Frequently asked question
Publishing a survey from ArcGIS Survey123 Connect creates a hosted feature layer in ArcGIS Online. By design, each question added to a survey creates a field in the hosted feature layer. The bind::esri:fieldType column in the XLSForm in ArcGIS Survey123 Connect controls the field type and length created from the survey questions. The null value can be specified in the column to achieve several objectives, and it can also affect the survey outcomes after publishing. This article describes the effect of specifying the bind::esri:fieldType column to null.
Every question in a survey where the bind::esri:fieldType column is specified as null does not create a field in the hosted feature layer in ArcGIS Online.
Refer to Esri Community: The Power of Nothing for more information on the capabilities of the bind::esri:fieldType column specified as null.
The ArcGIS Survey123 field app inbox can be used to view and edit submitted surveys. It pulls the data to be displayed from the hosted feature layer in ArcGIS Online. The following issues occur because the hosted feature layer does not have the data to be pulled by the inbox.
By design, a survey can only have one geometry question to publish successfully. When there are more than one geometry question needed in a survey, the null value must be specified in the bind::esri:fieldType column for the second and consecutive geometry questions. Specifying the null value for the first geometry question creates a hosted table instead of a hosted feature layer.
If applicable, remove the null value from the bind::esri:fieldType column in the XLSForm spreadsheet, update the survey in ArcGIS Survey123 Connect, and republish the survey. This creates the necessary fields for the questions and records the submitted data in the hosted feature layer.
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