The ‘Collect’ page is where you can add new sample unit observations and view other observations that you have already collected and saved but not yet submitted.
Select a project from your list to enter the project’s “Collect” page.
The red number next to the “Collecting” tab in the left-hand toolbar indicates the number of records you have collected and saved but not yet submitted.

Only users with ‘Collector’ or ‘Administrator’ roles can collect and submit new observations; ‘Read-only’ users cannot collect records.
The “Method” button at the top of the page will display collected records by sample method; check the methods you would like displayed.
The “Status” button at the top of the page will display collected records by their validation status: saved, validated, warnings, or errors.
- An observation row will be highlighted in white if a record has been saved but not validated
- A row will be highlighted in purple if it has been saved and validated and no errors or warnings were identified
- A row will be highlighted in red if it was saved and an error(s) was found; a row will be highlighted in yellow if it was saved and a warning(s) was found.
Observations can be added both online and offline, but they can only be validated and submitted when connected to the internet.