modilabs/formhub — Issue #34: Make it easier for users to iterate on form design
Author: prabhasp
Created: 2011-10-24 11:47:57+00:00
State: open

So I guess the need is to make it easier for users to iterate on form design. The issue now is that every new survey that is uploaded has to have a unique name/id, and once you upload a survey with a certain name/id, you are forever denied from re-using that.

The reason this is a large issue is that the need for constant renaming really is a pain and will create a billion xls files with slightly different names, and users won't be sure what is draft at what stage, etc.

One solution would be to have a "sandbox" where data integrity is a very sketchy issue (maybe we store sandbox submitted data as couch entries, as the table defintions won't line up one data submission to another?), and users are allowed to view data in very limited ways (ie, a per-submission view, but no larger xls view, cuz it just won't make sense?). BUT, they are allowed to replace a survey with any other, no problem.

For iterating until you get a decent form to deploy, this would be a perfect thing.

[We can build this much later, but Andrew, would appreciate your thoughts on this if you have any..]