Forms

Forms are field-capture templates. You build a form once; field engineers fill it in on web or mobile, online or offline.

Create a form template

1. Open Forms → New template.
2. Enter a Name and Slug.
3. Choose whether the form requires geometry. If yes, pick the geometry type (Point, Line, or Polygon).
4. (Optional) Pick a Linked feature class. When you do, every submission against this form creates a feature in that layer automatically.
5. Click Create draft.

The form opens in the editor.

Add fields

In the editor, add the fields you want. Each field type captures a different kind of input.

Field type	What the user does
Text	Types a single line of text.
Number	Types a number. Add min, max, or step values.
Dropdown	Picks one option from a list.
Checkbox	Toggles on or off.
Radio	Picks one option from a small list.
Date	Picks a date from a calendar.
Photo	Takes a photo with the device camera or uploads one.
Video	Records or uploads a video.
Audio	Records or uploads audio.
GPS point	Captures the device's current location.
QR / barcode	Scans a code with the device camera.
Signature	Draws a signature with finger or stylus.
Rating	Picks a star or numeric rating.
Linked-feature picker	Picks an existing feature from a layer.

For each field, set a label, a help text, and whether it's required.

Add conditional logic

To show field B only when field A has a specific value:

1. Click the field you want to conditionally show.
2. Open the Logic panel.
3. Click Add condition.
4. Pick the controlling field, the comparison, and the value.
5. Click Save.

Preview the form

The editor shows a live preview alongside the field list. Fill in the preview to test required fields, conditional logic, and validation before publishing.

Publish the form

1. Click Publish.
2. Confirm.

The form is now live. Field engineers see it in the forms list on web and mobile. Submissions can only be filed against published versions.

Update a published form

When you edit and re-publish, Stratumly creates a new version (v2, v3, …). Older submissions remain readable against the version that was current when they were filed. The newest version is what shows up to fillers going forward.

Link submissions to a feature class

When Linked feature class is set, each submission creates a feature in that layer:

• The submission's geometry becomes the feature's geometry.
• Mapped fields from the submission populate the feature's attributes.

Set the field-to-attribute mapping in the editor's Linked feature panel: pick which form field maps to which feature attribute.

If validation against the layer's schema fails, the submission still succeeds and a warning is logged. You can retry feature creation manually from the submission's detail view.

What next?

• Submissions: see what lands when a form is filled.
• Maps: build the layer your form will write into.