XLSForm Online adds "data" instead of form_id

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I uploaded an xlsx file and then downloaded the xml file with the new XLSForm Online (version 2.0.0).

The form_id in my xlsx file is "host"
But the xml that was output with xlsform online version 2.0 is using "data" instead of "host"

I looked at the xml file and I see this difference:

When I examined the xml I found "data" instead of "host:

<text id="/data/odi_accurate_records_group/odi_accurate_records/42:label">

The previous version produced this:

<text id="/host/odi_accurate_records_group/odi_accurate_records/42:label">
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This is expected behavior. You can set the name column on the settings sheet to "host" if you want to change this behavior.

pyxform has historically set the form id and the root node in the XML to the filename. The change we've made is that the root node is now set to /data/, unless you specify a different name in the XLSForm. There is no change to the form ID behavior.

XLSForm Online v1.x
A form named my-form.xlsx with no custom id or custom name:

  • root node: /my-form/
  • form id: my-form

XLSForm Online v2.x
A form named my-form.xlsx with no custom id or custom name:

  • root node: /data/
  • form id: my-form

A form named my-form.xlsx with form_id set to foo

  • root node: /data/
  • form id: foo

A form named my-form.xlsx with name set to bar

  • root node: /bar/
  • form id: my-form

A form named my-form.xlsx with form_id set to foo and name set to bar

  • root node: /bar/
  • form id: foo
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