Any way to change the submitter username after the instance has been submitted?

I mean, from the Kobotoolbox dashboard? Unfortunately a device configured with the wrong username submitted over 100 entries and now it is messing up our analysis reports.

Hi @ks_1,

Maybe you could check the Require authentication to see forms and submit data which is present under your ACCOUNT SETTINGS from where you generally logout.

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Having made this settings, unauthorized users/enumerators should not be able to submit data to your KoBoToobox server.

Have a great day!

The issue is not that an unauthorized person made the entry, it’s that a device got misconfigured and the entries of one person have come as though another person has entered it.

The data is correct but the username is wrong.

Hi @ks_1,

If this is the case, maybe you could fix the same by following the workaround as follows:

  • Download the data from the server.
  • Filter unwanted data and keep the remaining that should be upload to the other (user account/project name).
  • Use the following python code to upload the data as discussed here:

Have a great day!

Thank you, this seems like somthing that would work. I’ll try to do it even though it seems a bit advanced for me…

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