Adding Annotations in Construction Management

Adding Annotations in Construction Management

Annotations

The annotation module contains the list of all the saved annotations taken through the whole process of construction.



Annotations table

Annotations are listed in 8 different columns:

  1. Event Date

    1. It specifies the flight date of the construction monitoring report where the annotation was taken.

  2. Category

    1. It registers the type of annotation selected (Quality, Safety, Status or Others).

  3. Description

    1. Description made when making the annotation.

  4. Image

    1. It shows the snapshot taken when the annotation was created. By clicking on it, a closer look of the picture is displayed, this one will pop up in the middle of the screen.

  5. Visibility

    1. It will show whether the annotation is visible for your a single event or all events.

  6. Shared orgs

    1. This column displays all the organisations that have access to this annotation.

  1. Location on Map

    1. GPS coordinates from the annotation are contained in this column. By clicking on it, the page will take you directly to the “Map” module showing the location in the map where it was taken

Add to Tasks

You can add multiple annotations to a task list by selecting or multi-selecting and using the Actions dropdown to add to tasks
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Advanced Filter

Clicking Advanced Filter on the top of the table will allow the user to filter specific criteria.



The following can be filtered in this tool:
  1. Category
    1. Choose from Quality, Safety, Status and Other
  2. Component
    1. Choose from any component that has been classified
  3. Description
    1. Search for text in the description
  4. Event date
    1. Search for event date
  5. Date modified
    1. Search for the date the annotation was added or edited
  6. Shared organisations
    1. Search for organisations
  7. Visibility
    1. Search for annotations that apply to one event date or all event dates
  8. Site block
    1. If the site has blocks, they can be filtered using this option

Exporting Annotations

This section also offers the possibility of exporting the annotations as a CSV in case the user wants to use the data for their own purposes. This is done by clicking on the “Exports” box located on at the top of the page and then selecting “Annotations as CSV”.


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