Embedding basic search functionality in ODK collect form

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Good day ODK community!

Is it possible to create a basic search engine in ODK collect that accepts
a keyword via textbox, searches it on an internal data storage and display
the results afterwards? I am searching through the documentation but would
also like to consult the ODK experts from this group?

Thank you very much!

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What do you mean with 'internal data storage'? For any data inside the
form, you can use XPath with the limits described
here: http://opendatakit.github.io/odk-xform-spec/. Using an XPath
predicate is pretty powerful.

Cheers,
Martijn

··· On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:57:36 PM UTC-7, Alison Perez wrote: > > Good day ODK community! > > Is it possible to create a basic search engine in ODK collect that accepts > a keyword via textbox, searches it on an internal data storage and display > the results afterwards? I am searching through the documentation but would > also like to consult the ODK experts from this group? > > Thank you very much! > > -- -- *Revolutionizing data collection since 2012.*

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Thanks Martjin. What I mean with internal data storage is simply the data
to be read and displayed by ODK resides in the phone or memory card
regardless of the database engine. I will explore more on the Xpath
predicate and share how it went through.

··· On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Martijn van de Rijdt wrote:

What do you mean with 'internal data storage'? For any data inside the
form, you can use XPath with the limits described here:
http://opendatakit.github.io/odk-xform-spec/. Using an XPath predicate is
pretty powerful.

Cheers,
Martijn

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:57:36 PM UTC-7, Alison Perez wrote:

Good day ODK community!

Is it possible to create a basic search engine in ODK collect that
accepts a keyword via textbox, searches it on an internal data storage and
display the results afterwards? I am searching through the documentation
but would also like to consult the ODK experts from this group?

Thank you very much!

--
Revolutionizing data collection since 2012.

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http://www.linkedin.com/company/enketo-llc | GitHub
https://github.com/enketo | Twitter https://twitter.com/enketo
| Blog http://blog.enketo.org/

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