I’m thinking of creating a Microsoft Access Data Base to record site records for field inspections. Is this the best option?
Each Field Site item with have:
Location description
Location details
Provide for linking to site maps
Allow for 100 sites
Each site item will have:
A drop down Description
A drop down Condition
A date of inspection
GPS Location
Allow for 20 items per site
Provide for linking to photographic records
Provide for linking to documents
Provide site and item work history
Provide for history of person making amendments or adding data
Provide for record printing. i.e. summary site report
Answer
You could set up your files in Access or using Airtable but you may also want to look at setting it up using a tool like iAuditor to automate the report-creation process. You should be able to do what you want on the free plan and you could have reports sent to your Dropbox via email upon completion. Final option would be to have a custom app set up in Podio with the output being a pdf document created using Globiflow or having the information flow, via Zapier, to Webmerge to pre-fill a Word document.
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I need a database created for field inspections
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I’m thinking of creating a Microsoft Access Data Base to record site records for field inspections. Is this the best option?
Each Field Site item with have:
Each site item will have:
Answer
You could set up your files in Access or using Airtable but you may also want to look at setting it up using a tool like iAuditor to automate the report-creation process. You should be able to do what you want on the free plan and you could have reports sent to your Dropbox via email upon completion. Final option would be to have a custom app set up in Podio with the output being a pdf document created using Globiflow or having the information flow, via Zapier, to Webmerge to pre-fill a Word document.
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