Articles · 2026-08-25
How to let a technician add sections to a step
Some work does not have a fixed shape. One job has three test points, the next has eleven, and a form built for a fixed number is wrong for both. Stratum Track lets you build the block once and let the work decide how many there are: a repeating group is a set of fields your technician adds copies of, as many as the job needs, each copy keeping its own answers.
This takes about five minutes.
What you need
- A manager login.
- A form with a step where the same handful of questions is asked more than once.
Step 1: Add the block
Go to Manage Templates, open your form with Actions, then Review, then switch to the Preview tab.
Press Add to this step, and under LAYOUT choose Repeating group.
Step 2: Name one of them
Name one copy, not the set. "Test point", not "Test points". Stratum Track puts that word straight onto the button your technician presses, so a good name reads as an instruction: Add Test point.
Press Add repeating group.
Step 3: Put the fields inside it
The group arrives with one field in it, named after the group, ready to be renamed to whatever the first question is.
The dashed border is the group. Add the rest of the fields to the step as you normally would, then drag each one across that border. Everything inside the border repeats together, once per copy; anything outside it is asked once for the step.
Step 4: Activate the change
If the form is already in use by a job, your changes are held as a draft and nothing changes for your team until you say so. Press Activate Template and confirm.
Step 5: See it on the job
On the step your technician gets a card per copy, each opening to show its own answers. Add Test point makes another, and each card can be removed on its own. From the second copy on, the cards are numbered and collapse, so a long list stays readable.
The count above the list is how many copies have been added and the most the step will hold, so a supervisor reading over a shoulder can see the size of the job without opening every card.
Worth knowing
- Each copy keeps its own answers. A required field is required on every copy.
- The name you chose is the button. "Test point" gives you Add Test point.
- There is a ceiling. A group holds up to 25 copies. Change it under Most in the group's own settings.
- A copy can be removed. The rest keep their answers and renumber, so there is never a gap in the list.
- A card can be headed by one of its own answers. Nominate a field as the card label and each card reads "Weld W-01" instead of "Test point 2".
Common questions
How is this different from letting a table add rows?
A table's extra rows are one line each. A repeating group is a block: several fields, a photo, a signature, repeated together as a set.
Can my technician add copies once the job has started?
Yes. That is the point. They add one per item as they find it.
What if a job needs none of them?
Leave it empty. Nothing is required until a copy is added.