What is a Stationing Report?

A stationing report allow you to see the history of the different stationing procedures and results you used for your project. There are several definitions you will want to understand to be able to use this report effectively for your work. The report is intuitive, however, and you should be able to digest it quickly.

The stationing report will allow you to track your accuracy in your stationing process over time. You will be able to track the control points you use, the coordinates of your total station for each stationing, the potential deviation of each stationing, and the PPM settings at the time of stationing. It is a great report to track and troubleshoot your layout and measurements, especially as your exported point data (such as staked point and measured point data) also saves the station with which a point was measured. You can cross-check your work with this report easily.

For reference, see this article for exporting point information.

Stationing Report Application Location

The stationing report application is found under the edit icon on the home screen. Navigate to reports and you will have the option to export a stationing report:

It is also located on the non-measuring applications tab on the cad-view screen:

Report Settings

You are able to adjust the report settings prior to export via the export screen:

Use this area to adjust your template or change your report format between .xlsx or .pdf.

What settings can you adjust under "Edit Template?"

You can adjust what is shown in the header and footer of your template, as well as where you would like the header located. Please personalize this report as needed. 

Change the images and adjust the information as necessary:

Header Information on a Stationing Report

The stationing report begins with a header:

It shows the project and job that the stationing report is being pulled from, the date of the report, the units (established in the HCL settings), and the tolerance setting at the time of export (also something set in settings - see this article for tolerance information).

Table Information on a Stationing Report

Immediately following the header, a table appears with all the stations associated with the job of the project from which the report was exported:

Here is a list of what is provided:

• Name: Point name of the station
• NEH: Coordinate information of the station
• Control Points: This data shows the number of control points that were measured during the stationing process. 
  • If this shows "0," that is because you stationed using "over control point" stationing
• hI: This is the height of instrument that is input on the tablet after stationing (likely only common during over control point stationing.
• dN, dE, dH, dO: These indicate the deviations of your stationing set up after control points have been measured and the station's location has been calculated.
• Attribute 1-3: Any manually added attributes added to the stationing point within the software.
• Date/Time: Time log of when the stationing occurred.
• Mode: Indicating whether the tool was in normal or low frequency calibration mode during stationing. See this calibration article to understand the difference between modes.

Individual Stationing Information on a Stationing Report

Each individual stationing will have information on the control points used, as well as the time stamps:

As the screenshot indicates, each individual stationing that is completed will have the station name, the station coordinates, and the frequency mode that was established during calibration.

In addition, each point that was used during station, its associated prism, the time stamp, and even the PPM settings at the time of measurement (see this article) will be included.

All of this information will be very valuable to cross reference staked and measured points or to inspect the progress of layout on a project.