Data Entry Applications

Description

A Data Entry application contains a set of forms (screens) and logic that a data entry operator uses to key data to a disk file. Data entry applications can be used to add new data and to modify existing data.

You can have the following runtime features in your data entry application:

Add new cases (questionnaires) or retrieve and modify existing cases
Execute logic and display messages after any field is entered
Consistency checks and skip patterns of unlimited complexity
Multiple lookup files
Cases indexed to avoid duplication and for easy retrieval
Collect GPS coordinates
Use maps
Collect operator statistics

CSPro is used to develop the data entry application, whereas CSEntry is used to execute the data entry application. For small surveys and for testing applications, you can run CSEntry directly from CSPro, on the same computer. For large surveys and censuses, which require a production environment, you can transfer the application files to other computers and run CSEntry on them.