Overviews
BIMS supports BrAPI specification for Filed Book.
- Filed Book App version
BIMS supports Field Book v5.2.5.
- BrAPI version
BIMS currently supports BrAPI V1 only. It should support both V1 and V2 soon.
- Export traits
Traits in BIMS can be exported to Field Book. Field Book currently changes formats of some of the traits when imported through BrAPI as shown in the table below. These need to be changed to the correct format in Field Book.
| Format | BrAPI imported trait | BIMS Status |
|---|---|---|
| numeric | numeric | |
| categorical | categorical | |
| date | date | |
| percent | numeric | |
| boolean | text | |
| text | text | |
| photo | text | |
| audio | text | |
| counter | numeric | |
| disease rating | not supported | |
| multicat | categorical | |
| location | text | |
| zebra lable print | not supported | |
| GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) | not supported |
* The formats of some of BrAPI imported traits need to be changed to the right format before collectiong data.
- Export field
A trial in BIMS can be exported to Field Book as a field.
- Import observation data
The observation data collected in Field Book can be imported to BIMS
* All the observation data collected in Field Book MAY NOT BE exported. Only the traits and fields imported via BrAPI will be able to export their observations via the BrAPI export. Traits and fields created maually or imported via CSV will need to be exported via CSV format.
