New project page
Create your custom form for field data collection using Mobile Data Collection Portal. Enter MDC Portal and then click on create a new project button to open the empty new project.

- Name – define the name of your project
- Copyright – get copyright for your project
- Description – type in a short description of the project
- Layer type – choose whether you want to collect Point, Line or Polygon data
- Form field dropdown menu – choose one of the form fields from the dropdown menu. Get an overview of form fields here.
- Add new field – after you chose form field you wish to add then hit Add new field button
- List of form fields – form fields which are already added on your project.
- Move fields up or down on the list
- Details – click for some more details on your fields.
- Add description – provides an additional description of optional length to a particular field
- Persistent – which remembers values from the previous submission.
- Required – which means that the submission cannot be sent unless this field is populated.
- Read only – the owner of the project controls which forms fields can be edited, and which are in the form as static non-editable data.
- Default value – which is one of the values in the form or the default value.
- Single line/multiline – which allows you to write in a single line/multiple lines (for Text field).
- Autofill – auto-populate the field based on previously inserted values. Find more info here.
- Dependencies – it allows you to manage sets of dependencies between fields. Find more info here.
- Delete – it deletes a field from the list.
- Create project – to finish creating the project and to start collecting just hit Create project button.
Note: It is not allowed to change or delete datasource created through MDC Portal.
Once you are finished with creating a new project download Mobile Data Collection app to your Android or iOS device. Log in to your account, select a project you have created and start collecting. Take a look at our guide about field collecting with MDC app.
Learn more about creating a form for data collection in MDC Portal in our user guide. Also, take a look at our guide about dependencies.