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Simple forms for “Before and After” inspections

Simple forms for “Before and After” inspections

Ever have a need for collecting “before and after” photos and data to prove that you performed the work you said you were going to perform? You can do this easily in XForms, with features like “Save Draft” that bypasses required fields, “Draft” watermarks on PDFs, and geolocation mapping to prove where the form was started.

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Need to review forms before they are “official” or “approved”?

Need to review forms before they are “official” or “approved”?

If your forms need to be reviewed and checked for accuracy before they are assumed to be “official” or “approved”, you can use XForms’ simplified approval workflow for this.

It can handle single-step or multi-step approval workflows, one or more “approvers”, two-way comment threads, SMS and email notifications, and automatic signature append to final PDF submittals.

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Auto-calculate elapsed time on your mobile forms

Auto-calculate elapsed time on your mobile forms

If your field crews need to record on-site time, they can enter start times and end times into their XForms field form, and XForms will automatically calculate elapsed time in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, or years.

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With fieldwork apps, less is (often) more

With fieldwork apps, less is (often) more

Technical field personnel that work on a daily basis outside on a jobsite are busy as shit. So for them, a less is more approach works. Simple buttons, fewer options, and intuitive screens works best.

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Custom Reports Framework

Custom Reports Framework

If you need specific aggregations and/or metrics reporting, your specific report can be custom built and displayed from a new “Reports” menu on the XForms dashboard.

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Our focus is on simplicity

Our focus is on simplicity

Fewer buttons, fewer options, and straightforward screens and controls. XForms takes a less-is-more approach, to get out of the way quickly and let field techs do their thing.

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Automated geolocation capture for your mobile forms

Automated geolocation capture for your mobile forms

When a user starts filling out a form, the geolocation of that user is automatically captured as metadata. This can then be plotted on the built-in map layer, exported direct to Excel, or integrated into other software tools via XForms’ RESTful APIs.

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Property Inspection Checklist App

Property Inspection Checklist App

What if all you want to do is to keep a light pulse on properties in your portfolio, to make sure the property managers are doing their job and maintaining them? This is where XForms can help.

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Mobile-friendly financial forms??

Mobile-friendly financial forms??

Most financial forms today are fillable PDFs. But have you tried to fill one out using a phone?  Impossible. Consider using XForms to build mobile-friendly financial forms for today’s mobile-first world.

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