-2020

I am trying to help a staff member in my organization who is using a Survey123 survey I built. She is using version 3.11.164 of the field app on an iPhone XR that was set up and is managed by the organization. Everything in the survey works fine on people's personal phones, including mine, which has the same app version as hers. Her coworker is able to use the survey just fine on his personal phone, in the exact same locations where she has had a problem. It used to work fine for her before she got this phone from the organization. The problem involves two survey questions that both pull data from a service via its REST URL. I used a custom JS function and included the REST URL in the Excel that the survey is derived from (created with Survey123 Connect). The JS function pulls data from fields in the REST service and populates the survey questions with that data. The staff member's problem is that the survey is failing to pull data from this service. Those questions just remain blank. Her phone is using location just fine; the survey captures her correct location. And this is not just about one location; the problem happens all the time for her. I suspect that the problem is with her phone, maybe the security settings the organization configured on her phone, since things work fine on people's personal phones. I asked her to go to the REST endpoint on her phone's browser, and she was able to view that page, but she said she had to hit "sync" first. I am waiting on more details about this from her, but I wanted to post here and see if anyone happened to have some answers or guidance! thank you!!

‎10-21-2020

Hi there, I'm working on a project in Pro. The feature classes and their fields have aliases, but some of the feature classes do not have their aliases showing in the table of contents. How do I get the aliases to be used in the table of contents? Also, some of the fields that the symbology is based on do not have their aliases showing either, as shown in this example: This image shows the field alias: This shows the feature class alias: How can I get the aliases to be used in the table of contents? (I did Google this various times in different ways and never found any answers.) Thank you! Allen

‎09-17-2020

I have a similar situation; I used Model Builder to export a python file. I am wondering what do the "true true false" etc. in the field map syntax mean or represent? Did you ever find out? Thanks! Allen

‎09-17-2020

Thanks for this article! I've heard rumors that it's possible to set up a survey so that the most recently filled-out repeat can automatically populate/update a field in the main survey/table - is this true? We have a couple surveys where staff fill out the main section of the survey on their first visit to a site, and then they fill out a follow-up section, in a repeat, on subsequent site visits. It would be amazing if they could update the site status in the follow-up/repeat and have that automatically change the answer to the "site status" question in the main part of the survey, so that the map symbology (which is based on site status) could automatically reflect the current site status. An example of site status would be to change it from "good condition" to "poor condition." It's a "select one" question. Any thoughts on whether this would be possible? Thanks so much! Allen

‎08-31-2020

Graham, Thank you so much for helping with this so quickly! I really appreciate it. I am now able to save changes to my site. Allen

‎08-27-2020

Hello, I am working on updating my organizations AGOL content to HTTPS rather than HTTP. I need to change a few things related to that on one of our Hub Sites: County of San Luis Obispo When I try to save it after making some edits, such as changing image URLs to HTTPS, I get an orange error message along the bottom of the screen that stays for a few seconds and then goes away. The error message is: "TypeError: @esri/hub-sites: drafts only belong to a site or a page item model" The site's "save" button has an exclamation point next to it: and when I click the dropdown next to "save," it has this list of options. None of them get me any closer to saving my edits. This site was created before I joined my organization; it might be somewhat "old." I have recently created other Hub Sites and have never had this issue before. Any ideas? Thank you! Allen

‎07-16-2020

Thank you so much for the info, Ismael! Allen

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Latest Contributions by AllenDailey1

Re: Survey123 custom JS function failing to pull data from service on a specific device

Notify user when Survey123 computer app update is available

Re: Auto update Survey123 Connect for ArcGIS

Re: How to edit a script tool that only has .pyd and .pyc files?

Re: How to edit a script tool that only has .pyd and .pyc files?

How to edit a script tool that only has .pyd and .pyc files?

Re: Survey123 custom JS function failing to pull data from service on a specific device

Re: Survey123 custom JS function failing to pull data from service on a specific device

Survey123 custom JS function failing to pull data from service on a specific device

Aliases aren't showing in Pro

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Re: Unable to save edits to Hub Site

Unable to save edits to Hub Site

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