Backup

<< Click to Display Table of Contents >>

Navigation:  Collect > Collect Mobile > Menu >

Backup

Tap the Menu Col-Mobile_Menu-Icon icon. Tap Backup to create a zip package that contains all Collect data on the device. The file can be saved to an external storage card or internal storage, transferred through Bluetooth/Wi-Fi to another device, emailed, or uploaded to cloud storage. Saving to external/internal device storage and device transfers can be done offline.

 

The same user login credentials entered to log in when the backup was created must be used to log in when restoring the backup.

 

Note: If "Remember my credentials" was selected for the user who created the backup package, that user will automatically be logged in when the backup is loaded.

 

The processes for loading a Collect Mobile backup differ depending on the mobile platform being used, with platform specific steps listed below.

 

Android and iOS:

1.Find the Backup package

2.Press and hold on the ZIP file

3.Select "Share"

4.Choose to share with EQuIS Collect

5.Follow prompts on the screen to finish restoring the data

 

Universal Windows Platform (UWP):

1.Find the Backup package

2.Right click on the ZIP file

3.Select "Open with..."

4.Choose EQuIS Collect

5.Follow prompts on the screen to finish restoring the data

 

Note: When restoring a backup, all templates and data currently in Collect will be replaced. All data that has not been uploaded or backed up will be lost. A confirmation message will ask users to confirm before restoring a previous backup.