Hi, and is there a way to show the version number within the form? Like through a calculate field calling the version number from within the form? This way I could generate a message to the enumerator within the questionnaire to check the current version of its form. Thanks in advance!

The node name you need is that of the document root . You can find it by opening up the form XML. If you use XLSForm, by default it matches the filename. If you use Build, by default it is data. You can use complex XPath expressions in your forms but beware that Collect XPath support isn’t 100% perf…

No, the version number is only displayed on the list of forms: [Screenshot_2018-03-20-22-43-28]

Thanks @Grzesiek2010 , was just hoping it could be used outside.

@Grzesiek2010 is right that it's not a common thing to do but you can in fact get the version number from within the form using an XPath expression that will look like /<form-name>/@version. See an example at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fJMjg9J7xAAaRQwSDQ4J8TlYp8fzHDBtXnPd4QMfy5Y/edit#gi…

I didn't know it's possible. Thanks!

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Thanks @LN , this is great news. When you write //@version, des is work with form-title, form-id or the file name of the XLS file of the XLSForm? Also, i I extrapolate this, does this mean we can use the same type of XPath expression for other fields?

To build on @LN , a slightly more general purpose solution to getting the form name and form version from 'inside the form' is to use the XPath expressions: form name: /*[1]/@id form version: /*[1]/@version You can use these expressions anywhere, eg calculation, relevent, required, ... In case y…

Hi, Version trick works, thanks. Is there a list of variables other than form ID and version that we can get via this method? Saad

There may be others, depending on precisely what tool generated your form... These are basically XML attributes on the primary instance XML element; see Primary Instance for a list of other possible attributes which may be present (but, again, no guarantee they are specified... eg version is even so…

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Thanks @LN, very useful!

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