I need to update an existing form that has data submissions. I know I have
done this before and as long as I am not adding any new data fields it
should be possible. But with that said I can not figure out how to do it.
I though you just keep the form name the same and changed the form_id to
something new and it replace the existing form on the server and kept all
the data submission intact.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Andy
From the guidelines page:
If you leave the form_id unchanged, and change the version, then you can
upload the new form XML to ODK Aggregate. The new form will replace the old
one on ODK Aggregate (you will no longer be able to download the older
form), and the new and old form submissions will be submitted into the same
submissions table. The version of the form used when the survey was
finalized is available as metadata on each submission.
Note that the 'version' string must always compare alphabetically greater
than what preceded it in order for ODK Aggregate to accept the upload of a
new form definition. This is to prevent inadvertent mix-ups from
confounding your data collection efforts.
2014072301
i.e.,
yyyymmddvv
where vv is a version number for the changes on that day (1st change, 2nd
change, etc.).
In XLS, you can specify the version via the version column on the settings
sheet.
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Andrew Faust afaust@ncwrpc.org wrote:
I need to update an existing form that has data submissions. I know I
have done this before and as long as I am not adding any new data fields it
should be possible. But with that said I can not figure out how to do it.
I though you just keep the form name the same and changed the form_id to
something new and it replace the existing form on the server and kept all
the data submission intact.Any help would be great.
Thanks
Andy--
Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com
Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"ODK Community" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
email to opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
--
Mitch Sundt
Software Engineer
University of Washington
mitchellsundt@gmail.com
Thanks Mitch. An FYI the sample_xlsform.xls does not have a version column
in the settings tab. May be helpful for others to add that.
Andy