Getting Started Tutorials

Learn how to use Landfiles in just a few minutes. Find all the guides to create your group, understand entities, publish your observations and interact with your community.

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Create your group

7 tutorials

Start a group, invite members, manage permissions and administer the entities in your network.

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Understanding entities

9 tutorials

An entity groups observations together. It can represent an experimental site or an observer.

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Publish

7 tutorials

Publish your observations, use forms, manage your data and duplicate your posts.

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Interact

3 tutorials

Like, comment and exchange directly with members of your group or other users.

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Create your group

7 tutorials
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How to start a group? (complete guide)

📱 Mobile💻 Web

4-step guide: create your group, set up your facilitator entity, publish a welcome message and invite your colleagues.

2

How to create a group?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Name your group, describe the exchange framework and finalize the creation in a few clicks.

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How to manage group members?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Access the group address book, add members and set their permission level (owner, administrator or guest).

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How to resend an invitation?

📱 Mobile only

Identify inactive members (greyed-out addresses) and resend an invitation by SMS or email.

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How to accept a group invitation?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Check the invitation email, click the link, create your account or sign in, then access your new group.

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How to administer the entities publishing on the group?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

View, add or remove entities linked to your group from the group settings.

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How to access my observation programme?

📱 Mobile only

From the mobile app, access the observation programme displayed at the top of the home page to log your seasonal observations.

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Understanding entities

9 tutorials
1

What is an entity?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

An entity groups your observations by plot. It is your main workspace on Landfiles.

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How to create a new entity?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Useful for technical advisors who need multiple entities. Restricted to administrators.

3

How to delete an entity?

💻 Web only

Useful when an entity was created by mistake. Only available on the web application.

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How to invite new users to your entity?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Invite members or contacts to your entity with different permission levels: Administrator, Publisher, Contributor, Reader.

PermissionAdminPublisherContributorReader
View private posts
Comment on private posts
Publish on the entity
Add / Edit plots
Edit entity and private network
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How to fill in my entity information?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Restricted to entity administrators. Edit general information, specialisations, descriptions and context.

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How to add a profile picture to my entity?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Customise your entity by adding a profile picture from the web or mobile app.

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How to create a plot and geolocate it?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Create your plots and position them on the map using automatic or manual geolocation.

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How to edit or delete a plot?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Edit plot information or delete plots from the mobile app or computer.

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How to add data in bulk?

💻 Web only

Import multiple observations at once using the bulk data import feature on the web application.

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Publish

7 tutorials
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How to add a post?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Publish your field observations with photos, text, date and geolocation from mobile or web.

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How to add a post with a form?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Use forms configured by your group administrator to structure your observations with precise data.

3

What are the different types of posts?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Simple observation (images + text), plot tracking with forms, or seasonal observation programme monitoring.

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How to keep an observation private?

📱 Mobile only

Uncheck all groups and tick "publish privately" so only members of your entity can see the post.

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How to edit a post?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Find your post via your entity, click the three dots then "Edit" to make corrections.

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How to add data to my observation?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Requires a form configured on the group. Fill in the structured data when creating your post.

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How to duplicate a post?

📱 Mobile only

Duplicate an existing post to avoid re-entering your data. Ideal for recurring tracking with forms.

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Interact with other users

3 tutorials
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How to like a post?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Click the heart icon below a post to show your appreciation to the entire community.

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How to comment on a post?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Click the comment icon, write your text and publish. The author and commenters will receive a notification.

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How to interact directly with a user or a group?

📱 Mobile💻 Web

Like, comment, browse an entity's history, or start a private conversation via the Conversations tab.

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