Collect manual instance naming will be removed in v2023.2

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You will need to add a main instance node named instanceName in the meta block. You can bind that to any expression you want:

...
<instance>
  <data id="add_place" version="6">
    ...
    <meta>
      <instanceID/>
      <instanceName/>
    </meta>
  </data>
</instance>
...
<bind nodeset="/data/meta/entity/label" calculate="/data/place_name" readonly="true()" type="string"/>

It would be helpful if you could add this to the spec!

Some more at:

Use custom instanceName to link paper datasheets to ODK Forms

Sometimes an enumerator needs to find a form quickly based on some field values (e.g. household ID, patient number) among a long list of saved forms. In the ODK Collect folder "Edit saved forms", the instance names default to the form title. This makes finding a particular form hard. This showcase demonstrates how to define a custom instance name, and how to integrate data capture in an ODK form with paper datasheets. Use case: Hybrid data capture using ODK forms and paper datasheets Some …