How to enter your Inclinometer data into In-Site manually


1. Introduction
If you have accidentally deleted or lost your Inclinometer readings and you have a manual copy of the readings, it is possible to enter them into your In-Site database. Manual data entry into In-Site is a very long process and can be a bit tedious, however it is possible.

2. How to enter your data manually into In-Site

    Open In-Site and the database you wish to manually input readings into
    Select the database path name in the database menu (left window) the path is commonly C:\Program Files\In-Site\database_name.mdb. Or this can be found under the 'Recent files' header (Figure 1.)

Figure 1. Selecting the database you wish to import that data into


    With the database path name selected click on the "Edit/Add" button at the base of the database menu (Figure 2.)

Figure 2. Selecting Edit/Add button and entering the relevant information

    You will then be presented with 'Edit or Add Installation' screen. Enter in the relevant information. Set the probe type to 'Digitilt', Probe units to 'Metric' (if using a metric system) and finally set the 'Data Type' to 50000 (Figure 2.).
    Once complete select 'Ok' and confim you wish to add the survey in the next window.
    You will then be presented with an 'Edit or Add Survey' window which will allow you to enter the survey data. Firstly ensure the header details are correct. Paying particular attention to the 'Probe Constant' as this has a habit of reverting to 25000 (it should be 50000 for a metric probe), and the 'Depth' (Figure 3.).

Figure 3. Entering borehole information and readings at each depth

    Start to enter your data into the cells provided. Please be aware that the value entered at this stage should be mm x 100 (Figure 3.). example 6.53mm should be entered as 653. If 6.53 is entered directly the software interprets this as 0.0653mm and will round this to the nearest 0.01mm, this is all due to data handling and resolution accuracy.
    Once all the data has been entered, re-check the header information is correct, specifically the Depth. Then select "Ok"
    The data will then be entered as a survey in the database window and can be plotted within a deflection graph.