[Build will permanently shut down on Feb 1st, 2024] On Feb 1st, 2024, we will permanently shut down the ODK Build web app at build.getodk.org , delete all user-created forms on that server, and archive the accompanying code repository . We are taking these actions because: Build has a shrinking u…

Hi Yanokwa, thank you for this information. Please, could you provide a bit more clarity about the implication of shutting down Build permanently on February 1st 2024? For instance, I am currently using forms that I generated on the Build platform for data collection via ODK Collect, and I will be …

Hint: KoboToolbox Formbuilder is still an available option.

@Afolayan If you have published the form you created on Build to a data collection server like Central (or Aggregate or Kobo or Ona) nothing will happen to that published form. It will keep working because the data collection server is entirely separate from Build. When you published, you essentiall…

[image] wroos: KoboToolbox Formbuilder is still an available option. Yes, there are various ODK-compatible services that have graphical form builders. We recommend users learn XLSForm because: It's what the ODK team tests, documents, and supports It's guaranteed to be up-to-date as far as t…

Fully agree to focus on XLSForm. It also 4. offers some advanced features not available in the form builders 5. avoids automatic naming of questions and choices (often with uncomfortable code results) 6. allows reuse of choice lists 7. facilitates use of Excel spelling check, search, renaming, f…

Hello, We have been using ODKBuild + ODKCollect for ~5 years. We are investigating the conversion to XLSForms as suggested, however, we would like to know if existing .xml forms that were built in ODKBuild will still be useable in ODKCollect after February 1st 2024? We have many dozens of .xml/.od…

Hi @J.AWC , when you get a chance, please introduce yourself here . I'd also encourage you to add a real picture as your avatar because it helps build community! The .xml forms that were built in Build will continue to work just as normal because they don't live in Build. They live in whatever server…

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