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This article provides instructions for generating an EDD from a Collect Mobile backup if a data form cannot be uploaded from Collect Mobile. When a data form is unable to be uploaded, the EDD can be generated manually utilizing the format used in the Collect template and a Collect Mobile backup using EQuIS Link in Professional EDP. An EQuIS Link license is available to users with a Professional Premier Data license and/or EQuIS Geotech, and is necessary for completing the steps below. See EQuIS Link License and Options for additional information.

 

Files Needed to be Extracted From the Collect Mobile Backup

FormsData.xml

1.Extract the contents of the Collect Mobile backup.

2.Navigate to Notepad++, or similar, and open the Find tool (Ctrl+F).

3.Navigate to the Find in Files tab.

4.In the Find what: field, enter the data form name.

5.In the Directory: field, enter the file path containing the Forms folder within the unzipped Collect Mobile backup.

6.Click Find All.

7.The Search Results will return the name and location of the folder which contains FormsData.xml. For example, FormsData.xml is in folder 40.

8.Navigate to the folder (e.g., folder 40), and copy the FormsData.xml to a folder in a known location.

FormsDef.xml

1.Extract the contents of the Collect Mobile backup, if not already completed in Step 1 under the FormsData.xml section.

2.Navigate to Notepad++, or similar, and open the Find tool (Ctrl+F).

3.Navigate to the Find in Files tab.

4.In the Find what: field, enter the name of the template provided by the client.

5.In the Directory: field, enter the file path of the Templates folder within the unzipped Collect Mobile backup.

6.Click Find All.

7.The Search Results will return the name and location of the folder which contains FormsDef.xml. For example, FormsDef.xml is in folder 9.

8.Navigate to the folder (e.g., folder 9), and copy the FormsDef.xml file to the same folder as the FormsData.xml file.

 

Generate the EDD

Using similar methodology to how Collect generates an EDD when a user pushes the data form from Collect Mobile to Collect Enterprise, EQuIS Link can generate an EDD using the EDD Format, FormsData.xml, and FormsDef.xml using the following steps.

1.Open Professional EDP.

2.Open the EDD format used in Collect.

3.Navigate to the Link tab in EDP.

4.Click the Open icon in the ribbon.

5.After the File Explorer window opens, change the file extension from Link Mapping Project (i.e., *.link) to Collect Template (*.xml).

6.Navigate to the known location folder, where the FormsData.xml and FormsDef.xml files were saved, and open the FormsDef.xml file.

7.When the Link Mapping Project window opens, click OK.

8.Click the Load icon in the ribbon.

9.When the File Explorer window opens, change the file extension from Excel (i.e., *.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm) to Collect Data (*.xml).

10.Navigate to the folder where the FormsDef.xml was saved and open the FormsDef.xml file.

11.The File Explorer will automatically reopen. This time, open the FormsData.xml file.

Link will then process the mappings defined in the FormsDef.xml file against the FormsData.xml file. The FormsDef.xml, which defines the Collect template containing all of the data mappings, acts as a Link Project File and the FormsData.xml acts as the Link source file. Once the processing is completed, the resulting EDD is ready be reviewed and submitted.