Autofill a text question (default) and have it not show up on the survey, but does fill in the export?

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Hello,
Fortunately, XLSForms with “hidden” control can meanwhile be imported/deployed in KoBoToolbox and the form can be downloaded well. See Release Notes - version 2.020.52b. Hidden type is also available now in KoBo Form Builder.

A difference between “hidden” and calculation is: “hidden” will NOT appear in Report, but calculation type will.
But in table view and data download hidden type will appear, like calculation.
In form print-out (pdf) neither hidden nor calculation type will appear.

Side-notes:

  • A text type read-only will be treated in data download similar to a note type, i.e. doesn’t show any (cell) values.
  • XLSOnline validator (2.0) gives a warning for hidden type without label (but not for calculation)
    [row : 5] Question has no label: {‘name’: ‘hidden’, ‘type’: ‘hidden’, ‘default’: ‘this default value is hidden’}. See ODK - XLSForm Online v2.x
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