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Offline Access

In some cases, engineers may not have network connectivity at a SICA site.

Offline mode allows assessment questions and answers to be downloaded in advance and accessed without an active network connection. Updates made while offline are stored locally on the device to be uploaded at a later date.

Set Up Offline Mode​

Select Offline Data in the page header. The button also exposes a status tooltip when you hover over it.

Offline Data

The Offline Data dialog displays the current download state, including the number of sites downloaded, the last backup time, the coverage window, and browser storage usage.

Set up offline mode​

Turn on Enable offline mode before choosing routes or downloading data. The download settings are disabled until offline mode is enabled.

The available settings are:

  • Auto refresh – how often data is refreshed automatically
  • Date range – the period of upcoming assessment data
  • Routes – the routes to include

After selecting the routes, select Refresh to download the assessment data. The dialog reports the storage used and warns that the browser may clear offline data when device storage is low.

Select Close to return to Upcoming Assessments.

Refresh Data​

To manually update data before the next scheduled Auto refresh, open Offline Data again.

Offline Data refresh

The previously selected routes will be displayed, allowing changes to be made.

Select Refresh to update the current offline data.

Upload Data​

When the engineer is back on a stable network connection, the assessments completed offline can be uploaded.

The engineer will see a prompt to upload changes, along with a notice bar below the header.

To upload changes, select the Sync Now icon.

The bar will turn blue while the upload is in progress.

Once this bar has disappeared, the upload has completed.