Every Operations form is built by your company from a set of building blocks, so no two forms look alike. These are the blocks a form can be made of.
Entry fields
- Text field — a single line of free text.
- Text area — a multi-line box for notes and descriptions.
- Numeric — accepts digits, a decimal point and a leading minus sign; any other character is simply not accepted as you type.
- Date and Date and Time — pick the moment from a picker.
- Checkbox — a single tick. If the template marks it required, the form will not save until it is ticked.
- Dropdown and Radio Button — choose one of the choices the template defines.
- Select Users — pick one or more people from those assigned to this vessel.
Layout and reference blocks
- Columns put several fields side by side on one line. Each one is filled in independently.
- Table lays fields out in a grid under the headers the template defines. The number of rows is fixed by the template; you fill in the cells the same way as any other field.
- Static text carries instructions, headings or standing wording from the template. There is nothing to fill in — it is there to be read. If the wording links to a controlled document that is published and assigned to this vessel, clicking the link opens that document in a new tab; if the document is not assigned to the vessel, hovering over the text explains that it isn't available on this vessel.
- Image shows a reference picture or diagram included by the template, with an optional caption underneath.
Fields that fill themselves in
Autofilled fields are greyed out and cannot be typed into. The app fills them from the vessel's own record — the source is chosen by whoever built the template, from Vessel Name, Flag, MMSI, IMO, Official number, Call sign, Length and Gross tonnage. If one of them looks wrong, the vessel's record needs correcting rather than the form.
An autofilled field is only filled while it is empty. Once a submission has been saved with a value, correcting the vessel's record later does not change that submission — only new submissions pick up the corrected value.
Auto-filling does not count as an edit, so a form that only filled itself in will not warn you about unsaved changes when you leave it.
Signatures
Signature fields are covered separately — see Signing a form.
Required fields
Fields the template marks as required must be completed before the submission can be saved — a required checkbox must be ticked and a required signature must be signed. If you try to save with something missing, the field is highlighted and a message tells you which one needs attention. The Form Submission Name at the top of the page is always required.