Welcome to QRealTime Plugin

QRealTime Plugin allows you to:

• Create new survey form directly from GIS layers in QGIS
• Synchronise data from ODK Aggregate, KoboToobox, and ODK Central servers
• Import data from server

Getting Started

Installation

Prerequisites:

• QGIS installed

Installation steps:

1. Open Plugin Manager and search for QRealTime plugin and install it.
2. And restart QGIS so that changes in environment take effect.

Configuration:

From the main menu choose Plugins --> QRealTime --> QRealTime Setting
Here you have three tabs one for Aggregate, KoboToolBox, and Central Choose one of the tabs and Enter url (required).
For Kobo server url can be:
https://kobo.humanitarianresponse.info/ or https://kf.kobotoolbox.org/ for humanitarian and researcher account respectively
Other fields are optional.

You can create a free account in KoboToolbox here
You can set up ODK Central here

Using the Plugin:

Right click over any existing layer --> QRealTime and choose desired option:

Make Online (to create new form), import (to import data of existing form), sync (to automatically update your layer)

QRealTime plugin is capable of converting QGIS layer into data collection form. To design a data collection form for humanitarian crisis, we have to create appropriate vector layer. For the demonstration purpose, you can create the shapefile with following fields:

Resources:

If you are not sure how to create value map in QGIS, visit this link

For a tutorial on how to use the QRealTime Plugin, check out this video :