# Display part of the Formid while conducting the questionnaire

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/display-part-of-the-formid-while-conducting-the-questionnaire/5586>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 1, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/display-part-of-the-formid-while-conducting-the-questionnaire/5586 "2016-06-01T15:56:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raffi\_Kouzoudjian](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Raffi\_Kouzoudjian](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Raffi_Kouzoudjian)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/display-part-of-the-formid-while-conducting-the-questionnaire/5586/1 "2016-06-01T15:56:22Z")

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Hi there,

is it possible to display only section of the formid and display it while  
conducting a survey on ODK questionnaire?

The reason behind this is that to generate a unique key and display it for  
each survey so that the data entry personnel can directly copy the  
generated key and write it on the hard copy surveys.  
eventually we will be able to linl the hard copies and the odk version of  
the surveys!

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Mitch\_S](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Mitch\_S](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Mitch_S)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/display-part-of-the-formid-while-conducting-the-questionnaire/5586/2 "2016-06-06T20:06:00Z")

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Questions like this should be asked on the opendatakit@ list (this list is  
for people modifying the source code).

You can use a note field with a calculate expression that manipulates a  
string value.

See [https://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/binding/](https://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/binding/)

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> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Raffi Kouzoudjian wrote:
> 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > is it possible to display only section of the formid and display it while  
> > conducting a survey on ODK questionnaire?
> > 
> > The reason behind this is that to generate a unique key and display it for  
> > each survey so that the data entry personnel can directly copy the  
> > generated key and write it on the hard copy surveys.  
> > eventually we will be able to linl the hard copies and the odk version of  
> > the surveys!
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
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> Mitch Sundt  
> Software Engineer  
> University of Washington  
> [mitchellsundt@gmail.com](mailto:mitchellsundt@gmail.com)