SAS^® Mobile Investigator Features

Mapping

• Enables you to geographically plot objects on a map.
• Lets you use device location services.

Search

• Allow users to search for information in SAS Visual Investigator.
• Lets you search data based on your current location.
• Lets you search data based on automatically filled-in criteria (e.g., find objects where your name appears).

Data access

• Lets you view existing data that resides in SAS Visual Investigator.

Workflows

• Enables you to receive and act on workflow tasks.
• Can automatically launch workflows upon creation of new data.
• Enables the user to manually start certain workflows if needed.

Creation & editing

• Enables you to create new content from your mobile device.
• Lets you modify or augment existing content.
• Ensures data quality using required fields, or by requiring a user to search for information before creating it.
• Provides smart defaults (automatically populated fields) based on current date, location, user, etc.

Administration

• Enables easy administration of mobile properties, page templates, contexts and design mode.

Networks & relationships

• Provides a network view of relationships.
• Lets you add new relationships between objects (reports, people, vehicles, etc.)
• Enables you to enrich relationships by setting relationship attributes.

Document management

• Enables you to attach documents associated with an object.
• Lets you view any documents associated with an object.
• Allows you to make attached documents searchable to other users.

Extensibility

• Gives you the ability to write your own plugins to expose your own functionality.

Native integration

• Enables use of device GPS location.
• Enables use of camera to take photos or videos.
• Enables use of native input types – dropdowns, dates, etc.
• Integrates with native telephone dialing capabilities.
• Includes an online/offline detection system.

Permissions & security

• Lets you manage which users can see certain data.
• Enables you to manage which actions can be taken by certain users.
• Allows you to set individual permissions – for example, allowing read-only access or no access at all.