{"id":138771,"date":"2018-04-12T16:35:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=138771"},"modified":"2018-04-12T21:35:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T21:35:03","slug":"whats-new-in-survey123-for-arcgis-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/field-mobility\/whats-new-in-survey123-for-arcgis-april-2018","title":{"rendered":"What’s New in Survey123 for ArcGIS (April 2018)"},"author":5861,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,25741,23261],"tags":[23711,31861,42381,42371,23571,41711],"industry":[],"product":[36591,36691],"class_list":["post-138771","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-electric-gas","category-field-mobility","tag-mobile","tag-smart-form","tag-survey-123","tag-survey123","tag-whats-new","tag-whats-new-april-2018","product-apps","product-survey123"],"acf":{"short_description":"Version 2.7 of Survey123 for ArcGIS includes numerous bug fixes and minor enhancements. Learn what is new in this blog post.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Survey123 for ArcGIS<\/a> is a simple, yet powerful form-centric data gathering solution. With Survey123, you can easily:<\/p>\n

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  1. Design and publish smart forms into ArcGIS. Smart forms leverage a rich collection of question types (location, checklists, signatures, barcode scanning, smart-skeching, repeated sections, groups, pages, notes…)<\/li>\n
  2. Create and update existing ArcGIS features using smart forms from the web, and through native mobile and desktop applications.<\/li>\n
  3. Use Survey123 built-in reporting tools or other apps in the ArcGIS platform to display and analyze the results of your data gathering efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We are pleased to announce a new update to Survey123 for ArcGIS. With version 2.7, we include numerous enhancements and bug fixes. Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n

    What is new in Survey123’s Web Designer?<\/h3>\n

    Survey123’s web designer<\/a> allows you to visually design smart forms right\u00a0 from your web browser.\u00a0 With every update, web designer is growing in functionality, incorporating new types of questions, more layout options and better rules.<\/p>\n

    Signatures<\/strong>: Starting with this update, you can add signature<\/em> questions to your forms.\u00a0 We added support for signatures <\/em>in Survey123 Connect back in April 2015, but not until this update you could add them from web designer. Signature questions present a small drawing pad that end users can use to leave a signature either with a stylus or their finger.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":138801,"id":138801,"title":"Signature","filename":"Signature.gif","filesize":27778,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Signature.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/field-mobility\/whats-new-in-survey123-for-arcgis-april-2018\/signature","alt":"","author":"5861","description":"","caption":"","name":"signature","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":138771,"date":"2018-04-09 23:53:36","modified":"2018-04-10 00:05:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":648,"height":440,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Signature.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":145,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Signature.gif","medium-width":384,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Signature.gif","medium_large-width":648,"medium_large-height":440,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Signature.gif","large-width":648,"large-height":440,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Signature.gif","1536x1536-width":648,"1536x1536-height":440,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Signature.gif","2048x2048-width":648,"2048x2048-height":440,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Signature.gif","card_image-width":648,"card_image-height":440,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Signature.gif","wide_image-width":648,"wide_image-height":440}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

    Signature questions are supported in both web forms as well as the Survey123 field app.\u00a0 Signatures are stored as attachments in ArcGIS.<\/p>\n

    Better rules<\/strong>: Rules in web designer are used to control the visibility of questions based on previous responses.\u00a0 Using rules, you can dramatically simplify the end user data capture\u00a0 experience and better control user input. Up until this update you could define rules on top of single choice<\/em> questions.\u00a0 Now rules are also supported with the following question types: dropdown<\/em>, likert<\/em> and rating<\/em>.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":138851,"id":138851,"title":"Rules","filename":"Rules.gif","filesize":418722,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rules.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/field-mobility\/whats-new-in-survey123-for-arcgis-april-2018\/rules","alt":"","author":"5861","description":"","caption":"","name":"rules","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":138771,"date":"2018-04-10 00:05:33","modified":"2018-04-10 00:05:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":488,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rules.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":104,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rules.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":226,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rules.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":375,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rules.gif","large-width":1000,"large-height":488,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rules.gif","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":488,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rules.gif","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":488,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rules.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":403,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rules.gif","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":488}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

    Autocomplete<\/strong>: The new autocomplete setting applies to dropdown<\/em> questions and is particularly useful when working with long lists of choices.\u00a0 Start typing, and the list of choices in your list will be filtered…<\/p>\n

    Horizontal Compact Appearance<\/strong>: Arranging choices in a list horizontally can save end-users from having to scroll up and down the form. With the new horizontal compact appearance, you will be able to squeeze more choices horizontally. This appearance applies to single and multiple choice questions (checklists).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":138881,"id":138881,"title":"Compact","filename":"Compact.gif","filesize":275750,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Compact.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/field-mobility\/whats-new-in-survey123-for-arcgis-april-2018\/compact","alt":"","author":"5861","description":"","caption":"","name":"compact","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":138771,"date":"2018-04-10 00:12:32","modified":"2018-04-10 00:12:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":839,"height":488,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Compact.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":124,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Compact.gif","medium-width":449,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Compact.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":447,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Compact.gif","large-width":839,"large-height":488,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Compact.gif","1536x1536-width":839,"1536x1536-height":488,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Compact.gif","2048x2048-width":839,"2048x2048-height":488,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Compact.gif","card_image-width":799,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Compact.gif","wide_image-width":839,"wide_image-height":488}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

    Date questions<\/strong>: Date questions have been enhanced in Web Designer so you can control if the calendar control should let users define a complete date (Year, Month and Day), or simply the year or the year and the month.\u00a0 The calendar control will always store a full date (including day, month and year), but being able to control the user experience in this manner makes your forms more intuitive to end users.<\/p>\n

    Survey123 Web Forms<\/h3>\n

    Survey123 Web Forms allow capturing data with smart forms from a web browser. In this update, we introduced several fixes, performance improvements and dramatically improved the user experience working with IE11.<\/p>\n

    As with every update, we introduced multiple bug fixes<\/strong> in Web Designer and Web Forms:<\/p>\n