Where: UtilityScout, on the phone, an object's details.
When you finish: you know where the form is, how to arrange it for yourself, and what to do when a field says its type is not supported.
Placing records where an object is. This is where you record what it is. Every field comes from your organization's setup, so the names below are examples. Your job decides which fields are required at the pole; a field appearing on the form does not by itself make it required.
Open the form
Tap the object, then open its details.
By default the form is split into two tabs, details and photos. That split is your own setting (below).
You will typically find | Notes |
Location, as latitude and longitude, with an update option | Useful when a pole was placed roughly and you now stand at it |
Pick lists | Options your organization set up |
Free text | Notes |
Whether you fill these in at the pole or leave them for the office depends on the object and how your organization works. Ask your supervisor which ones your crew completes in the field.
Arrange the form for yourself
Display option | Does |
Tabbed Layout (on by default) | Two tabs. Turn it off for one continuous form |
Reorder fields | Drag the six-dot handle to put the ones you use most at the top |
These are your own preferences, not your organization's, so your form can differ from your crewmate's while holding the same fields. Nobody should ever tell you "it is the third field down". If you fill the same three fields on every pole, spend a minute moving them to the top.
If a field says its type is not supported
Not something you did, and not something you can fix. Your organization set up a kind of field this version of the app cannot display. Everything else on the form still works.
Tell your supervisor which field it was. Do not put the value in a notes field unless someone asks you to; it will not end up where anyone expects.
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