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Waterly Rounds’ Log Book feature remains an excellent place to capture observations, shift notes, reminders, and ongoing communication tied to a site. While Log Book allows for images and file uploads, those stay in the Log Book entries. We've now supplemented that with an Image metric type
Image Metrics serves a different purpose. It gives teams a structured way to upload photos, add a caption and description, and preserve that information as part of the operational record for a specific activity, inspection, or day.
This feature was built for moments when a written note is helpful, but a photo provides clearer context. During rounds or an inspection, a user may come across something that needs to be documented visually, and Image Metrics provides a clear way to capture the condition in the moment, explain what the image shows, and preserve both the visual evidence and the operational context around it. That documentation can support internal follow-up, help clarify what was observed, and support the work needed to address or correct the issue.
Image Metrics is designed for a more specific use case than Log Book. Log Book entries stay in the site-based Log Book, where they support communication and operational awareness across multiple metrics. Image Metrics entries remain part of the operational record, and are designed to go a step further by supporting reporting. In that way, Image Metrics help connect field documentation to a clearer reporting workflow when a photo, caption, and description need to do more than stay inside the daily site record.
Example use case: During a site inspection, an operator notices corrosion beginning around a pipe connection or damage near a chemical feed area. A written note may explain the issue, but a photo helps others quickly understand the condition, severity, and location. With Image Metrics, that image and its notes become part of the operational record and can also be included later in a Service Report tied to that specific event.
How to Create or Configure Image Metrics
A user must be assigned at the Supervisory or higher permissions level to add or edit metrics. Click on the three dots on the upper right-hand corner of the Rounds screen and enter Edit Mode. Navigate to the location you'd like to add a metric. Then tap the "Add Component Metric."
Select the Metric Data Type from the dropdown menu. Give the metric a name and save it.
Exit Edit Mode.
A new image metric can be created from a mobile phone from either its photo library or the live "Take Photo" camera.
Once the image has been uploaded, it can also be lightly edited in various ways. These include:
- Adding a caption
- Adjusting zoom, aspect ratio, and position
- Rotating the image
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Tips
- Multiple images can be uploaded to one metric.
- There is no file size limit — upload images of any size.
- Works with the native camera or camera roll on iOS and Android devices.
- Images are automatically converted to .jpeg format upon upload.
- Uploaded images will not appear on printed or exported site reports.
Images on Reports
If an image metric is included in a standard monthly rows and columns report in Waterly, it will display the number of images collected on that day but it will not display the images themselves. The inclusion of images on reporting will be released in the future.