How can I create a password on the xlsform that ODK collect app users should enter when they start entering the data?

Hi @Tewodrosw , Welcome to the ODK community forum. When you get a chance please take some time to introduce yourself here . You can create a text question at the begining of your form and set a contraint that needs to match a password. This password is visible into the xlsform but not easy to fin…

Dear @ mathieubossaert, thanks for the quick reply! what will be the constraint for this? And I want enumerators to be given the password ones and every time they enter the data it should be required to write. Thanks

@Tewodrosw It would be something like this: password_protected_group.xlsx (5.7 KB) as @mathieubossaert said [image] Mathieu Bossaert: This password is visible into the xlsform but not easy to find for the enumerator. If this is a big problem you can try to encode your password with base64…

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joybindroo March 30, 2024, 1:38am 5

How can I request a short "password" at the beginning of my form to identify the person filling out the form with more certainty? Support

Hi, Here is one little bit more secure option that don't reveal usernames in CSV. Hash 'username' (h1) and hash 'username+password' (h2), put these data in a CSV file. In the beginning of survey ask user to enter username and password (text vars). Calculate digest of entered username (d1). Calculate digest of entered username + entered password (d2). Create one more calculate variable and use pulldata() function to fetch h2 from CSV using d1 as index. Check if d2 matches the fetched h2. If s…

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