ahblake
December 17, 2025, 2:23am
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This is a bugbear of mine too, having to spill filenames from entity lists into all forms that use them, to get those media uploaded for use, with definition updates for every media change.
Here's some forum history where others have hit the same issue:
1. What is the issue? Please be detailed.
I have designed a xlsform where I display image for note based on the previous selection.
So the I upload media file through central, I can't see the list of those images. as they are loaded through dynamic variable.
how can i push the those images in media folder of form
2. What steps can we take to reproduce this issue?
3. What have you tried to fix the issue?
If i use google drive and upload form, I can simply copy the files in media folder and …
I wanted to revisit this topic to see if it's affecting other people.
My use case:
I have large reference CSVs that contain a list of items and some data about them, plus media filenames
I want to show these media for reference (via a filtered select and image & big-image and tap to enlarge) or deliver them as dynamic images (ideally also with supressed 'take picture' & 'choose image' buttons ) for annotation.
Currently in order to do this, I need to also include an unused choice list that i…
@TobiasMcNulty This is a pain point for me as well, I have CSVs that reference many images, so also need to force them into Central. Here's what I do:
Add a choice list, eg ref_images to your form, then under the image (and perhaps big-image) column put the filename - I use formulas to build the label / image / big-image values from the name.
important : Add a select_one to the form at the very start/end that references this choice list, but has relevance set to false. If you don't do this, t…
1. What is the issue? Please be detailed.
Summary
Essentially my question is how do I create a select multiple or select one question that looks like this: https://docs.getodk.org/form-question-types/#select-widget-with-no-buttons-appearance but uses media collected in a different form using entities?
It is important to note that when tapping the answer shown as an image, an audio should play associated with that image. I only need this to work in Collect and don't need it to work in Enketo. …
What is your primary reason for wanting to use an external list in this case? How many choices do you have?
We don't currently really support images this way either because Central does not have a way of attaching arbitrary media files to a form. You can see how folks like @ahblake overcome this limitation at Pull data with photos - #6 by ahblake
What we'd like to do longer term is have a concept of media attached to entities. That will make it possible to keep the media in sync with their co…
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