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Written by Ostara Systems

Updated at May 19th, 2025

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Tapping the "Take Photo" button from the actions list whilst on the WO Detail screen will display the Take Photo screen:

Please note an image type must be selected from the drop down menu, labelled "Select an image type...", standard options are:

  • Fault: Pre
  • Fault: Post

These types denote the type of the image that you are taking/uploading.

Once an image type has been chosen, to take an image, tap the "Take Photo" button, this will open the device's camera. Use the camera as normal to take a picture. Once a picture has been taken, two options appear at the top of the screen "OK" and "Retry". Tapping "OK" will move forward onto the Take Photo screen, tapping "Retry" will open the camera again to take another picture.

To upload a pre-taken photo, please take the "Camera Roll" button, this will open your devices camera roll. Select the desired image to upload. If there are multiple photos to be uploaded, use the "Camera Roll (Multiple)" to achieve this.

Once an image has been selected/taken, the image will be displayed as a preview in the blank space at the bottom of the application. If there are any additions that need to be made to the photo(s), tapping the image will allow the user to annotate the images. This includes drawing lines, shapes and even adding text to them.

To discard the image, tap the "Back" button in the top left hand corner of the application.

Once all sections are complete, tap the "Submit" button at the top of the application. To abandon the photos taken, please tap the "<" button in the top left hand corner.

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