Latest Contributions by Jim-Moore

The coronavirus pandemic is front of mind for all of us. This crisis has changed the way we work and many in our community are having to adapt to new challenges and requirements in response to the COVID-19 disease. A key example is the increased demand for the collection and analysis of coronavirus-related data. With that in mind, we have published a set of COVID-related templates in Survey123 Connect. These templates alone do not pretend to be an end-to-end solution for your COVID-19 needs. Like other community templates, the purpose is to provide practical examples of what you can do with Survey123 and demonstrate best practices for building smart forms with XLSForms. Esri offers a host of GIS resources and solutions to help you monitor and respond to the pandemic. This includes maps, applications and data. I encourage you to check out Esri's COVID-19 home page and COVID-19 GIS Hub. It's also important to note that some of these samples are designed to collect personal information and health-related information. If your survey is to be shared publicly, you will need to secure your data and ensure that your data collection is compliant with the regulations in your region. Let's start by taking a look at the samples. Below you will find a brief description of each template and the specific XLSForm techniques it highlights. Community Support Preview this sample in the Survey123 web app A survey form to help people connect with their community. Respondents can use this form to request support from their neighbours or offer help to others. This survey is designed as a single form that gathers both requests for help and offers of help. If required, you could split it into two separate surveys for requests and offers. The respective rows in the XLSForm have been highlighted in blue and orange. Delete the blue rows for one, and the orange rows for the other. You'll also need to remove the yellow row and the selected() function from the relevant column in each case. This XLSForm sample demonstrates a technique to split out the responses to a select_multiple question into separate fields. A select_multiple question stores its answers as a comma-separated string. Using the selected() function you can record the choices individually in separate hidden fields. For more, see this Esri Community blog post. This form also uses a regular expression to validate that an email address is formatted correctly. This expression is described in The art of hiding. Testing Request Preview this sample in the Survey123 web app This survey is intended to be completed by a health worker requesting a laboratory test for COVID-19. The clinician can collect information about the patient and the specimen type being submitted for analysis. The XLSForm demonstrates how to validate that a date of birth matches an age (in years), and apply this check as a constraint. It also shows how to use the relevant column to control the visibility of questions on the form based on responses to other questions and how to apply the table-list appearance (or Single Choice Grid as it's called in the web app) to present a group of select_one questions in an easy-to-read table layout. For more information, see Survey123 Tricks of the Trade: Groups, Grids and Pages. Inpatient Screening Preview this sample in the Survey123 web app This survey is an example of a form that could be completed by a health worker when a patient is admitted to a health facility. Collect personal information about the patient and details about any symptoms the patient is presenting with. The example also uses table-list to display a block of select_one questions that each have the same choices. It also demonstrates how to use the string-length() function in the relevant column to check if an answer has been provided to a question, as well as a signature question to record a digital signature of the referring clinician. See the Signatures! blog for more. Symptoms Check Preview this sample in the Survey123 web app This survey provides a self-assessment of COVID-19 symptoms and is intended for use by the general public. The form could be useful for counties or cities in their efforts to measure the general impact of coronavirus infection. One of the key features of this survey is that it's in multiple languages! The XLSForm shows how to set out labels, hints and choices in English and Spanish. For more on multilingual surveys, see this Esri Community blog post. This sample was provided courtesy of Routt County, Colorado. If any of these templates is of interest, you can use them as a starting point for your own project. To download the templates, head to the Community samples section in Connect. In Survey123 Connect, select New Survey. Select the Community option (1), enter a search for "COVID-19" or "coronavirus" (2) and then select a sample survey from the list (3). Feel free to share with our Survey123 community your own COVID-19 XLSForms in a comment, below. I also encourage you to submit your coronavirus-related maps and apps with the greater GIS community here: Submit COVID-19 Maps & Apps | Support Response to Coronavirus Pandemic. Banner image credit: NIAID. Thumbnail images credit: PHIL and NIAID. ... View more

ArcGIS Survey123 has a mountain of great resources, including (but not limited to): Documentation Esri Community blog Learn paths and lessons Videos See the Survey123 Resources page for more. But what if you want something in a more lightweight format, either for quick reference or to take with you in the field? We've been considering a document like this for a while now, so we're putting it to you: for this ArcGIS Idea we're proposing either a quick reference document or a "cheat sheet" template for Survey123. If you think either would be useful, please add your vote! If you have a preference for the type of document, please let us know in a comment. Quick reference A summary of features in a static PDF document, more suited to survey authors (administrators). For Survey123 this could include question types, appearances, formulas or field app functions. For those that know and love ArcPad, here's an example quick reference guide to help users in the field. This (slightly different) example provides a one-page summary of which ArcGIS Insights visualisations are suitable for each data type. Cheat sheet An editable template that you can customise for your own project or business requirements and circulate to your users. This could be in the form of a set of field app instructions for survey respondents (mobile workers). Here you can download an excellent cheat sheet example for Collector, produced by Kylie Donia. It includes concise step-by-step instructions for navigating the app and using essential functions. Here's a version for Collector Classic. If you think a similar document for Survey123 would be useful: What functions or features should it cover? How many pages should it be? What parts of Survey123 should it cover (field app, web app, Connect, website)? Which groups of users in your organisation would benefit from a guide like this? If you've designed your own cheat sheet or quick reference document we would be excited to see it. You can share it here in a comment, or send it to us at survey123@esri.com. We're looking forward to your feedback. Jim Moore‌ Marika Vertzonis‌ Claire Proctor‌ ... View more