Beneficiary IDs: Identifying beneficiaries across different forms or different submissions of a form

[Kal_Lam]

Maybe you could do it as follows:

Automatically displaying unique ID number

Hi @Dhamai, Welcome to the community! Please see the image below to create an automatic display of the household identification number (you will need to do this in the xlsform): [Picture%201] You will then see the household identification number in the output as follows: [Picture%202] You could also have a look at the support article on How to: Create Sequential, Unique Serial Numbers.

The other option is as follows:

How do i create unique ID's that automate in KoBoToolbox?

Hi @scherrie, You could also have a look at this workaround which uses date-time stamp to auto generate a unique id for your survey form. In the survey tab of your xlsform: [Image 1] In the setting tab of your xlsform: Please note that this is optional (if and in-case you wish to name your survey submissions based on the unique id). [Image 2] Data entry screen as seen in Enketo: [Image 3] Reference xlsform: Uniqe ID (Example).xls (23 KB) Have a great day!

Here is another example:

Creating unique ID from the available variables using calculate

Hi @tanzilhuda, Please see the attached (slightly edited and refined version) xlsform where @Xiphware and @azadkhan had contributed significantly. It should now work smoothly even in the group in Enketo, KoBoCollect as well as ODKCollect. In the survey tab of the xlsform: [Image%201] In the choices tab of the xlsform: [Image%202] Screenshot on KoBoCollect: [Image%203] Reference xlsform: Unique-ID.xls (26.5 KB) GOOD DAY!

In addition to this, we also have a support article Creating Unique Serial Numbers in Forms which should help you solve your issue.