Hello @jborruel
Sorry, I corrected my previous post. Maybe you can adapt your answer too.
Could you provide your original note code and a screenshot from the UI?
You can set the text field to read_only = true (or yes)… But it seems that there is again the problem with the KoBo print-out.
But the better solution might be first calculate variable, then ${…) reference it in the note label.
My bad, I am not expert in designing forms, and as it worked in the first place, then I assumed it posed no problem.
This is the design i have used for the tests:
| type | name | label | hint | required | appearan | calculation | default | relevant | $given_name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| begin_group | TestDate | Test Date Group | false | w4 | ||||||||
| select_multiple tipo_r | R_type | Select multiple Type | false | w4 horizontal | TYPE1 | |||||||
| select_multiple tipo_ | R_code | Select multiple ORG | false | w4 horizontal | ORG1 | |||||||
| date | R_date | Date | false | w2 | now() | |||||||
| text | CODE1 | Text Full Calculated field | false | w2 | concat(${R_code},"-",format-date(${R_date},"%Y%m%d"),"-",${R_type},"-",${R_code}) | |||||||
| text | CODE2 | Text Calculated field - only date | false | w2 | concat("–",format-date(${R_date},"%Y%m%d"),"–") | |||||||
| note | CODE3 | Note Calculated field | false | w2 | concat(${R_code},"-",format-date(${R_date},"%Y%m%d"),"-",${R_type},"-",${R_code}) | |||||||
| note | CODE4 | Note Calculated field - no date | false | w2 | concat(${R_code},"-",${R_type},"-",${R_code}) | |||||||
| note | CODE5 | Note Calculated field - only date | false | w2 | concat("–",format-date(${R_date},"%Y%m%d"),"–") | |||||||
| end_group |
So the whole calculated field I’m using is: concat(${R_code},"-",format-date(${R_date},"%Y%m%d"),"-",${R_type},"-",${R_code})
The screenshots of this examples is in my previou posts (DateTestForm)
Thank you for your interest and support.
There are no calculated fields for R_type and R_code, it was a failure in the table copy/pasted, they are the default values… Sorry
Hello @jborruel,
If you use a Note with a label and a calculation, like you do, KoBo transforms it as a read_only text field. You can see the difference in the UI in preview.
There seems to be bug in KoBo print probably. It doesn’t show the calculated value, if a note or a text field is read_only (and has a calculation) But it seems to works ok with integer and date type.
Here are examples to illustrate:
Note_01.xlsx (10.2 KB) .
and the screenshot (Preview)
and the print-out
A reported the print problem now: Print form loses calculated value for note and read_only text type
