Hi Family,
I need an efficient way to connect enumerators’ tablets and extract data in Excel format. Unfortunately, I can’t access the original server where the tool was developed, which is why I need to retrieve the data directly from the tablets instead me going through manually.
I would greatly appreciate your guidance on the best approach.
Looking forward to your support.
Thank you
Sham
You can pull submitted forms directly off plugged-in devices using adb. There are some instructions how to do this here: Using Android Debug Bridge with Collect - ODK Docs. [KoboCollect is ostensibly a rebranded ODK Collect, so the same instructions apply]
Note, this submission data with be in its raw XML form, so it will still need to be manually ‘submitted’ into Kobo or otherwise translated to convert it into an Excel spreadsheet. But at least you will have a copy of all the raw data.
Please, let us avoid to post the same question in parallel into two fora (ODK and Kobo), see How to retrieve data from the tablet via USB cable - #2 by wroos - Support - ODK Forum.
@Xiphware , thank you so much for the swift response.
I will keep you in the loop after Implementing the guide.
@wroos, This is well noted thank you
@Sham_me, maybe you could also have a look at this approach (discussed previously) which uses the ODK Briefcase:
@Sham_me If you are still having issues with this, you might also want to work thru the instructions here: Manually Uploading Submissions — KoboToolbox documentation
Again, all these approaches require attaching your device via a USB cable to a computer, navigating down the on-device filesystem on the phone to the location where filled-in forms are stored, manually copying them onto your computer (via USB) and then manually submitting them from your computer instead.
If you still have problems with this please post a (new) followup on the Forum here describing exactly what approach you tried and what isn’t working.
