I am just finishing a form for urban tree health assessment where the user
collects and interprets five parameters; the form will be supported by and
linked to a book that comes out this month.
At the end of the form, I have a Health Score screen where I would like to
present the results of the field work in a nice form. At the moment the
only thing I have found that works at all is to use the hint column to pull
together five queries such as this: Ratio ${deviation_ratio} Opacity ${deviation_opacity} etc.
That works, but looks pretty amateurish on the screen. Is there another
way to present these results that would be more attractive to the user?
For instance, is there a way to set up a table with the first column
having the parameter name and the second with the result?
Hi Jerry,
In general there aren't a lot of options for customizing appearance. One
thing you could try that might get you closer to what you want is using a
field-list of notes (see Grouping Questions on a Single Screen in the form
design help http://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/xlsform/).
Hope this helps,
-Nathan
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On Saturday, July 7, 2012 7:29:55 AM UTC-7, Jerry3904 wrote:
>
> I am just finishing a form for urban tree health assessment where the user
> collects and interprets five parameters; the form will be supported by and
> linked to a book that comes out this month.
>
> At the end of the form, I have a Health Score screen where I would like to
> present the results of the field work in a nice form. At the moment the
> only thing I have found that works at all is to use the hint column to pull
> together five queries such as this:
> *Ratio ${deviation_ratio}*
> *Opacity ${deviation_opacity}*
> *etc.*
> That works, but looks pretty amateurish on the screen. Is there another
> way to present these results that would be more attractive to the user?
> For instance, is there a way to set up a table with the first column
> having the parameter name and the second with the result?
>
> TIA
>
> Jerry
>
Is there an option to get rid of the lines between the notes? I think
that's why I didn't use that in the first place.
Thanks for the suggestion, though, I will definitely give it a second look.
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On Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:08:30 PM UTC-4, Nathan wrote:
>
> Hi Jerry,
> In general there aren't a lot of options for customizing appearance. One
> thing you could try that might get you closer to what you want is using a
> field-list of notes (see Grouping Questions on a Single Screen in the form
> design help ).
> Hope this helps,
> -Nathan
>
> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 7:29:55 AM UTC-7, Jerry3904 wrote:
>>
>> I am just finishing a form for urban tree health assessment where the
>> user collects and interprets five parameters; the form will be supported by
>> and linked to a book that comes out this month.
>>
>> At the end of the form, I have a Health Score screen where I would like
>> to present the results of the field work in a nice form. At the moment the
>> only thing I have found that works at all is to use the hint column to pull
>> together five queries such as this:
>> *Ratio ${deviation_ratio}*
>> *Opacity ${deviation_opacity}*
>> *etc.*
>> That works, but looks pretty amateurish on the screen. Is there another
>> way to present these results that would be more attractive to the user?
>> For instance, is there a way to set up a table with the first column
>> having the parameter name and the second with the result?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>
OK, I can fit the five items on a single screen if I suppress all hints.
And that looks (somewhat) better.
Thanks again.
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On Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:54:33 PM UTC-4, Jerry3904 wrote:
>
> Is there an option to get rid of the lines between the notes? I think
> that's why I didn't use that in the first place.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, though, I will definitely give it a second look.
>
> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:08:30 PM UTC-4, Nathan wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jerry,
>> In general there aren't a lot of options for customizing appearance. One
>> thing you could try that might get you closer to what you want is using a
>> field-list of notes (see Grouping Questions on a Single Screen in the form
>> design help ).
>> Hope this helps,
>> -Nathan
>>
>> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 7:29:55 AM UTC-7, Jerry3904 wrote:
>>>
>>> I am just finishing a form for urban tree health assessment where the
>>> user collects and interprets five parameters; the form will be supported by
>>> and linked to a book that comes out this month.
>>>
>>> At the end of the form, I have a Health Score screen where I would like
>>> to present the results of the field work in a nice form. At the moment the
>>> only thing I have found that works at all is to use the hint column to pull
>>> together five queries such as this:
>>> *Ratio ${deviation_ratio}*
>>> *Opacity ${deviation_opacity}*
>>> *etc.*
>>> That works, but looks pretty amateurish on the screen. Is there another
>>> way to present these results that would be more attractive to the user?
>>> For instance, is there a way to set up a table with the first column
>>> having the parameter name and the second with the result?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>>
>>
I'm not aware of any way to get rid of the lines without code changes.
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On Saturday, July 7, 2012 1:54:33 PM UTC-7, Jerry3904 wrote:
>
> Is there an option to get rid of the lines between the notes? I think
> that's why I didn't use that in the first place.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, though, I will definitely give it a second look.
>
> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:08:30 PM UTC-4, Nathan wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jerry,
>> In general there aren't a lot of options for customizing appearance. One
>> thing you could try that might get you closer to what you want is using a
>> field-list of notes (see Grouping Questions on a Single Screen in the form
>> design help ).
>> Hope this helps,
>> -Nathan
>>
>> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 7:29:55 AM UTC-7, Jerry3904 wrote:
>>>
>>> I am just finishing a form for urban tree health assessment where the
>>> user collects and interprets five parameters; the form will be supported by
>>> and linked to a book that comes out this month.
>>>
>>> At the end of the form, I have a Health Score screen where I would like
>>> to present the results of the field work in a nice form. At the moment the
>>> only thing I have found that works at all is to use the hint column to pull
>>> together five queries such as this:
>>> *Ratio ${deviation_ratio}*
>>> *Opacity ${deviation_opacity}*
>>> *etc.*
>>> That works, but looks pretty amateurish on the screen. Is there another
>>> way to present these results that would be more attractive to the user?
>>> For instance, is there a way to set up a table with the first column
>>> having the parameter name and the second with the result?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>>
>>
If making the changes in the form don't get you the exact look and
feel you want, you can also hire a company from http://opendatakit.org/help/help-for-hire/ to customize ODK Collect
for you.
Disclaimer: I started Nafundi, one of the companies on that list.
Yaw
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On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Jerry3904 wrote:
> OK, I can fit the five items on a single screen if I suppress all hints.
> And that looks (somewhat) better.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:54:33 PM UTC-4, Jerry3904 wrote:
>>
>> Is there an option to get rid of the lines between the notes? I think
>> that's why I didn't use that in the first place.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion, though, I will definitely give it a second
>> look.
>>
>> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:08:30 PM UTC-4, Nathan wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jerry,
>>> In general there aren't a lot of options for customizing appearance. One
>>> thing you could try that might get you closer to what you want is using a
>>> field-list of notes (see Grouping Questions on a Single Screen in the form
>>> design help).
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> -Nathan
>>>
>>> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 7:29:55 AM UTC-7, Jerry3904 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am just finishing a form for urban tree health assessment where the
>>>> user collects and interprets five parameters; the form will be supported by
>>>> and linked to a book that comes out this month.
>>>>
>>>> At the end of the form, I have a Health Score screen where I would like
>>>> to present the results of the field work in a nice form. At the moment the
>>>> only thing I have found that works at all is to use the hint column to pull
>>>> together five queries such as this:
>>>> Ratio ${deviation_ratio}
>>>> Opacity ${deviation_opacity}
>>>> etc.
>>>> That works, but looks pretty amateurish on the screen. Is there another
>>>> way to present these results that would be more attractive to the user? For
>>>> instance, is there a way to set up a table with the first column having the
>>>> parameter name and the second with the result?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Jerry
>
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I solved this problem to my satisfaction by putting all five querries into
the label field of a single note prompt, separating them with a hard return
and self-closing break tag, like this:
Ratio ${deviation_ratio}
Opacity ${deviation_opacity}
etc.
Looks very good on the screen--thanks for the suggestions.
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On Sunday, July 8, 2012 7:26:16 PM UTC-4, Nathan wrote:
>
> I'm not aware of any way to get rid of the lines without code changes.
>
> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 1:54:33 PM UTC-7, Jerry3904 wrote:
>>
>> Is there an option to get rid of the lines between the notes? I think
>> that's why I didn't use that in the first place.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion, though, I will definitely give it a second
>> look.
>>
>> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:08:30 PM UTC-4, Nathan wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jerry,
>>> In general there aren't a lot of options for customizing appearance. One
>>> thing you could try that might get you closer to what you want is using a
>>> field-list of notes (see Grouping Questions on a Single Screen in the form
>>> design help ).
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> -Nathan
>>>
>>> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 7:29:55 AM UTC-7, Jerry3904 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am just finishing a form for urban tree health assessment where the
>>>> user collects and interprets five parameters; the form will be supported by
>>>> and linked to a book that comes out this month.
>>>>
>>>> At the end of the form, I have a Health Score screen where I would like
>>>> to present the results of the field work in a nice form. At the moment the
>>>> only thing I have found that works at all is to use the hint column to pull
>>>> together five queries such as this:
>>>> *Ratio ${deviation_ratio}*
>>>> *Opacity ${deviation_opacity}*
>>>> *etc.*
>>>> That works, but looks pretty amateurish on the screen. Is there
>>>> another way to present these results that would be more attractive to the
>>>> user? For instance, is there a way to set up a table with the first column
>>>> having the parameter name and the second with the result?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Jerry
>>>>
>>>
Thanks. I saw that you had finished your degree (congrats!) and founded
that company (good luck!), and I will definitely keep that option in mind.
Jerry
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On Saturday, July 7, 2012 9:14:04 PM UTC-4, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
>
> Jerry,
>
> If making the changes in the form don't get you the exact look and
> feel you want, you can also hire a company from
> http://opendatakit.org/help/help-for-hire/ to customize ODK Collect
> for you.
>
> Disclaimer: I started Nafundi, one of the companies on that list.
>
> Yaw
>
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Jerry3904 wrote:
> > OK, I can fit the five items on a single screen if I suppress all hints.
> > And that looks (somewhat) better.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > On Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:54:33 PM UTC-4, Jerry3904 wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there an option to get rid of the lines between the notes? I think
> >> that's why I didn't use that in the first place.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestion, though, I will definitely give it a second
> >> look.
> >>
> >> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 4:08:30 PM UTC-4, Nathan wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Jerry,
> >>> In general there aren't a lot of options for customizing appearance.
> One
> >>> thing you could try that might get you closer to what you want is
> using a
> >>> field-list of notes (see Grouping Questions on a Single Screen in the
> form
> >>> design help).
> >>> Hope this helps,
> >>> -Nathan
> >>>
> >>> On Saturday, July 7, 2012 7:29:55 AM UTC-7, Jerry3904 wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I am just finishing a form for urban tree health assessment where the
> >>>> user collects and interprets five parameters; the form will be
> supported by
> >>>> and linked to a book that comes out this month.
> >>>>
> >>>> At the end of the form, I have a Health Score screen where I would
> like
> >>>> to present the results of the field work in a nice form. At the
> moment the
> >>>> only thing I have found that works at all is to use the hint column
> to pull
> >>>> together five queries such as this:
> >>>> Ratio ${deviation_ratio}
> >>>> Opacity ${deviation_opacity}
> >>>> etc.
> >>>> That works, but looks pretty amateurish on the screen. Is there
> another
> >>>> way to present these results that would be more attractive to the
> user? For
> >>>> instance, is there a way to set up a table with the first column
> having the
> >>>> parameter name and the second with the result?
> >>>>
> >>>> TIA
> >>>>
> >>>> Jerry
> >
> > --
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