ODK Central - Single External Dataset for Multiple Forms

[mathieubossaert]

I think this post by @LN will give you a good idea of what you can already do and what you will be able to do with datasets :

Entity-based data collection

Not currently but we know those are important to add soon. Right now entities can only be created, not updated through any means at all. The model we are currently planning on is that submission edits do NOT affect entities. In the future, submissions will be able to create, update or archive entities. Once a submission has performed that action, it is essentially "unlinked" from the entity it acted on. Edits are complex no matter what but we think the model described above is the easiest to…

and this was one of the discussion points at the January TAB meeting:

ODK TAB Call - 2023-01-04

These calls bring together the Technical Advisory Board for the ODK suite (@TAB) to discuss roadmaps, working groups, and other issues of technical governance. Everyone is welcome to come to these calls, but only TAB members may talk. The calls are held every four weeks on Zoom. We put the agenda and recording of every call in this document. Our next call will be Wed, January 4. The meeting time should be shown in your timezone above. The agenda is tentatively as follows: Review ODK's Entit…