Monthly Report Collection using KoBo

[reajulbracupg]

Dear Experts,

I would like to collect the monthly report from our field using the KoBo platform. The problem is that our field team need to know the information of previous when they input the current month. So, how can I link the information of previous month with the current month? Could you please support me in this regards.

Thank you
Reajul

[Kal_Lam]

Welcome back to the community @reajulbracupg! Maybe you could use the pulldata function as outlined in the support article Pull Data Functionality in KoBoToolbox. It should fulfill your requirement.

As a backup you could also have a look at the post discussed previously that has a workaround on how the pulldata function is used:

Please help me with the pull data function

I simply changed your HH_ID code from from UR-CG101/01 to UR-CG101_01 in the csv file HouseholdID and it works. [image] Reference xlsform: pulldatafunction.xlsx (9.8 KB) Edited csv file: HouseholdID.csv (3.2 KB)

This post should also be helpful:

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