# Unrecognized Data **URL:** \ **Category:** Users\ **Created:** [August 26, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/unrecognized-data/2918 "2016-08-26T20:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sabela\_Pan](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Sabela\_Pan](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Sabela_Pan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/unrecognized-data/2918/1 "2016-08-26T20:04:50Z")
Hello, I am looking at the Case History of my cases in CommCare HQ and in the _Form Properties_ tab, some of the case properties appeared under the heading "Unrecognized Data". What does it mean? They are also marked as "questions in form that were not shown to the user". This does not make much sense to me because they are all hidden values and I got a result from their calculations which means their display conditions were met. I attached a screenshot to better explain it (see for example "question24/Amount\_of\_50\_downpayment" = 40000 at Unrecognized Data and at with no value and in pink at "Hidden Values"). I do not get any error in the app and the case properties for that hidden values are stored. I worried only because I need those properties later in another form for doing calculations and for that purpose they are not working well. So I was wondering if this "unrecognized data" issue is the reason and how can I fix it. Thank you! Sabela ![](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/1X/50481a5357ea88b3febf2332bca9b1d3d08e1a26.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sheel\_Shah](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Sheel\_Shah](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Sheel_Shah)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/unrecognized-data/2918/2 "2016-08-29T02:42:29Z")
Hey Sabela, I believe we use the current version of your application to determine which questions we "recognize" in that view of the form. It may be that you've changed your application since these forms were submitted and now those questions no longer exist, or were renamed in the current version of your application. I would use the Case Changes tab when viewing a form to see what case properties were saved from a form. This will let you know which you can reference in future forms. Thanks, Sheel > **···** > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Sabela Pan wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am looking at the Case History of my cases in CommCare HQ and in the _Form > > Properties_ tab, some of the case properties appeared under the heading > > "Unrecognized Data". What does it mean? They are also marked as "questions > > in form that were not shown to the user". This does not make much sense to > > me because they are all hidden values and I got a result from their > > calculations which means their display conditions were met. I attached a > > screenshot to better explain it (see for example "question24/Amount\_of\_50\_downpayment" > > = 40000 at Unrecognized Data and at with no value and in pink at "Hidden > > Values"). > > > > I do not get any error in the app and the case properties for that hidden > > values are stored. I worried only because I need those properties later in > > another form for doing calculations and for that purpose they are not > > working well. So I was wondering if this "unrecognized data" issue is the > > reason and how can I fix it. > > > > Thank you! > > Sabela > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > Sheel Shah > Project Manager | Dimagi > m: +1.781.428.5419 | skype: sheel\_shah ---
**Author:** ![Sabela\_Pan](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Sabela\_Pan](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Sabela_Pan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/unrecognized-data/2918/3 "2016-08-29T21:33:45Z")
I looked in the Case Changes tab as you suggested and the properties I am interested in appear there so fine for future forms. Still the Unrecognized Data ones were submitted and exist in the last built version of the app. Anyway as long as it works I will not give much importance to this. Thanks Sheel! > **···** > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 5:42 AM, Sheel Shah wrote: > > > Hey Sabela, > > > > I believe we use the current version of your application to determine > > which questions we "recognize" in that view of the form. It may be that > > you've changed your application since these forms were submitted and now > > those questions no longer exist, or were renamed in the current version of > > your application. > > > > I would use the Case Changes tab when viewing a form to see what case > > properties were saved from a form. This will let you know which you can > > reference in future forms. > > > > Thanks, > > Sheel > > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Sabela Pan [sabela@simgas.com](mailto:sabela@simgas.com) wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am looking at the Case History of my cases in CommCare HQ and in the _Form > > > Properties_ tab, some of the case properties appeared under the heading > > > "Unrecognized Data". What does it mean? They are also marked as "questions > > > in form that were not shown to the user". This does not make much sense to > > > me because they are all hidden values and I got a result from their > > > calculations which means their display conditions were met. I attached a > > > screenshot to better explain it (see for example " > > > question24/Amount\_of\_50\_downpayment" = 40000 at Unrecognized Data and at > > > with no value and in pink at "Hidden Values"). > > > > > > I do not get any error in the app and the case properties for that hidden > > > values are stored. I worried only because I need those properties later in > > > another form for doing calculations and for that purpose they are not > > > working well. So I was wondering if this "unrecognized data" issue is the > > > reason and how can I fix it. > > > > > > Thank you! > > > Sabela > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "commcare-users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > Sheel Shah > > Project Manager | Dimagi > > m: +1.781.428.5419 | skype: sheel\_shah > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "commcare-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > topic/commcare-users/ovq16haOCko/unsubscribe. > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout).