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Reports (plugin)

Introduction

Reports plugin can be used to specify a point a line or a polygon on the map with a detailed description related to that location. It is helpful when a certain type of data (complaints, reports, points of interest etc.) is needed to be collected from both public and authenticated users. These reports can be divided into categories with the ability of notifying registered users of newly created reports by category, zone or both.

To see the Reports section click on the () tool. Reports panel should appear in the Left panel with the following content:

Add report. This button will guide you thought the procedure of adding a report.

Alerts. This button switches to alerts section (for registered users only).

Status type. Button which filters reports by their status (closed, open, all). By default all Open reports are displayed.

Categories. Button which filters reports by categories. By default All categories are displayed.

Reports data table. A data table with the following fields:

  • Title - report title
  • Description - report description
  • Category - report category
  • Status - report status
  • Date - date when report was added
  • First name - adding user's first name
  • Last name - adding user's last name
  • Email - adding user's email
  • Image - file associated with the report (can be of .jpg, .png, .gif type)

Close report.Button that closes the report (for members of staff group only).

Delete report.Button that deletes the report (for members of staff group only).

If you click on the report's row in the data table it will be zoomed to the report location and highlighted.

Manage reports

Add report

Both registered and public users can place a report on the map by default. To add a report click on the Add report button, select a geometry type (point, line, polygon) and draw it on the map. After you have drawn the report on map a form will appear in the Left panel. Complete the fields and click Submit to finalize the report, or click Back to erase the report from map.

Note that it is advised to specify a valid e-mail since it may be used to send a notification when the report status is changed (closed or reopened).


Close or delete report

By default only a staff member or an administrator may close or delete a report.

To close a report select it from the data table and click Close button. The data table entry will be moved to closed reports section. A notification e-mail will be sent to the user that submitted the report. If the report is already closed it will be reopened.

To delete a report select it from the data table and click Delete button.


Alerts

In this section a registered user may configure how he will be alerted when a new report is added. If a new report has been created in a user defined zone or in a user defined category a notification will be sent to his e-mail address.

To add an alert click on the Add alert button. A new entry in the alerts table below will appear with the following columns:

  • Category - if a category is selected then only reports with this category will be sent to you by e-mail
  • Geometry - if a zone is selected only reports that fall within this zone will be sent to you by e-mail
  • Delete - Remove the alert

To create a zone for the alert click on the (), then draw a polygon on the map. After the area was drawn three new buttons will appear in the Geometry cell: update, remove and view.

To update a certain zone click on the () button, then draw a new polygon on the map.

To remove a certain zone click on the () button.

To view a certain zone click on the () button.

To delete an alert click on the () button in the Delete cell.

To go back to the reports section click on the Reports button.

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