VM Tutorial version: 3.5 System used: ODK Aggregate version v1.4.2; ODK Briefcase v1.4 For the online server (Google app Engine) and the VM server (offline server deployed January 2013), there is an application called ODK Briefcase that can be used to post data on the server or retrieve data from the server. Using the Briefcase to retrieve data is highly recommended for all questionnaires and mandatory for questionnaires containing loops (ex. Women, Children and Malaria questionnaires). This tutorial explains how to use the Briefcase. To Export data from your server to a local folder (export your csv files) First, launch ODK briefcase by double clicking on the application file (.jar). You can search for the file in your start menu if you don’t remember where it is located on your computer. Once in the program, first go to the left tab: Pull (see illustration on next page). Set your Briefcase Storage location if not already done. You can also leave the automatic location (this is not the folder in which you will download your data from the server it is – intermediate download folder only used by the application). If you are starting a new survey on a computer already used for another survey, make sure to create a new folder using the Change folder button. To change the location, on the Change button on top of the window, and then again on Change on the pop-up. Next is to set the server’s IP address (URL). Set this to your server IP address: http://192.168.X.XXX (the IP may change from one server to another). This is the same IP address that appears when you start up the VM and that you copied into your web browser to
VM Tutorial version: 3.5 System used: ODK Aggregate version v1.4.2; ODK Briefcase v1.4 For the online server (Google app Engine) and the VM server (offline server deployed January 2013), there is an application called ODK Briefcase that can be used to post data on the server or retrieve data from the server. Using the Briefcase to retrieve data is highly recommended for all questionnaires and mandatory for questionnaires containing loops (ex. Women, Children and Malaria questionnaires). This tutorial explains how to use the Briefcase. To Export data from your server to a local folder (export your csv files) First, launch ODK briefcase by double clicking on the application file (.jar). You can search for the file in your start menu if you don’t remember where it is located on your computer. Once in the program, first go to the left tab: Pull (see illustration on next page). Set your Briefcase Storage location if not already done. You can also leave the automatic location (this is not the folder in which you will download your data from the server – it is intermediate download folder only used by the application). If you are starting a new survey on a computer already used for another survey, make sure to create a new folder using the Change folder button. To change the location, on the Change button on top of the window, and then again on Change on the pop-up. Next is to set the server’s IP address (URL). Set this to your server IP address: http://192.168.X.XXX (the IP may change from one server to another). This is the same IP address that appears when you start up the VM and that you copied into your web browser to
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