Seveno's DSApp is a smart-device based application designed to assist with capturing and viewing DataSight data. Using DSapp and DataSight's file based systems, data flows seamlessly between your mobile device and your DataSight database.
DSApp's fully responsive and platform agnostic electronic forms allow you to collect safety, asset management and manual measurements while in the field, with the particular advantage of being able to work both online and off-line. This data is automatically ingested into your database once reconnected to the internet.
You are also able to quickly view the most recent data available within your database while remote from the office.
To be able to use DSApp, you will need the following:
- A device capable of running DSApp.
- A DataSight or DataSight.Cloud database.
- A DSApp Report, exported from DataSight.
- An FTP server for receiving .DSI data files uploaded from DSApp.
For further information regarding DSApp, and its installation, please refer to the DSApp User Guide.
Linking DSApp to your DataSight database requires you to configure several DataSight components, most likely requiring Administrator level access when using DataSight Administrator. You will also need to refer to DataSight Administrator and DSApp Help Guides.
As DSApp utilises an FTP Server for downloading and uploading data, you will need:
- FTP Server's URL or IP address;
- The username and password of an account on the FTP Server; and
- The folder name and path for archiving DSApp DSI files after import.
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It is suggested that your administrator binds the FTP user account's root folder to the location of the exported DSApp Report (.csv) files.
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Organisations with an on-premise installation of DataSight will need to:
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Contact Seveno when you purchase your first DSApp subscription so that we can upgrade your DataSight Administrator license.
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Using DataSight Administrator:
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Re-Authenticate your DataSight Administrator license once Seveno has confirmed that it has been upgraded.
- Run all upgrades released in DataSight Administrator Version 3.0.38 on your database. The upgrades will create the 'GetDataSightAppData' SQL view which is used by the 'DSAppReport' saved view report, as well as creating the default Variable Groups and Variables used by DSApp.
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Generate DSApp data, creating the default DSApp Variable Groups and Variables, as well as to add the following Saved Views and Tasks to your database:
- 'DSAppReport' Report - used by the 'Generate DSApp Report' automated Task for providing DSApp with information about your database's Levels, Variables, Equipment, Flags, People, Standards and MDE Templates.
- 'DSAppDatasheet' Datasheet - used by the 'Generate DSApp Datasheet' automated Task for providing DSApp with data from your database.
- 'Generate DSApp Report' Task - used to generate the 'DSAppReport' report file and upload it to your FTP Server.
- 'Generate DSApp Datasheet' Task - used to generate the 'DSAppDatasheet' data file and upload it to your FTP Server.
- 'Import DSApp Data' Task - used to import DSI files generated by DSApp that have been uploaded to your FTP Server
- DataSight Administrator will also generate a DSApp Configuration File containing all the settings required to link DSApp to your database and allow it to communicate with your FTP Server. Please ensure to make the DSApp Configuration File available to your DSApp users via either email, file share or other method (such as saving it in the Documents section in DataSight).
Organisations with a DataSight Cloud subscription will need to:
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Contact Seveno when you purchase your first DSApp subscription so that our IT team can upgrade your database with DSApp functionality.
- Provide Seveno with information about your FTP Server (URL/IP address, FTP user account and archive folder name).
- Save the DSApp Configuration File received from Seveno which contains all the settings required to link DSApp to your database and allow it to communicate with your FTP Server. Please ensure the DSApp Configuration File is made available to your DSApp users via email, file share or other method (such as saving it in the Documents section in DataSight).