Inspection Only Mode

Overview

Inspection Only Mode is a project tag that makes features readonly after a configured amount of time has passed since they were captured.

Use it when users should be able to record or inspect data in the field, but should not be able to edit or delete that data after the allowed inspection window has expired.

When the tag is configured on a project, Soarvo Mobile checks each selected feature's _capturedAt value. If the feature was captured more than the configured number of hours ago, the feature can still be viewed and navigated to, but its edit and delete actions are hidden.

Three things Inspection Only Mode enables

• Time-limited editing – users can edit newly captured features during the configured inspection window.
• Readonly feature history – after the window expires, captured features remain visible but cannot be edited or deleted from the selected feature sheet.
• Project-level control – the readonly rule is enabled by adding one tag to the project.

How the app finds the Inspection Only Mode tag

Soarvo Mobile looks for a project tag in this format:

InspectionOnlyMode(hours)

The tag name is matched case-insensitively, so InspectionOnlyMode, inspectiononlymode, and INSPECTIONONLYMODE are equivalent.

The value inside the brackets is the number of hours a feature remains editable after it was captured.

Tip: Decimal values are supported. The value is always interpreted as hours.

Note: If the value is missing, blank, or cannot be parsed as a number, Inspection Only Mode is not enabled.

Configure the project tag

1. Open the project in the Soarvo web portal.
2. Edit the project's tags via the projects settings. Accessed by clicking the project cards context menu (the three dots icon). Like shown in the below screenshot:
   
3. Add a tag using the InspectionOnlyMode(hours) format. You type the tag value into the 'Add project tag' box and then click the right plus button.
4. Replace hours with the required edit window, for example InspectionOnlyMode(8) for 8 hours.
5. Refresh the project data in Soarvo Mobile by doing a 'pull down to refresh' action on the homescreens location list.

Recommended setup

Mobile app behavior

When a project does not have the Inspection Only Mode tag, Soarvo Mobile behaves as normal.

Inside the time window

• The feature can be viewed.
• The Navigate action remains available.
• The Edit and Delete actions remain available, subject to the usual access rules.

Outside the time window

• The feature can still be viewed.
• The Navigate action remains available.
• The Edit action is hidden.
• The Delete action is hidden.
• Child feature or inspection actions that require edit access are hidden.

Note: Inspection Only Mode does not hide the feature from the map or feature list. It only changes whether the selected feature can be edited or deleted from the mobile app.

What counts as expired

A feature is treated as expired when all of these are true:

• The current project has an InspectionOnlyMode(hours) tag.
• The selected feature has a _capturedAt attribute.
• The _capturedAt value can be parsed as a date and time.
• The current device time is after _capturedAt plus the configured number of hours.

Example: if the project tag is InspectionOnlyMode(8) and a feature was captured at 09:00, the feature becomes readonly after 17:00 according to the device's current time.

The _capturedAt attribute

Soarvo Mobile automatically adds _capturedAt when a feature is created in the mobile app. The app writes it in this format:

dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss

For example: 15 Sep 2026 14:30:00

When checking Inspection Only Mode, the app accepts these captured-at formats:

The _capturedAt value is set when the feature is created. Editing an existing feature does not create a new _capturedAt value.

Note: If a feature does not have _capturedAt, or the value cannot be parsed, Inspection Only Mode does not force that feature to be readonly.

Troubleshooting

• Project Location Distance Search
• Alignment & Chainage
• Readonly Features by Attribute or Feature Type