Features have been added to Survey123 progressively. This topic lists the features that were added at the release stages this year. For a list of all updates made to Survey123, see the What's new archive.
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Update November 21, 2024
This update includes changes to the Survey123 field app on Android.
- On Android 14 and later, a bug was fixed in which the app would crash when an option other than Allow all the time is selected in the location permission dialog and the app is sent to background.
- On Android 14 and later, a bug was fixed in which the location permission dialog did not appear when a user opens a survey that does not require sign in.
Update November 12, 2024
This update includes changes to the Survey123 field app, Survey123 Connect, the Survey123 website, and the Survey123 web app.
Survey123 field app (version 3.21.62)
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- The default offline map is included in the app.
- Reliability has been improved when sending location sharing records.
- A bug was fixed in which the calculation mode parameter value of always did not work as expected for date questions.
- A bug was fixed in which choices with date labels did not display the date in the expected format.
- A bug was fixed in which location could not be captured in surveys that were opened from the Drafts folder.
Survey123 Connect (version 3.21.62)
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- A bug was fixed in which surveys could not be updated if they had been moved out of the folder they were published to.
- Support was added for querying the submission URL with the pulldata("@property") function.
Survey123 website
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- Summary information for Location list questions is now shown on the Analyze page.
- The survey footer can include images and formatted text, including links.
- When there is no map question or no geometry values in the survey, the overview map is collapsed by default on the Data page.
- A warning message is displayed when the ArcGIS organization is in read-only mode.
- When printing a report, the report template file name is used to name generated reports instead of the survey name.
- A bug was fixed in which reports would fail when the template included a map and the web map contained a large amount of data.
- The survey and translation assistants (beta) are only enabled when the Allow use of AI assistants by members of your organization option in the ArcGIS Online organization settings is turned on. The default for this option is off.
- The Survey123 assistant (beta) better distinguishes between an existing survey design that is being modified and a new survey that is being created.
- Languages from the Choose other languages list can be selected for translation by the translation assistant (beta). All supported languages are listed in the Microsoft Ignite Translation table.
Survey123 web app
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- Styles of fixed grid and dynamic grid that are set in Survey123 Connect are supported. Use the width URL parameter for launching the web app to adjust the form width as needed.
- The new signIn URL parameter allows sign-in for public surveys.
- Video files added to a File upload question can be previewed.
Update September 10, 2024
This update includes changes to the Survey123 field app on Android, the web app, and the Survey123 website.
Note:
Starting with this release the minimum Android version supported is 7.0 on both 32-bit and 64-bit ARM processors.
Survey123 field app (version 3.20.73)
Fixes include the following:
- On Android 14, a new location permission request has been added to ensure features continue to work when the app is in background.
- On Android 13 and later, a bug was fixed in which an error message appeared when you measure objects using Spike.
Survey123 website
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- When applicable, deleting a survey sends the items in the deleted folder to the recycle bin in your ArcGIS organization. This allows you a standard window of time to restore items that were deleted in error.
- New $map keyword supported for use in report templates to insert a web map that does not reference a survey question.
- New mapFilter method introduced for use in report templates to filter features in operational layers in a web map.
- A bug was fixed in which the My Surveys page did not finish loading when the user is a member of a large number of shared update groups.
- A bug was fixed in which tables incorrectly appeared in the list when choosing the source layer for a Location list question.
- A bug was fixed in which a report page did not load when the browser language is Portuguese (Brazil).
Update July 9, 2024
This update includes only a change to the Survey123 field app on iOS.
Survey123 field app (version 3.20.69)
On iOS, a bug was fixed in which HEIC images selected from the device are not converted to JPG format as is required for ArcGIS.
Update July 2, 2024
This update includes changes to the Survey123 field app only.
Survey123 field app (version 3.20.68)
Fixes include the following:
- A bug was fixed in which surveys referencing feature services in ArcGIS Enterprise, with attachments, could not be submitted.
- A bug was fixed in which images could not be added to surveys that were opened from the Sent folder or Inbox.
Update June 26, 2024
This update includes changes to Survey123 Connect, the Survey123 field app and web app, and the Survey123 website.
Survey123 field app (version 3.20.65)
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- A bug was fixed in which questions with the calculator or numbers appearance did not honor the calculationMode parameter.
- A bug was fixed in which the time value in dateTime questions was overwritten while navigating through repeat records.
- A bug was fixed in which dateTime questions with the esriFieldTypeTimestampOffset field type didn't reset when recalculated.
Survey123 Connect (version 3.20.63)
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- When applicable, deleting a survey sends the items in the deleted folder to the recycle bin in your ArcGIS organization. This allows you a standard window of time to restore items that were deleted in error.
- The Tweets tab has been removed from the Community page.
Survey123 web app
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- When multiple cameras are available on a desktop computer, image questions allow switching between available cameras to capture an image.
- When there is more than one image or file in an Image or File Upload question, they can be dragged to reorder.
Survey123 website
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- A new question type, Barcode, has been added. This behaves in the same way as barcode questions created in Survey123 Connect.
- A new question type, Location list, has been added. This behaves in the same way as a select one question with autocomplete and search appearances in Survey123 Connect, combined with a hidden geopoint, geotrace, or geoshape question with a calculation.
- A new Add to favorites button on survey cards for adding a survey to the My Favorites page of the My Surveys gallery.
- More types of constraints can be applied to questions including: setting a minimum and maximum character count for text questions, limiting date questions to accept values only before or after a given date, or specifying a file count for a minimum, maximum, or exact amount of images to be captured.
- Question type can now be changed (to another compatible question type) after it has been added to a survey. For more information, see Update a survey.
- Improved performance when there are a large number of questions in a survey.
- A new report page for embedding in your own web app. For more information, see Embed a report page using JavaScript.
- A new $date keyword supported for use in report templates to insert the current date and time when printing.
Update April 23, 2024
This update includes changes to the Survey123 web and Survey123 website.
Survey123 web app
Fixes include the following:
- A bug was fixed in which a select multiple question with minimal appearance, displayed an unexpected extra choice when viewed in a browser on a mobile device.
- A bug was fixed in which a repeat section would not show or hide as expected when expressions are set both for the body::esri:visible and repeat_count columns.
- A bug was fixed in which a read only date and time question was not displayed in the expected format.
- A bug was fixed in which customizable form elements such as form title, footer, thank you screen content, and CAPTCHA verification text, were not hidden as expected.
- On Android 14, a bug was fixed in which an image question whose image source is set as Browse images or use camera cannot take a photo from camera.
Survey123 website
Fixes include the following:
- A bug was fixed in which an organization member with the sharing general privilege could not see the Everyone option when sharing a survey or results on the Collaborate tab.
- A bug was fixed in which the Invalid image URL error was displayed when adding some image URLs.
- A bug was fixed in which the Analyze tab always displayed all responses in the chart for a number question, even after applying a filter.
- A bug was fixed in which the Analyze tab did not display the expected responses of a date question in ArcGIS Enterprise.
- A bug was fixed in which a report could not be generated if the feature layer ID contained both numbers and letters.
Update March 19, 2024
This update includes changes to Survey123 Connect and the Survey123 field app.
Survey123 field app (version 3.19.121)
A bug was fixed in which an image question prevents keyboard navigation to other questions.
Survey123 Connect (version 3.19.116)
A bug was fixed in which an image question prevents keyboard navigation to other questions.
Update February 27, 2024
This update includes changes to Survey123 Connect, the Survey123 field app and web app, and the Survey123 website.
Survey123 field app (version 3.19.120)
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- Esri field types esriFieldTypeTimestampOffset, esriFieldTypeDateOnly, esriFieldTypeTimeOnly, and esriFieldTypeBigInteger are supported.
- DateTime questions with the esriFieldTypeTimestampOffset field type display a time zone offset selector.
- A bug was fixed in which the required status was not enforced in a single choice grid question.
- A bug was fixed in which the required status was not enforced in an image question.
- A bug was fixed in which questions with the numbers appearance incorrectly copied old values to the clipboard.
Survey123 Connect (version 3.19.115)
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- Esri field types esriFieldTypeTimestampOffset, esriFieldTypeDateOnly, esriFieldTypeTimeOnly, and esriFieldTypeBigInteger are supported.
- The Convert choice lists to CSV was added, which generates .csv files for specified lists in the choices worksheet and updates supported question types to reference the new files stored in the media folder.
- A bug was fixed in which a survey is incorrectly published with multiple geometries if one of the geometries has been set to esriFieldTypePointZ.
Survey123 web app
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- Barcode question is supported.
- Esri field types esriFieldTypeTimestampOffset, esriFieldTypeDateOnly, esriFieldTypeTimeOnly, and esriFieldTypeBigInteger are supported.
- A bug was fixed in which duplicated webhooks are no longer sent.
- A bug was fixed in which the message The survey is not accessible or does not exist appeared when a survey is launched that is configured to use the organization's shared theme and is shared publically.
Survey123 website
Fixes and improvements include the following:
- Visibility rules can be copied between questions.
- When a question's visibility rule is not met, the survey author can choose whether answers are submitted.
- Esri field types esriFieldTypeTimestampOffset, esriFieldTypeDateOnly, esriFieldTypeTimeOnly, and esriFieldTypeBigInteger are supported on the Analyze and Data pages and when creating a report.