Metadata

Per each entry collected, Epicollect5 add some metadata automatically.

name	description
ec5_uuid	The unique identifier of the row of data.
ec5_parent_uuid	For child forms only, the unique identifier of the parent row of data.
ec5_branch_owner_uuid	For branch forms only, the unique identifier of the form entry that owns the branch row of data.
ec5_branch_ref	The name of the column in your main form that lists how many branches you have for each entry.
updated_at	Timestamp when the entry is uploaded to the server. Subsequent uploads, due to editing for example, will update this value.
created_at	Timestamp when the entry was created.
created_by	Private projects only, the email of the user who created the entry (if available, if a project was initially set as public, those public entries will not have any user linked.

Location questions

Each location question is split into six parts, with the prefixes:

• lat_ (latitude)

• long_ (longitude)

• accuracy_ (accuracy)

• UTM_Northing_ (UTM Northing)

• UTM_Easting_ (UTM Easting)

• UTM_zone_ (UTM Zone)

The location data are provided in both decimal degrees (to 6 decimal places precision) and UTM format.