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Guides to using Stratum Track, research from the trades we build it for, and write-ups of real work.

• 2026-09-25How to add your work instructions beside each questionWrite the method for a reading into a question's Guidance box, and your technician opens it from an information icon beside that question on the tablet.Read it →
• 2026-09-25Build an asset register from the jobs you have already doneStratum Track builds a register of the machines and vessels you work on from the jobs you already have, keeps each asset's details such as its install date, and shows them on the steps you choose, on every job for that asset.Read it →
• 2026-09-25How to start a repeat inspection from the last job's answersClone last month's job with its answers, table rows and photographs, so your technician checks each answer and changes only what is different this visit.Read it →
• 2026-09-25How to submit finished steps automaticallyTurn on one setting and Stratum Track submits a finished step in your technician's name once it has been finished for 30 minutes with no new answers. A second setting asks before anyone leaves a step with only a few answers missing.Read it →
• 2026-09-18How to share a field between forms and update it in one placeSet a field up once in Settings, add it to any form, and update it in one place instead of opening every form by hand.Read it →
• 2026-09-18How to share steps between forms and update them in one placeBuild steps once as a step template, insert them into any form, and update every form that uses them with one change.Read it →
• 2026-09-16How to check readings against your own tolerance limitsEnter the limits from a client drawing or your own procedure on the form, and Stratum Track gives a Pass or Fail on the tablet, Job Details and the report.Read it →
• 2026-09-01How to calculate a number and flag it as pass or failA Calculated field calculates the answer from the readings beside it, and a Badge field shows a coloured pass or fail against the limit you set.Read it →
• 2026-09-01How to file a reviewed job into your own SharePoint foldersConnect Stratum Track to your SharePoint or OneDrive once, and every job you review sends its reports, documents and photos into your own folder structure without anybody downloading or filing them by hand.Read it →
• 2026-09-01How to fill in a job from a photo of the paperworkPhotograph the delivery note and Stratum Track offers its details for the fields that are still empty. You tick what to keep, nothing you have typed is touched, and the record keeps an audit trail on every AI-filled value.Read it →
• 2026-09-01Which instrument took the reading, and was it in calibration?Keep your test instruments and their calibration due dates in one register. Stratum Track fills the details on the job from that register and warns the technician the moment they pick an instrument that is overdue.Read it →
• 2026-08-25How to colour-code your dropdown answersGive each option on a dropdown its own colour, so a result reads at a glance on the tablet and the report can shade the cell to match.Read it →
• 2026-08-25How to let a technician add sections to a stepBuild a block of fields your technician can add copies of, one per test point, pump or room, with each copy keeping its own answers.Read it →
• 2026-08-25How to let your technician mark defects on a photoSwitch on defect marking for a photo field, and your technician rings and numbers what they found, names each one, and the report prints the photo with the numbers on it.Read it →
• 2026-08-25How to put a signature inside a stepPut a signature in a row of a step's table, so a sign-on sheet or a per-item sign-off is captured where the work is recorded rather than only at the end of the job.Read it →
• 2026-08-25How to set up a job tableRecord a list once when the job is created, such as every weld or every test point, and have your steps draw their rows from it instead of asking for the same detail twice.Read it →
• 2026-08-25How to set up a lookup tableKeep your reference data in Stratum Track, then have a technician pick one value on a step and let the rest of the fields fill themselves in.Read it →

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