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title: "Default fields in Schema of CE template - confirmation"
url: "https://openforis.support/questions/2504/default-fields-in-schema-of-ce-template-confirmation"
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asked: "2019-09-23T17:32:52"
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# Default fields in Schema of CE template - confirmation

Asked by flandsberg on 2019-09-23

Hi,

Am I right with the below fields in Schema of the CE template available in Collect, some of which are required and others are optional?

**Required**
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 - **id* : id extracted from the plot file
 - **location* : X and Y coordinates ( in the CSV the headers are YCoordinate and XCoordinate), extracted from the plot file
 - *operator* : extracted from the interface where operator enters his/her name 
 - *actively_saved* : true/false according to whether the operator saved his/her entry and is wholly validated (green in the Google Earth list of plots)
 - *actively_saved_on* : timestamp when the operator saved the entry
 - *operator*: name of the operator that assessed the plot ( entered only once through the Collect Earth window)
 - *plot_file*: name of the plot file (CSV) that the plot belongs to ( i.e. province1.csv )

**Optional**
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 - **elevation* : extracted from the plot file
 - **slope* : extracted from the plot file
 - **aspect* : extracted from the plot file
 - *calculated_elevation_range* : calculated based on code list and "elevation" 
 - *calculated_aspect* : calculated based on code list and "aspect"
 - *calculated_slope* : calculated based on code list and "slope"

Attributes with asterisk (*) mark those that come from the plot file.

Many thanks,

Florence


## Answer (score 0, by Open Foris on 2019-09-23)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/2504/default-fields-in-schema-of-ce-template-confirmation/2505

Hi Florence,

You are exactly right, this is a very good description of the attributes within the default  Collect Earth surveys.

If you don't need the *elevation, slope* and *aspect* you **may remove** them (and their calculated range attributes), the fields that are always necessary on the CSV file with the plot locations are *id,YCoordinate *and* XCoordinate*.

The *operator, actively_saved, actively_saved_on *and* plot_file* should **always** be in the survey as they are used internally by Collect Earth (the survey will fail in Collect Earth if you remove them)

Thanks for the help describing the fields.


## Answer (score 0, by flandsberg on 2019-09-23)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/2504/default-fields-in-schema-of-ce-template-confirmation/2510

Thanks for the confirmation (and improvements :-)!).

Cheers,

Florence