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Datascope

Mobile form data collection service for forms, answers, lists, locations, and field task assignments.

Supports field teams that assign forms to mobile workers, edit submitted answers, manage metadata lists, and track location-tagged submissions.

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Example Use Cases

These are example ways Snow can use Datascope when building apps with you. This list is meant to show examples, not document every possible capability. Connecting an account does not make Snow run these automatically on its own.

Bulk update list elements

Tool to bulk update metadata list objects with soft deletion of objects not in the incoming list. Use when you need to replace all objects in a metadata list. WARNING: This operation deletes all existing objects for the specified metadata_type and replaces them with new objects. Experimental endpoint.

Change Form Answer

Tool to change a specific answer in a submitted form. Use when you need to modify question values after a form has been submitted.

Create List

Tool to create a new empty list (metadata type) in DataScope with specified list_type. Use when you need to create a container for list elements like products, locations, or other categorized items.

Create List Element

Tool to create a new list element in a specific metadata list identified by metadata_type. Use when you need to add a new element to a list. For location objects, use the locations API instead.

Create Location

Tool to create a new location in DataScope with geographic coordinates. Use when you need to register a physical location with name and code identifiers.

Create Task Assignment

Tool to create a task assignment for a specific form, user, and location with a deadline. Use when you need to assign a form to be completed by a specific user at a specific location and time.

Get all list elements

Tool to retrieve all items from a specific metadata list in Datascope. Use when you need to fetch all elements belonging to a particular list type (products, locations, customers, etc.).

Get All Locations

Tool to retrieve all locations configured in the DataScope system. Use when you need to access location data including addresses, coordinates, and company associations.

Get Answers V4

Tool to retrieve form answers using the v4 API endpoint. Use when you need to fetch form submissions from DataScope with the latest API version. Supports filtering by user, date range, location, and pagination for retrieving large result sets.

Get Answers With Full Metadata

Tool to retrieve last form answers with full metadata from DataScope (limit 600 results). Returns detailed response structure including answers array with question types, metadata references, and assignment information. Use when you need comprehensive answer data with question-level details and metadata associations.