Empty observation fields captured by app into web version - project Interactions (s Afr)

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Platform (Android, iOS, Website): Android to website

App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About): 1:23:14 (503)

Browser, if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) :

URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92439102
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92439048

Screenshots of what you are seeing (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/):

Description of problem (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):
When I upload observations into the project Interaction (s Afr), from the app, then, instead of just uploading the observation field of the particular interaction relevant, it also uploads all the other empty observation fields into the web version as well. this creates a problem for the people evaluating and assessing the data, and I was asked by one of them to go back and delete all those empty fields. highly cumbersome. Better if the app could add for the interaction project just the actual observation field that I filled in, and not also all the other empty ones.

These were the steps I followed on the app, and then when I look at the webversion, then all the empty observation fields for the interaction project sits there, and needs to be deleted manually.

  1. take photos via app
  2. press green circle with tickmark
  3. click on the observation, then on 3 dots top right and choose duplicate
  4. press green circle with white tickmark
  5. press back button bottom of screen
  6. click on 1st observation
    6.1 click on edit (pencil)
  7. click on what did you see
  8. click on species search
  9. type in buchu
    10 click on genus agathosma
  10. click on select
  11. click on add to projects
  12. click on habitat s afr
  13. click where it says unknown, then choose fynbos
  14. click on tickmark top right
  15. click on green circle with tick mark
  16. click back button bottom right
  17. click on 2nd observation
  18. click on edit(pencil) top right
    20 click on add to projects
    21 click on habitat
    22 click on unknown
    23 click on gardens
    24 click top right tick mark
    25 click on what did you see
    26 scroll to pic 3
    27 click on miomantis caffra
    28 click on select
    29 click on green circle with white tickmark
    30 click on back button bottom of screen right
  19. click onSync 2 observations Upload in green strip and wait for them to upload
  20. click on 1st observation
  21. click on edit (pencil)
  22. click on projects
  23. click on unknown (in Habitat s afr)
    36 click on gardens
    37 click on tick box top right
    38 click on green circle with tick mark
    39 click on url and press copy
    40 click on miomantis caffra
    41 click on edit (pencil)
    42 click on projects
    43.click on interactions
    44 click on field value in attached to, and press harder
    45 click on paste
    46 click on top right tick mark
    47 clcik on green circle with tick box
    48 click on url and press copy
    49 click on back arrow
    50 click on edit (pencil)
    51 click on projects
    52 click on interactions
    53 clixk on field value passive partner and press harder
    54 click on paste
    55 click back arrow top right
    56 click on green circle with tick box
    57 back arrow bottom of screen right
    58 click on upload on green strip
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sorry, seems the steps did not record in correct sequence.
Let me try again:

  1. take photos via app
  2. press green circle with tickmark
  3. click on the observation, then on 3 dots top right and choose duplicate
  4. press green circle with white tickmark
  5. press back button bottom of screen
  6. click on 1st observation
  7. click on what did you see
  8. click on species search
  9. type in buchu
    10 click on genus agathosma
  10. click on select
  11. click on add to projects
  12. click on habitat s afr
  13. click where it says unknown, then choose fynbos
  14. click on tickmark top right
  15. click on green circle with tick mark
  16. click back button bottom right
  17. click on 2nd observation
  18. click on edit(pencil) top right
    20 click on add to projects
    21 click on habitat
    22 click on unknown
    23 click on gardens
    24 click top right tick mark
    25 click on what did you see
    26 scroll to pic 3
    27 click on miomantis caffra
    28 click on select
    29 click on green circle with white tickmark
    30 click on back button bottom of screen right
  19. click onSync 2 observations Upload in green strip and wait for them to upload
  20. click on 1st observation
  21. click on edit (pencil)
  22. click on projects
  23. click on unknown (in Habitat s afr)
    36 click on gardens
    37 click on tick box top right
    38 click on green circle with tick mark
    39 click on url and press copy
    40 click on miomantis caffra
    41 click on edit (pencil)
    42 click on projects
    43 click on interactions
    44 click on field value in attached to, and press harder
    45 click on paste
    46 click on top right tick mark
    47 clcik on green circle with tick box
    48 click on url and press copy
    49 click on back arrow
    50 click on edit (pencil)
    51 click on projects
    52 click on interactions
    53 clixk on field value passive partner and press harder
    54 click on paste
    55 click back arrow top right
    56 click on green circle with tick box
    57 back arrow bottom of screen right
    58 click on upload on green strip
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still not working!!!
Let me copy and paste the steps into word document and attach it again

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  1. take photos via app

  2. press green circle with tickmark

  3. click on the observation, then on 3 dots top right and choose duplicate

  4. press green circle with white tickmark

  5. press back button bottom of screen

  6. click on 1st observation

  7. click on what did you see

  8. click on species search

  9. type in buchu

10 click on genus agathosma

  1. click on select

  2. click on add to projects

  3. click on habitat s afr

  4. click where it says unknown, then choose fynbos

  5. click on tickmark top right

  6. click on green circle with tick mark

  7. click back button bottom right

  8. click on 2nd observation

  9. click on edit(pencil) top right

20 click on add to projects

21 click on habitat

22 click on unknown

23 click on gardens

24 click top right tick mark

25 click on what did you see

26 scroll to pic 3

27 click on miomantis caffra

28 click on select

29 click on green circle with white tickmark

30 click on back button bottom of screen right

  1. click onSync 2 observations Upload in green strip and wait for them to upload

  2. click on 1st observation

  3. click on edit (pencil)

  4. click on projects

  5. click on unknown (in Habitat s afr)

36 click on gardens

37 click on tick box top right

38 click on green circle with tick mark

39 click on url and press copy

40 click on miomantis caffra

41 click on edit (pencil)

42 click on projects

43 click on interactions

44 click on field value in attached to, and press harder

45 click on paste

46 click on top right tick mark

47 clcik on green circle with tick box

48 click on url and press copy

49 click on back arrow

50 click on edit (pencil)

51 click on projects

52 click on interactions

53 clixk on field value passive partner and press harder

54 click on paste

55 click back arrow top right

56 click on green circle with tick box

57 back arrow bottom of screen right

58 click on upload on green strip

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Any progress on the above?

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Sorry, the above problem can be far simpler described as

ANDROID APP INCORRECTLY ADDS UNFILLED IN FIELDS WHEN ADDING PROJECTS

On the Android App, when one adds a project with several fields, the app adds all the fields even when they are not required or desired.
The iPhone App and the Webpage only add the filled in fields and not the others.

This affects projects where different fields are used for different things. In the case of the interactions project only one of several options should be used: e.g. for https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156251928
The user wanted to only add “passive partner” but instead we have
Interactions (s Afr)

Observation Fields (8)

Passive Partner to: (Interaction): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156251917
Associated with: (Interaction):
Attached to: (Interaction):
Carrying: (Interaction):
Eating: (Interaction):
Parasitizing: (Interaction):
Visiting a flower of: (Interaction):

Unfortunately, Project curators cannot remove these superfluous fields.
Nor [I think] can one filter for fields that are not empty - so it is messing up the reports for the interactions (e.g. “Parasitizing” observations are showing up on filters for “Visiting a Flower”)

We are having the same issue with projects summarizing vegetation types. Instead of adding a single filled in field, this Android bug is adding many: This is overwhelming the system. For instance - in this case there are more empty fields (as shown for?): than there is valid data.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/7863

Observation field: SA Veg: Albany Thicket & Strandveld Types

Choose only one vegetation type from one of these (Thicket above, Strandveld below - note that these are the new 2018 types):
Datatype: text
Allowed values:

? 3295
Albany Arid Thicket AT 15 1
Albany Bontveld AT 16 38
Albany Mesic Thicket AT 17 268
Albany Valley Thicket AT 18 7
Baviaans Valley Thicket AT 19 468
Bethelsdorp Bontveld AT 20 0
Blombos Strandveld FS 8 33
Buffels Mesic Thicket AT 21 0
Buffels Valley Thicket AT 22 0
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld FS 6 1194
Crossroads Grassland Thicket AT 23 19
Doubledrift Karroid Thicket AT 24 2
Eastern Gwarrieveld AT 25 3
Elands Forest Thicket AT 26 0

Should I rather post this as a new “bug” entry?

An unrelated issue is that curators of projects cannot edit fields when users (such as this one) have blocked them and use the project.

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