Reports serve to organize, communicate, and record any information identified as being relevant to the mission. Mission reports are authored by mission analysts and completed by mission members. You might be familiar with a Tactical Summary Report in ArcGIS Mission. The Tactical Summary Report is the default report created with your mission.
At the ArcGIS Mission 2021 Q2 release, we enhance the capability of reports by introducing the ability to create custom reports with different fields that apply to your mission’s purpose. These reports are created in ArcGIS Mission Manager. When a report is created, you have the option to share it with your organization so others can use it as a template. A Mission Report item and hosted feature layer is created in your portal each time a custom report is created. Once reports are submitted, they are displayed in a feed and made available on the mission map. These reports can also be assigned to a task.
If you are a mission owner or administrator, you can create or leverage a custom report for your mission. Let’s look at the different field types that are available for you to use:
- Single Line Text—a field that supports a short, free text response.
- Multi-line Text—a field that supports a long, free text response.
- Number—a field that supports integer values.
- Single Choice—a field that supports a user selecting one choice as an answer.
- Date and Time—a field that supports entering a date and time.
- Drop-down List—a field that supports selecting a choice through a drop-down menu.
Along with these field choices, you have the option to enable the report to hold .jpeg and .png attachments. You also have the ability to change the report icon to fit the needs of my mission to include a color, shape, or size. Prior to publishing your report, you can preview it so you can see how it will look.
You can also leverage a report template and use it as a quick way to create a new report in your mission. The report templates that are available to use when they are shared to your organization during their initial creation process. This is a quick way to use a report that is already created and fits your needs.
Join us at Esri UC 2021
These are a few of the new features and enhancements in ArcGIS Mission that will be showcased at Esri’s 2021 User Conference. If you want to learn more about ArcGIS Mission and its recent release, join our session. We hope to see you at UC 2020! Can’t join us at UC? Contact us for more information. We are really excited about this release and hope you are too!
