Modules#

IASO is organized according to Modules, which are groups of functionalities which can be added up depending on the use case to cover. Here are the Modules available in IASO:

Data collection functionalities#

  • Manage data collection forms (XLS forms) and their related data submissions
  • Manage geographic data (import/export of geo data from Excel, DHIS2 or Geopackages, manage the Organizations Units and their hierarchy)
  • Monitor the data collection process with the completeness statistics table and map
  • Manage users and their permissions and geographies, user roles and teams
  • Create mobile application(s) IDs and manage related features options

Georegistry#

  • Import several data sources from Excel, DHIS2 or Geopackages, compare and merge them as needed
  • Visualize on a dynamic map data collected at the different levels of the hierarchy (e.g. Country, Region, District, facility)
  • Validate changes on Organization Units (Name, Type, GPS coordinates, opening/closing dates) submitted from the field via the mobile application
  • Validate data submitted via data collection forms that are linked to specific Organization Units types, called "Reference forms"
  • Based on the validated proposed changes per user, generate payment lots to send to Mobile Money provider

DHIS2 bi-directional integration#

  • Manage the mappings with DHIS2 data elements for import/export of data

Planning#

  • Plan ahead your data collection activities by creating a planning with a set timeframe, geography, data collection forms and teams
  • Assign data collection tasks to teams and users from the map-based interface available on the web
  • Once tasks have been assigned, the mobile application users on the field will only see the forms that have been assigned to them

Entities#

  • Entities are items that can move from a geography to another, for instance a person, a pallet of goods, or other
  • Entities can be created from the mobile application and then managed from the web application
  • Find the entities duplicates by using the web application interface and make the decision to merge two similar entities or not
  • Assign workflows to entity types, enabling specific data collection forms to open according to previsouly given answers