Error when trying to edit form via Form Builder on Kobo

sushibun · March 21, 2023, 7:31am

Hi,

I have uploaded a form onto Kobo which I edited in Excel. The form has connections to other projects and also an external csv.

When I try to edit the form via form builder on Kobo, it states that the “Row could not be displayed”. This row happens to be the “Select_one_from_file” that refers to the external CSV attached to the form. In addition to that, all the other questions in the form are not displayed to.

Could you help me solve this issue? I have uploaded a screenshot of the error. Thanks!

Kal_Lam · March 21, 2023, 10:23am

Welcome to the community, @sushibun! This is a known issue that the KoboToolbox team is currently working on. You are seeing this error message because KoboToolbox formbuilder still does not support the select_one_from_file question type.

We already have this issue open in GitHub. You should be able to follow it here:

github.com/kobotoolbox/kpi

select_one_from_file question type issues in KoBoToolbox form builder user interface

opened 06:02AM - 12 Jun 20 UTC

Kalyan-Lama

## 2 issues observed with `select_one_from_file` question type issues in KoBoToo…lbox form builder user interface #### First issue: An error message (for the `select_one_from_file` question) is seen while trying to edit a survey form as shown in the image below: ![Image 1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/50188479/84469265-5d670980-aca0-11ea-9c2e-b094d33cebae.png) #### Second issue: The `select_one_from_file` question disappears when 1) editing 2) saving and 3) redeploying the survey form that has already been deployed. The form builder user interface would only have the remaining questions (other then the `select_one_from_file` question) as shown in the image below: ![Image 2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/50188479/84469497-e4b47d00-aca0-11ea-8ef7-14594e175521.png) ## Steps to Reproduce 1. Deploy a survey project with `select_one_from_file` question type. 2. Edit the survey project with `select_one_from_file` question type. **(You should now be able to see Issue 1 listed above)** 3. Save the survey project with `select_one_from_file` question type. 4. Redeploy the survey project with `select_one_from_file` question type. 5. `select_one_from_file` question from the form builder user interface disappears. Check by going through Forms>edit. **(You should now be able to see Issue 2 listed above)** ## Expected behavior 1. Should not see an error message as outlined in `First issue`. 2. The `select_one_from_file` question should not disappear as outlined in `Second issue`. ## Actual behavior 1. See an error message as outlined in `First issue`. 2. The `select_one_from_file` question disappears as outlined in `Second issue`. ## Additional details The data collected and stored (in the KoBoToolbox server) for the `select_one_from_file` question however does not get lost with the error message being displayed and questions getting disappeared. ## Reference xlsfrom: [Select One From File.xlsx](https://github.com/kobotoolbox/kpi/files/4769003/Select.One.From.File.xlsx) ## Reference csv file: Please extract the csv file from the flowdock thread as GH does not seem to support the same. ## Flodock thread: https://www.flowdock.com/app/kobotoolbox/support/threads/L4h_2ybNlTQ0cHmIh5qani6R5yu

All you need to do now is not make edits in the formbuilder when you have this question type in your project. You could make edits through the XLSForm and upload the changes to the project to replace the changes. Doing so should not affect your project.

Kal_Lam · April 3, 2024, 8:26am

@sushibun, kindly please be informed that the formbuilder now supports the select_one_from_file and the select_multiple_from_file question type. Hence, you should no longer see the error message for these question types.

For more details, please feel free to see our announcement here: