Offline Support
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Jason Vangilst
I've heard some sort of offline support has been planned for a while, and the most recent related item I find is this forum post:
So I'm just wondering if there is any planned offline mode, or if it's still in the roadmap?
The idea of offline forms that sync up data entry to the server when back online would be extremely useful.
Thanks
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Paul Griffith
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John DeHart
Eager to see the offline forms feature borne from this. Would also like to see a way to potentially cache / store some variables for the offline form. not sure if this will be a thing. potentially a list of options for say a dropdown selector.
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Elizabeth Engler
We built a perspective project to use in the app for android. But we are experiencing difficulties when the network connection is weak and signal interruptions. It results in errors and having to exit the app, shut down and restart. When the operators lose signal they often ditch the app and resort back to using paper forms for logs. Then we have to catch up later and back fill the data ourselves. It makes the app almost more trouble than its worth. We really need to be able to use it offline and then have the data sync up later. Please make this a priority. Thanks!
Our use:
- Perspective version 8.1.25
- Using Perspective app for Android
- Using a project on tablets in the field and connecting using cellular data while filling out forms. When the operator gets back to their office they have a WiFi signal as well. (Sometimes when using cellular data, the connection is weak or gets lost, so offline mode will be a game changer for us).
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kenney OKennedy
Any idea how long this will take from Planned (already 14 months in planned) to completed?
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Matthew Gaitan
I am eagerly awaiting this feature. We currently use GoCanvas and would love to get away from it and utilize perspective for offline forms
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Paul Griffith
planned
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Chandler Haag
The last company I worked for and my current company is every much wanting this capability, not only would this be a game changer due to the lack of internet / cell coverage throughout plants and facilities, but also for general application reliability. I'm very surprised this hasn't been a larger priority.
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gratliff
I'm very surprised this isn't getting any traction. I'm pretty sure that IA mentioned this at ICC one year onstage as a future feature but it seems that it's been abandoned. I can think of so many uses for this. Why is no one else voting on this?