Question 1

Create an application

Accepted Answer

Select the ‘New Application’ button

Add an application name – this is used to authenticate the application and must be unique.

Select ‘Create’.

The new application will be added to the application list of your Designer.

Question 2

Create a new template

Accepted Answer

Select ‘New Template’

Add the template details and select 'Create':
1.       Template Name: This is the form name and will appear on the app and dashboard
2.       Template Group Name (Optional): Should the user have more than one template on a project, they can be grouped together on the device by adding a group name.
3.       Allow Force Submit: Allows the field user to submit a form even if all the required fields have not been captured.
4.       Delete the form from the phone on successful upload: Deleted the form from the device once all the data has been uploaded to the server.

The screen will be redirected to the newly created template.

Question 3

Template settings

Accepted Answer

1. Template Name: This is the form name and will appear on the application and dashboard.
2.Template Group Name (Optional): Should the user have more than one template on a project, they can be grouped together on the device by adding a group name.
3.Update the form title sequentially:  When the form is submitted, the form title is generated with a unique number the sequentially follow the last submission.
4.Auto title/ display name formula: A user defined field to generate a custom form title using the captured field values in 1 or more of the sections.

5.Allow Force Submit: Allows the field user to submit a form even if all the required fields have not been captured.
6.Delete the form from the phone on successful upload: Deletes the form from the device once all the data has been uploaded to the server.

Question 4

Section details

Accepted Answer

1. Section Title
-	Add a section name

2. Create multiple instances of this form
-	Add multiple sections of this form

3. Section Instance Display/ Title Formula

4. Advanced settings
o	Section name: Short one-word keyword (e.g., FirstSection) to describe this section.
o	Visibility binding section
o	Visibility binding value: Specify the value to bind to when the control should be shown
o	Visibility binding inverted

Question 5

Control canvas

Accepted Answer

This is per section – each section has its own control canvas area.

1. Add a new control

1.1. Control label: The field name that will display on the application
1.2. Control type: A dropdown with all the control types.
1.3. Field name: Sort one word keyword to describe the function of this control.

2. Edit a control
In the ‘Selected Control Details’ panel the control label & control type can be edited.

3. Delete a control 
Select the delete button in the control to remove the control from the section.

Question 6

Selected control details panel

Accepted Answer

1. Control Label
Control label/ field name that will display on the application

2. Change Control Type
Allows the user to change the currently selected control type

3. Value Type
 -          Integer
-          Text
-          Decimal
-          Email

4. Required
Require that the question contain a value before the form can be submitted.

5. Hidden
Creates a field in your feature layer that is not displayed on the form.

6. Field Name
Short one keyword to describe the function of this control

7. Control Hint
A question mark will display next to the control label on the application to add more information regarding this field.

8. Placeholder Text
A guided text example of what data is expected from the user to capture in the field.
 
9. Default Values
Most question types allow you to define a default answer that is automatically used when the form is loaded.

10. Update the default value of this control with last inherited value of the previous capture form?
This will update the control value with the captured value of the last captured form. Newly created forms will have the default value set.

11. Formula

12. Disabled
If checked, the control field will not be editable on the application.

13. Is display of this control dependant on a previous answer (Visibility binding)

13.1. Visibility Binding Control: Select the control to bind the value to
13.2. Visibility Binding Value: Specify a value to bind to when the control should be shown
13.3. Visibility Inverted: To reverse the visibility binding - if checked the control will be hidden if value matches the visibility binding value.

Question 7

Control types

Accepted Answer

1. Barcode
Scans a bar code or QR code.

2. Date picker
Date provides a calendar to select a date. You can set a default answer for this question as either a specified date or the date of submission for the form.

3.	Dropdown
A dropdown provides a list of potential answers from which the user selects one; you can set one as the default on the Selected Control Details tab. 
An “App users can add lookups" check box on the Lookup Details dialog allows the user to add an additional choice not on the list. The search box will allow the user to enter text in the field that limits the list to only answers that contain that text. This ideal for a longer list of choices.
Dropdown questions have a “Visibility binding” rule functionality in the Advanced Settings on the Selected Control Details section on the right. Expand this section and set a visibility rule for any question that comes before it – select the visibility control & the visibility value.

4. Geotagged Photo
A photo associated with a geographic position

5. Label
Labels can be added to a form to categorize them in a simple, visual way. Labels can not be edited in the app, only on the Designer.

6. Location
Collects a given GPS coordinate. This defaults to current location.

7. Long Text
Multiline text provides the user with a large text box that wraps text to a new line as it's typed. It also accepts carriage returns. This question type is ideal for long-form answers.

8. Map Marker
Map marker provides a map interface for the user to specify a location point

9. Multiple Select
A dropdown provides a list of potential answers from which the user selects multiple; you can set one as the default on the Selected Control Details tab. 
An “App users can add lookups" check box on the Lookup Details dialog allows the user to add an additional choice not on the list.
A visibility binding cannot be added to a multiple select control.

10. Photo
An image either taken with the device camera or uploaded from the device gallery.

11. Short Text
Provides the user with a single text box. If the text exceeds the size of the text box, it remains the same size and scrolls horizontally without line breaks. This is ideal for short answers.

12. Signature
Signature provides a free drawing field to provide a signature. This signature will be saved as an image and added to the form as an attachment.

13. Time
Allows the user to add the current date and time by selecting the NOW button on the application.

14. Voicenote
Records an audio clip in the field app.

15. Yes/ No Toggle
Used for simple yes / no questions

Question 8

Saving a template

Accepted Answer

Select the ‘Save’ button top left of the template

The version number, last edited date/ time and edit by will update on the application list view

Question 9

Copy template

Accepted Answer

A template can be copied/ cloned to another application. Select the application in a dropdown list to copy toe and add a new template name. All controls and settings will be duplicated to the new template.

Question 10

Delete template

Accepted Answer

If a template is deleted, all the data will be removed from the and it will not display on the application.

Question 11

Copy template ID

Accepted Answer

Copy template ID

Question 12

Copy template version ID

Accepted Answer

Copy template version ID

GENESIS

New User Guide

Create an application

Create a new template

Template settings

Section details

Control canvas

Selected control details panel

Control types

Saving a template

Copy template

Delete template

Copy template ID

Copy template version ID