Field Report: Add or Edit

To create a new report or edit an existing report:

  1. Enter a Report Name.
  2. Optionally, in Created by field, enter any identifier of the person who creating the job.

    Note: If you specified this information in the New Job dialog, this field in the Field Report dialog is automatically filled in.

  3. The fields Job Name, Project name (the name of the current MAGNET Enterprise project), Date (the date of job creation), Time (the local time of field report creation), and Location (the coordinates of the connected device in the current coordinate system, including elevation) are not editable.
  4. If required, enter any additional notes for the report in the Note field.
  5. The tool bar of the Image panel contains the following buttons:
  6. Take Photo

    Opens the Capture dialog to take pictures.

    Upload from File

    Opens the Select Image File dialog, where you can select an image (*.bmp, *.jpg, *.png, *.tif, *.tiff) file for uploading to the Image panel and adding it to the field report.

    Create Picture

    Opens the Sketch dialog, where you can create a new picture using the built-in image editor.

    Remove Picture

    Removes the open image or picture from the Image panel. If the Image panel is empty, the button is grayed out.

    Edit Picture

    Opens the Sketch dialog, where you can modify an image open in the Image panel using picture using the built-in image editor. If the Image panel is empty, the button is grayed out.

    Location Stamp

    After clicking the button, the Location field will display the real coordinates of the connected device in the current coordinate system. You can add them to the image in the Sketch dialog.

    Image browsing

    Browses through all the images attached to this report. The Image panel displays the currently selected image. The sequential number of this image and the total number of attached images to this report also display. If the Image panel is empty, the buttons are grayed out.

    Calculation Results

    This button is available when the field report is created from Map / Drawing / Profile tabs of any Calculation dialog (using the context menu command) and has calculation task results attached. Clicking the button displays these calculation results.

  7. Click the button to save all changes and close the dialog. Click the button to close the dialog without saving.