Hi,
My question is regarding validation of data after it has been captured and tabulated in Kobotoolbox. Currently the only option for the validator is to choose approved, not approved and on hold. We want the validator to also add notes to the record if there is any issue, as a simple “not approved” will not be sufficient for us.
Is there any way to have a text input within the form that’s invisible to the field enumerator but visible to the validator, so that he can add his notes in that text field?
Hi,
What you therefore need is a question text that is hidden. You can do this by adding the question and setting it visible column to false in XLS form design. This text question will not be visible to the enumerators. You can however add the text when editing.
I wasn’t able to get this to work. I added a column named “visible” and I set the value to “false” for one question, but it still showed up in the android app.
I’ve attached my test excel sheet, please have a look.
Basically the android app and the submission editor follow the same logic so I am unable to hide a question from one and have it show in the other.aP6DeS5pR82bwL97rzEn8q (1).xlsx (10.3 KB)
HI @ks_1
You needed to redeploy a version where it is not hidden before you try editing on the online version. So this would only work if you had closed the fieldwork and you do not need the field staff to see the hidden question. Too bad this workaround may not work for you though.
Hello @ks_1,
A workaround might be:
To have a filtering entry field with a special (secret) code for the supervisor, which will control by relevant clause the additional variables to fill by the supervisor. (In KoBoCollect you might perhaps use one of the metadata for this, like username or phonenumber.)
The contains() function works: I am able to hide the text box from the original surveyor based on the deviceID. However, the issue is that once the instance is submitted, the deviceID stays locked at the original even when the instance is opened for editing from the data tab. So the text box still stays hidden.
Maybe the following workaround would help you solve your issue. It’s a small tweak with how you design your survey form and how your supervisor edit the same in the KoBoToolbox server.
Note: Here the supervisor should make small edits by changing the enumerator’s name to Supervisor. Doing so, the supervisor will see the remarks for the submission.