As a field technician, knowing the location of your gas assets in the ground is integral to completing your work efficiently and well. Data collection may typically be done using a pen and paper, however applications can be used to help streamline the data collection process, helping to eliminate human error and lag time in reporting newly collected information to others in your organization.

The Tracking and Traceability solution is designed to be used to collect gas asset information in the field. Follow the steps below to understand the software/application requirements, and learn to collect asset information.

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Once you have verified that the device you will be using includes the required software and have access to your ArcGIS organization, you can use the Tracking and Traceability map to collect gas asset in the field.

To collect a gas asset in the field, complete the following steps:

1. Open Collector for ArcGIS and sign in using your ArcGIS organizational account.
2. Once signed in, you will be presented with all the maps that you have access to. Search for tracking to find the Tracking and Traceability map.
3. Select the Tracking and Traceability map's thumbnail to open it. If you have enabled location services, the map will open to your current location.
4. Collect a new feature, selecting the appropriate gas asset editing template.
5. Update the attributes of the gas asset.
6. Browse to the map and add the location of the asset on the map. If location services is enabled, you can use your current location as the geometry of the asset. You can also add the asset's location by tapping the point on the map.
7. When you have finished recording the gas asset's attributes and geometry, click Submit.