Design your monitoring survey

Akvo Flow's monitoring consists of two main components:

What you are monitoring, the subject of your data collection, a data point.

Time.

The core idea of the monitoring feature in Akvo Flow is to create ‘data points’ to which information can be added over time through one or more monitoring forms. In this article, we explain how to design a monitoring survey to make the most out of the feature. We will use the example below.

Example: Let's take the case of collecting data to track the functionality and water quality of your well. The 1st time you visit the well you register it and create the data point. At this point in time, you also submit the monitoring form asking about its functionality. You also measure the water quality parameters you are interested in with the 2nd monitoring form. Every time you visit the well in the future, you will be tracking is functionality and water quality status.