I made a simple .csv file (book) with key,id, prov, town and a pull data .csv (homes)
with that pull data calcs relating to id 1 province and town. This is not working. What am I missing, does kobo need odk to work?
| type |
name |
label |
required |
calculation |
| start |
start |
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| end |
end |
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| text |
id |
Enter your id |
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| calculate |
prov |
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TRUE |
pulldata(‘facilities’,‘prov’,‘key’,${id}) |
| note |
prov |
${prov} |
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| calculate |
town |
from town |
TRUE |
pulldata(‘facilities’,‘town’,‘key’,${id}) |
| note |
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${town} |
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and the db .csv
| key |
id |
prov |
town |
| 1 |
a1 |
east |
eldo |
| 2 |
a2 |
west |
nbi |
| 3 |
a3 |
north |
ksm |
| 4 |
a4 |
south |
nku |
This is a basic pull data and its not populating the province and town once I key in the id as in the .csv
I changed the facilities.csv to book.csv as required
Welcome to the community, @kenstates! Maybe this support article Pull Data Functionality in KoboToolbox should help you solve your issue.
Can you try moving your ‘id’ column to the left? It should work per the given outline if you make your ‘id’ column your most left column.
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Thanks Kal and tasfik, tried both. I have implemented the “pull data functionality” and even deleted the key column in book.csv as adviced. Nothing works, I downloaded the kobo community and havent installed odk. Can’t call pull data to auto populate as many have alluded on youtube
| type |
name |
label |
read_only |
calculation |
| note |
filing |
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| note |
filing2 |
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| note |
logo1 |
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| end_group |
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| date |
Listing_Date |
Listing_Date |
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| time |
StartTime |
StartTime |
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| integer |
StaffID |
StaffID |
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| begin_group |
StaffInformation |
StaffInformation |
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| text |
StaffName |
StaffName |
TRUE |
pulldata(‘facilities’,‘StaffName’,‘key’,${StaffID}) |
| text |
StaffNumber |
StaffNumber |
TRUE |
pulldata(‘facilities’,‘StaffNumber’,‘key’,${StaffID}) |
| text |
Supervisor |
Supervisor |
TRUE |
pulldata(‘facilities’,‘Supervisor’,‘key’,${StaffID}) |
| end_group |
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facilities.csv
staffID StaffName StaffNumber Supervisor
a1 Jane 23 Kim
a2 Sam 33 Bob
a3 Tom 43 John
a4 Dick 53 June
These are my steps in kobo, build from scratch, upload the csv homes.csv for pull data and facilities.csv for DB. Deploy and then preview. Shouldnt it auto pop staff name, number and sup? Or it works on the upgraded Kobo?
Hi @kenstates,
Can you change key in your pulldata to staffID
like this:
pulldata(‘facilities’,‘StaffName’,‘staffID’,${StaffID})
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Thanks Hakan, the leftmost column is the StaffID and I have redone my pulldata as requested but still not auto pop after entering a StaffID a1
Can you share your form and your csv file so we can take a look?
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Still new to community am restricted on uploads, but same as above, may I gmail u?
Pinging @Kal_Lam for accesss
Still waitin, kenstatellc@g…com
Thanks ya’ll got it sorted
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