Dive Logging App

Overview

The Dive Logging App is a Shiny app that allows the user to enter cruise, dive and transect metadata, personnel and equipment configuration. The process can appear quite complex, as the intention is to create a relational structure that can be imported into the main database. By following the given process, this information can be entered with a minimum of fuss.

The application itself (source code) is hosted on a Web server, but it is intended to be deployed to field laptops and imported from there. Currently, the management functions available on this Website only work with the online version, but it is planned that database files from the field computers will be uploadable.

Usage

It is best to follow this sequence of operations to avoid causing too many headaches in the import process.

1. Visit the Dive Logging App.
2. Click Cruise in the menu on the left.
3. Click + Add to add a new cruise. A dialog will pop up.
4. Enter the cruise name, which will be assigned and look something like PAC2023-001. Enter the cruise leg, which is an integer starting with 1 (the default). (Some cruises have multiple legs.) Enter an objective, summary and notes. The objective is text about the intent of the cruise, for example, where they are going, and they intend to study. The summary is a written after the cruise and summarizes the successes and failures of the cruise. The notes section is for additional comments.