About the Built with Kobo category

Built with KoboToolbox: User Solutions
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Have you created a custom solution using KoboToolbox? Share it with the community!

This category is dedicated to showcasing user-built workflows, tools, applications, and innovative approaches developed with KoboToolbox. Whether you’ve crafted a clever XLSForm trick, automated a workflow with the API, built a visualization pipeline, or adapted Kobo to a unique field context, this is the place to highlight your work.

In this section, you can:

  • Present your Kobo-based solutions or integrations

  • Share tips, tricks, and lessons learned

  • Demonstrate specific use cases from your projects

  • Exchange ideas with others building creative tools and workflows

Posts in Built with Kobo are community-driven: anyone can contribute their solutions, inspire others, and help expand what’s possible with KoboToolbox.

We look forward to seeing what you build with Kobo!

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If you need a starting point, here’s a template to help spark ideas for your post:

1.Context

  1. Where was this project implemented?
    (Country, region, type of setting, sector, organization, or program)
  2. Who benefited from this tool or solution?
    (Specific population groups, target users, field teams, partner organizations, etc.)
  3. What problem or operational need were you trying to address?
    (Data gap, workflow inefficiency, monitoring requirement, reporting need…)

2.Description:

  1. What is the solution you built?
    (Briefly describe the tool, workflow, form, integration, or application.)
  2. How did you use KoboToolbox to solve this problem?
    (Specific features, form design strategies, API usage, integrations, automations, etc.)
  3. What makes this approach useful or innovative?
    (Highlight unique elements, efficiencies gained, better data quality, faster reporting, etc.)

3.Links

Share any supporting materials that can help others understand or replicate your solution. You may include: Kobo form(s), scripts or code, dashboards or reports, presentations, publications, methodological documents.

4.Visuals

Upload screenshots of forms, applications, diagrams, dashboards, code, etc. (5 Images Max)

5.Community Feedback

Use this section to ask the Kobo community for input, ideas, or suggestions. Some question ideas:

  • Could this solution be reused or adapted in your work?

  • Do you have recommendations or questions on how to improve it?

  • Have you built something similar? If so, what did you learn?