# XLSForm spec proposal: add syntax to make it easy to use a value from the last saved instance

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/xlsform-spec-proposal-add-syntax-to-make-it-easy-to-use-a-value-from-the-last-saved-instance/18814>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** spec-proposal, odk-xlsform\
**Created:** [March 25, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/xlsform-spec-proposal-add-syntax-to-make-it-easy-to-use-a-value-from-the-last-saved-instance/18814 "2019-03-25T17:48:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![LN](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/ln/32/1605_2.png) [@LN](https://forum.getodk.org/u/LN)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/xlsform-spec-proposal-add-syntax-to-make-it-easy-to-use-a-value-from-the-last-saved-instance/18814/36 "2020-02-10T19:23:07Z")

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The `${last-saved#}` syntax is now available in `pyxform` 1 and [ODK XLSForm Online v2.0.0](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-xlsform-online-v2-0-0/24730). It is documented at [https://docs.opendatakit.org/form-logic/#values-from-the-last-saved-record](https://docs.opendatakit.org/form-logic/#values-from-the-last-saved-record).

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