The Road Event Collection interface provides options to view, import, export, and edit data collection metadata.

Location 

The Road Event Collection interface () can be located by selecting the Submittals tab and navigating to the third section-- Catalog Files. The Road Event Collection interface is the first icon in this section and the sixth on the Submittals menu. 

Import

To import a Road Event Collection Methods file, follow these steps:

1. Click the “Choose File” button at the bottom left of the interface.
2. Select a file to import.
   • To import a file, it must have the following header columns: BeginDate, StateID, MetadataType, FSystem, IsUrban, IsStateOwned, ValueNumeric, and Comments.
3. After selecting the desired file, click the “Open” button.

Edit

The first column in the interface table-- Override-- is available to initiate the editing process for the desired record. To fully edit a record, follow these steps:

1. Select the checkbox in the "Override" column for the desired record or click on a record that has been previously overridden.
2. Depending on the Metadata Type for the selected record, a picklist or textbox will appear, and the Value and Comments columns will become editable.
3. After entering the desired changes, click the “Save Changes” button.

Export

To export the Road Event Collection Methods table, the user can click the “Export to Pipe Delimited File” link located at the bottom right of the interface. The exported file will be in pipe delimited format and will contain the following header columns: BeginDate, StateID, MetadataType, FSystem, IsUrban, IsStateOwned, ValueNumeric, and Comments.