Nfield update

We have now extended the Question Median Duration feature to the domain level. This means that if your domain has the Question Median Duration settings (in the picture below) configured, any surveys within that domain will automatically inherit those values. However, if needed, you can still override and customize these values at the survey level.

We have added new scripting options to write if statements. Where in the past you would have to write everything on a single line, making it hard to read, you can now use *ENDIF if you want to write your statement across multiple lines. We also included *ELSEIF, which terminates the if block if the condition is met.

Rules:

• The condition expression must be on the same line as the *IF or *ELSEIF commands.
  
• If the condition is met, the command to execute can be on multiple lines.
  
• IF block can be nested.
  
• Each IF block has to be terminated with an *ENDIF command.
  

*TEXTVARS VarA, VarB, VarC, VarD

*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L4 *MULTI
Pick a letters
1:A
2:B
3:C
4:D

*IF [Q1,1]
*PUT VarA "Check"

*ELSEIF [Q1,2]
*PUT VarB "Check"

*ELSEIF [Q1,3]
*PUT VarC "Check"

*ELSE
*PUT VarD "Check"

*ENDIF

*PAGE
VarA: *?VarA
VarB: *?VarB
VarC: *?VarC
VarD: *?VarD

As mentioned in our previous Nfield update, it is no longer possible to create Composer scripts in Nfield with this release. For more details, please refer to the topic "Deprecation of Composer in Nfield " published in this earlier Nfield update communication.

From 1 September 2025 onwards the minimum version of the Nfield CAPI app that can be used for fieldwork is 2.32. Interviewing devices that are running a version of the app that is lower than 2.32 will no longer be able to synchronize with Nfield.

As a Domain Administrator it is important to share this news within your organization so it gets the attention of the people that should act. If you are working with the older Nfield CAPI app versions that stop being supported, now is the time to ensure business continuity by keeping your CAPI devices updated with at least the minimum required app version (preferably upgrading them to the latest CAPI app version).

NIPO will raise the minimum supported Android version to Android 13 on 1 September 2025.

What does this minimum supported version mean for you? If you encounter a problem with your device, for instance, an issue with performance, and the device is running an Android version below the minimum supported version, we will always first ask you to upgrade to at least the minimum supported Android version. It also means that all future releases of the Nfield CAPI app will require at least the minimum supported Android version to be installed on your device.

As a general recommendation we advise you to update to the latest Android version on your device(s) as soon as you can.

• Previously, if your domain included only the CAPI channel, it was not possible to create a blueprint from a survey. This issue has now been resolved, you can now create blueprints as expected.
  
• Previously, if you called the GET v2/BackgroundActivities endpoint, the response would not always include the properties specific to the type of activity (e.g. the download URL was missing for a data download). This issue has now been resolved; the response includes all the relevant properties.
  

As always, please share this information with all relevant people in your organization.

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