Help

Welcome to the FBIS help page

The site offers a broad range of features which we have documented in the user guide. If you want a quick start introduction to FBIS, check out the walk-through video of the platform. Lastly, although we try hard to provide you with a seamless experience, you may at times encounter an issue with the site. If you do encounter such an issue, please report it on our issue tracker and we will do our best to resolve it as soon as possible!

 

FBIS user manual

The FBIS user manual is an online PDF that has everything you need to know about getting the most out of the FBIS platform. The Table of Contents provids quick links to sections covering the main work flows and finctionality available on the FBIS platform. 

 

FBIS video tutorials

For those wanting crash course in getting started with using the FBIS and learning how to use the platform to it's full potential, look no further than our series of short, punchy video tutorials, freely available on YouTube. There is also a dedicated set of short video tutorials for those wanting to learn how to harness the power of the FBIS mobile app. 

1. Introduction to key FBIS components

2. Filtering data

3. Overview of spatial layers

4. Single and multi-site dashboards

5. Single and multi-site SASS dashboards

6. Taxon dashboard

7. Exporting graphs and CSV files

8. Adding a site

9. Adding biodiversity data

10. Adding SASS data

11. Preparing and adding water temperature time series data

12. Preparing an occurrence data upload file

 

FBIS testing site

For practicing the workflows for capturing data on FBIS, please use the FBIS testing site. Here you can add "dummy" data as the data are overwritten with a mirror image of the FBIS Live (production) site every week. The same login works of both FBIS Live and FBIS Testing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEEDBACK
All issues are public and available through Github