Latest Contributions by BrandonA_CDPH

‎04-21-2022

@ZacharySutherby - thank you for the help and direction. I'm pretty new at coding, so I will have to see if I can handle coding the parameter using JSON. Learning something new is always good.

‎04-21-2022

@IsmaelChivite , thank you so much for this post. I am looking forward to using this notebook to streamline some download workflows. I'm not sure if you or @ZacharySutherby are better to help with this. Is there a way to filter the survey features before downloading. I have a survey that is constantly updated, but the user only needs a subset of the data at once. The query would be something like [Field] = XYZ* (using * as wildcard). Thanks in advance for any assistance.

‎04-11-2022

I want to throw my support behind this as well, for what it's worth. We currently download a set of responses, then use a custom python script to extract and rename the photos. The issue is that this requires users to use ArcGIS Pro (which is intimidating to many non-GIS users) and requires the advanced license (which is more expensive, so only limited staff have one). If there were a way to automatically set a custom name - especially with a field reference calculation - it woudl be a game changer for our workflow!

‎03-07-2022

You're welcome. Glad it's going to work for you. 🙂

‎03-03-2022

This may be a place for a calculate and field outside the repeat - something like TopDepth outside repeat - inside repeat the TopDepthRepeated question has ${TopDepth} in the calculate column. Could even make the repeated field read only or hidden. This has worked for me in similar situations

‎03-03-2022

Thank you all for the assistance. To conclude, this is what happened. I had a repeat with a geopoint question. The lat and long from those points were joined together to give the geoshape for the main entry. Problem was, if the user only entered 1 or 2 points, there was not an area and the geometry was invalid (null) for the main entry. This threw the error. I didn't get this error because I knew it needed an area and used the map in the geoshape question to override the geometry to an area. Long story short, if you have geopoints joining to create a geoshape, require three or more points or have another method to stop the invalid geometry. Took me a while, but I got it! Thank you @joe and @abureaux for taking the time to comb my long xls file and help me see the light on this one.

‎03-03-2022

@KennethLindhardt1 - you could do this using the ESRI:FieldType Null method described here: ESRI Custom Columns - about a third of the way down. I see this and hidden questions working well. Something like a hidden, read only question that pulls in the original data, then a null question that displays what you want to show. No additional fields added to the feature service.

‎03-03-2022

Thanks @joe . I’ll take a look at the geometry specifically. Trying to make things easier on the users and may have gotten the computer part all confused.

‎03-02-2022

Thank you for the thorough examination. It sounds like you had the same experience I did (no issues). The users are able to fill in all the fields, but when they submit, it throws the error. I'll try making my field names lowercase and have them try again. Hasn't been an issue in the past, but worth a shot.

‎03-02-2022

That's a good tip. I'll go through and double check things. I do have some hidden and calculated fields, so maybe it's something with those.

‎03-02-2022

Thanks. I can make that change in the final version and will keep that in mind.

‎03-02-2022

Thank you for the suggestions. I have been racking my brain all day on this I have a lot of required questions, so I can try making less required, but I don't know if that will help. It's kind of a long form, but I have attached what I'm working with. I'm trying to figure out what the vague error message is telling me. It has something to do with null data, but I haven't had a problem with blank fields in the past. There's a likelihood that I have just spent too much time with this thing and I'm missing something basic. 🙂 Thanks.

‎03-02-2022

I have generated a Survey123 form using Survey123 Connect. I can't just "eliminate and add back in (which is my usual method of troubleshooting)" because I can't get the error to show on my side. Two users are both trying to test it and get the following error: "Data is Null. This method or property cannot be called on Null values." I am using Connect version 3.13.239 and all three of us are using version 3.13 of the Field App. This has happened on desktop and iPhones for both users. I, as the survey owner, have had no problems at all on iPhone, iPad or computer. I can't find any documentation showing what this error means or how to chase it down. Any hints are appreciated. I can anonymize the form if needed and post, but right now it has some internal references that make it harder to share publicly. Thanks in advance.

‎02-22-2022

I would like to see the ability to use calculations (specifically sum) on geometry questions in the web interface. I have a geopoint in a repeat. I am using those repeated geopoints to generate a geoshape for the containing entry. This is useable in the Field App, but for my users, downloading and using the Field App can be one more thing that stops them from using the system.

‎02-08-2022

So, because I was being stubborn about not using Connect (I am hoping to get some help from non-Connect people with maintenance, etc.), I took up the case with ESRI Support. This apparently is a known bug BUG-000143301: Creating the Set rule -function does not work properly in Survey123 when the Address -component is used in the survey before the Set rule -component. The solutions are 1) Put the Addresss question after rules or 2) Use connect. Because I overthink (and am stubborn), I also found another, somewhat clunky, but effective workaround. I created a question using the Address question type in the upper part of the form and set it to Address Text only. I set a couple rules in the middle part of the form to see if they would stick. I then created a "Map" question at the very end of the form (after any rules I may want to have) - I used the calculation on this question to pull the matched location from the Address question. Then, I set this Map question to "Hide from survey". In preview, this seems to have worked and is looking promising in preliminary testing. This added an additional field with the original address, but that's not so bad for my design. So, I hope this helps someone else who runs across this (or @Brownschuh) as I would not have figured this out without ESRI's Technician's help.

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Latest Contributions by BrandonA_CDPH

Re: Survey123 Tricks of the Trade: Download survey data (with attachments)

Re: Survey123 Tricks of the Trade: Download survey data (with attachments)

Re: Set default photo name in Survey123 Connect/web designer

Re: Use labels not names without calculation Survey123

Re: Copy a Repeat Answer to the next Repeat in Survey123 Connect

Re: Data is Null Error

Re: Use labels not names without calculation Survey123

Re: Data is Null Error

Re: Data is Null Error

Re: Data is Null Error

Re: Data is Null Error

Re: Data is Null Error

Data is Null Error

Allow calculations on geometry questions (geopoint, geotrace, and geoshape) in Survey123 web interface

Re: Web Designer Rules not Saving

Add Field button missing

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Re: Data is Null Error

Data is Null Error

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