Documentation overview

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System background

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• System requirements for use of InfoEx application
• Description of user levels
• Advice for using InfoEx with weak internet connectivity
• List of supported offline functionalities

Personal administration

InfoEx user database

• Signing up for a personal InfoEx account
• Changing the password, name, email report sending time zone and email address of your personal InfoEx account
• Resetting the password of your personal InfoEx account if you have forgotten it

Connecting to InfoEx

• Installing the InfoEx application
• Updating to the latest version of the InfoEx application
• Logging into InfoEx

Personal settings

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• Signing up for the daily InfoEx report emails

Operation administration

User administration

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• Adding users to your operation
• Changing the permission level of an existing user of your operation
• Removing a user from your operation

Location administration

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• Location catalog overview
• Location types and symbology
• Location hierarchy
• Adding locations to the location catalog
  • Creating the geometry of a new location using the available drawing tools
  • Importing the geometry of a location from a KML file
• Editing locations in the location catalog
  • Editing the geometry of an existing location using the available drawing tools
  • Importing the geometry of a location from a KML file
• Deleting locations from the location catalog
• Changing the hierarchy among your locations
• Searching for a location in the location catalog
• Viewing photos
• Downloading your location catalog as a KML file

Other operational settings

• Specifying the operational setting for entering and submitting observations
• Specifying how attachments are opened
• SWAG Configuration (international service only)
• Profile Settings (international service only)
• Map Layers settings
• Unit Preferences
• Specifying the status ratings for the run list module (additional subscription required)
• Configuring the avalanche control extension (additional subscription required)
• Data Sharing Settings (international service only)

Submission from third-party systems

• Submitting observations to the InfoEx via the CAAML 3.0.3 API

Observations

• Difference between observations and assessments

Supported observation types

• Weather observations
• Field summaries
• Avalanche observations
• Avalanche summaries
• Snow Profiles
• Terrain management
• General messages
• Avalanche control (additional subscription required)

Customizations

• Customizing observation entry forms
• Observation templates

Entering and submitting observations

• Entering and submitting observations overview
  • Specifying the operational setting for entering and submitting observations
  • Entering and submitting observations (single computer)

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• • Entering and submitting observations (multiple computers)

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• Providing the exact location of an avalanche or snowpack observation

Workflows

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[9] Click to watch a help video: Workflow Modules : Context, Observations, Reports & Webpages
[10] Click to watch a help video: Workflow Modules : Snowpack & Hazard Assessment
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• Workflow overview

Workflow administration

• Creating a workflow template
• Editing a workflow template
• Deleting a workflow template

Workflow modules

Workflow modules for entering data that is shared among InfoEx subscribers

• Observations module
• Snowpack module
• Hazard assessment module
• Hazard comment module

Workflow modules for entering proprietary data

• Free form module
• Run list module (additional subscription required)
• Avalanche control module (additional subscription required)

Workflow modules for viewing data

• Webpage module
• Report module

Other workflow modules

• Context module
• Workflow summary

Using workflows

• Executing a workflow instance
• Viewing previously completed workflows

Persistent weak layers

• Persistent weak layer overview

Operation PWLs

• Creating a new operation PWL
• Modifying the baseline information of an existing operation PWL
• Deleting an existing operation PWL

Community PWLs

• Creating a new community PWL
• Modifying the information for an existing community PWL
• Deleting an existing community PWL

Assessing PWLs

• Snowpack module

InfoEx reports

• InfoEx report views

Customizing reports

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• Content
  • Specifying the date or date range of an InfoEx report
  • Restricting the locations included in an InfoEx report
  • Specifying the tables to be included in an InfoEx report
  • Adding or removing columns of individual tables in an InfoEx report
  • Applying filters to individual tables in an InfoEx report
  • Including or excluding proprietary information in an InfoEx report
• Layout
  • Specifying the order of the tables in an InfoEx report
  • Grouping of observations within tables
  • Sorting individual tables in an InfoEx report
  • Single page view versus individual tabs for tables

Managing report templates

• Saving a report as an InfoEx report template
• Modifying an existing InfoEx report template
• Deleting an existing InfoEx report template
• Signing up for the daily InfoEx report emails

Viewing report templates

• Viewing a specific InfoEx report template
• Downloading your own data

Map Layers

• Operation overview
• Avalanche observations
• Avalanche hazard
• Snow Profiles
• Field summary
• Weather observations
• Time slider (used for all map layers)
• Additional external information sources

Charts

• Viewing and downloading charts

InfoEx Extensions

Extension are additional functionalities of the InfoEx application. Additional subscription fees apply for the run list and avalanche control extensions. The photo overlay extension is switched on for all subscribers free of charge.

Run list extension

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• Specifying the status ratings for the run list module
• Run list workflow module

Avalanche control extension

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• Configuring the avalanche control extension
• Avalanche control data entry
• Avalanche control workflow module
• Viewing photo overlays

Photo overlay extension

• Viewing photo overlays

Other

• Definitions
• Weather Services