How to upload old form data to new form?

[surkhy143]

I want to upload old form data to the new form both forms are the same but data collection has been done in separate users now I want to add them both in a single form.

[stephanealoo]

Hi,
This is not directly provided as system functionality within KoBoToolbox. However, there has been a workaround which is discussed in the topic below.

Importing xls data into KoBoToolbox

@sareep, a while back have created a method for converting XLS data into XML with a Python script so that they can be submitted via the API. This requires an existing deployed form to be in your account. Everything is documented in this repository: https://github.com/kobotoolbox/xls-import. I hope this works for you.

Stephane

[Kal_Lam]

@surkhy143, you should also be able to migrate projects from the source server to the destination server (using ODK Briefcase) as outlined in the post discussed previously:

Can I push data, which have been pulled from Aggregate?

Hi @imran3may, You could migrate your KoboToolbox project from one server (from humanitarian to non-humanitarian or vice versa) to the other using ODK Briefcase as follows: In this post, I will illustrate on how to migrate a survey project from a non-humanitarian server (Kobo server) to a humanitarian server (OCHA server). At the moment, my non-humanitarian server (Kobo server) has a project with 5 submissions. [Image 0_1] I would wish to migrate this project to the humanitarian server (OC…