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Learning a New Language: Arcade Basics

Learning a New Language: Arcade Basics

Learning a new language can be intimidating at first, because it’s hard to find your bearings. This blog aims to help you over the hurdle of learning Arcade basics.

So, What is Arcade?

Arcade is a portable, lightweight, secure expression language developed by Esri to enhance workflows and user experience within ArcGIS applications.

Spruce Up Your Survey123 Skills: Part 2

Spruce Up Your Survey123 Skills: Part 2

Creating Survey123 forms in Survey123 Connect provides access to many options for supercharged forms that streamline the user experience and minimize data entry errors. Calculations for questions using pulldata() function and its various functionalities allow for pre-population of answers, incorporation of advanced logic, external data lookup and other techniques that are not available with standard XLSforms.

Survey123: Automate Data Entry with JavaScript Queries!

Survey123: Automate Data Entry with JavaScript Queries!

One of the main benefits of utilizing Esri’s Survey123 application within your organization, is that it is a very powerful data collection tool. Survey123 can be utilized to collect data on just about anything and everything, and the purpose of the form will vary greatly depending upon what kind of data is to be collected. Regardless of what the end purpose of the survey form is, the best way to ensure data integrity and to streamline the data entry process is to have functionality built into your survey forms themselves to assist the end user! In this blog post, we’re going to be looking at how using an JavaScript query can automate the input of data by auto-populating fields in the survey form based on entering the ID of a specific fire hydrant.