Much of the data collected disappeared into the columns when I wanted to download but in the meantime I could see it before

Hi, I have deployed a survey several times while my interviewers were collecting. Much of the data collected disappeared into the columns when I wanted to download but in the meantime I could see it before.

Am having the same issue discussed here : I downloaded the CSV file of my data from kobo tool box and could not find the earlier data I collected about one month apart

Welcome to the community, @gamado20! Could you kindly share a screenshot of your issue so that we could understand your issue pictorially?

Hello @Kal_Lam

Please can I share with you the whole data base on my server ? Am missing a lot of data.

@gamado20, would you mind sharing with me the following information through a private message so that I could have a closer look at your case:

  • Username
  • Project name
  • Server

Note: You could share with me a private message as outlined in the post discussed previously:

Hello @Kal_Lam
Please, any feedback for me about my issue? I have send information you asked me

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Can you provide some more details, please:
- Which server are you using?
- Which tool are you using: Collect or Enketo (Web form)?
- Are these fields mandatory and not filtered by a relevant clause (e.g. general consent)?
- Did you check the current version of the form with the Online validator?

Maybe, you can share a related extract of your form, incl. choices, please?

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Hello @wroos

  • Am using the global server.
  • Am using web form and kobocollect
  • most fields are not mandatory, but they are always filled in
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Is there any overall/initial question which can filter out these questions,.e.g. a general consent question?

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no for both.
Related to online validator, I didn’t use excel for the survey programmation

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Nevertheless, it is recommended to check your form with the Online validator, during development and before deployment, please. You can easily do it after export of your form as XLSForm from the project/form menu.

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@gamado20, I think you should have added some questions very late (maybe during the mid-data collection). Could you kindly confirm this? I see that you already have 13 deployed form versions for this project.