Hello,
I am using XLS form to make survey forms, ODK Collect v 1.4.3 to collect data and now am trying to use ODK briefcase v1.4.3 to pull the data from a custom path on my desktop. I am using ODK briefcase because am in DRC and need to aggregate the data offline. I don't pull directly from the android devices because there are many devices and it is easier to first collect them all on my computer.
The folder I select for the custom path includes folders for the form and the instances, but when I choose the folder as my ODK directory, no forms show up for me to select. Even older forms that worked for me last year do not show up using the most recent version of ODK Briefcase, but I can see the older forms if I use ODK briefcase 1.3.2. I have tried using the briefcase on both Mac and Windows with no success.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Best,
Sara Lowes
For anyone that has the problem in the future, here is how it was resolved:
I had been using a feature in XLS Form that allows you to add a version
column to the settings tab. Once I removed this from the form (and from the
hundreds of instances already collected...) ODK briefcase recognized the
form.
···
On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 12:40:55 PM UTC+2, Sara Lowes wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using XLS form to make survey forms, ODK Collect v 1.4.3 to collect
> data and now am trying to use ODK briefcase v1.4.3 to pull the data from a
> custom path on my desktop. I am using ODK briefcase because am in DRC and
> need to aggregate the data offline. I don't pull directly from the android
> devices because there are many devices and it is easier to first collect
> them all on my computer.
>
> The folder I select for the custom path includes folders for the form and
> the instances, but when I choose the folder as my ODK directory, no forms
> show up for me to select. Even older forms that worked for me last year do
> not show up using the most recent version of ODK Briefcase, but I can see
> the older forms if I use ODK briefcase 1.3.2. I have tried using the
> briefcase on both Mac and Windows with no success.
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.
>
> Best,
> Sara Lowes
>
>
Hi Sara,
Glad you were able to find a workaround.
To help the core team fix this issue, can you please attach an XLS
form and XML form with and without the version information to
https://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/list?
Thanks,
Yaw
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:25 AM, Sara Lowes sara.lowes@gmail.com wrote:
For anyone that has the problem in the future, here is how it was resolved:
I had been using a feature in XLS Form that allows you to add a version
column to the settings tab. Once I removed this from the form (and from the
hundreds of instances already collected...) ODK briefcase recognized the
form.
On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 12:40:55 PM UTC+2, Sara Lowes wrote:
Hello,
I am using XLS form to make survey forms, ODK Collect v 1.4.3 to collect
data and now am trying to use ODK briefcase v1.4.3 to pull the data from a
custom path on my desktop. I am using ODK briefcase because am in DRC and
need to aggregate the data offline. I don't pull directly from the android
devices because there are many devices and it is easier to first collect
them all on my computer.
The folder I select for the custom path includes folders for the form and
the instances, but when I choose the folder as my ODK directory, no forms
show up for me to select. Even older forms that worked for me last year do
not show up using the most recent version of ODK Briefcase, but I can see
the older forms if I use ODK briefcase 1.3.2. I have tried using the
briefcase on both Mac and Windows with no success.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Best,
Sara Lowes
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Also -- was your version a numeric value?
ODK Briefcase and ODK Aggregate only accept numeric version strings. The
recommended form is yyyymmddnn
e.g., 2014061701 (1st revision of the form on 2014-06-17)
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
Hi Sara,
Glad you were able to find a workaround.
To help the core team fix this issue, can you please attach an XLS
form and XML form with and without the version information to
https://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/list?
Thanks,
Yaw
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:25 AM, Sara Lowes sara.lowes@gmail.com wrote:
For anyone that has the problem in the future, here is how it was
resolved:
I had been using a feature in XLS Form that allows you to add a version
column to the settings tab. Once I removed this from the form (and from
the
hundreds of instances already collected...) ODK briefcase recognized the
form.
On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 12:40:55 PM UTC+2, Sara Lowes wrote:
Hello,
I am using XLS form to make survey forms, ODK Collect v 1.4.3 to collect
data and now am trying to use ODK briefcase v1.4.3 to pull the data
from a
custom path on my desktop. I am using ODK briefcase because am in DRC
and
need to aggregate the data offline. I don't pull directly from the
android
devices because there are many devices and it is easier to first collect
them all on my computer.
The folder I select for the custom path includes folders for the form
and
the instances, but when I choose the folder as my ODK directory, no
forms
show up for me to select. Even older forms that worked for me last year
do
not show up using the most recent version of ODK Briefcase, but I can
see
the older forms if I use ODK briefcase 1.3.2. I have tried using the
briefcase on both Mac and Windows with no success.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Best,
Sara Lowes
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