8. User guide¶

Welcome to the BIMS user guide. In this section of the documentation, we aim to show users how to utilise the platform effectively, customise their profiles and so forth. This guide aims to provide details on key aspects of FBIS and expand on its functionality. It is accompanied by a series of video clips that demonstrate various workflows that users are likely to need (a short video tutorial series is available (here)).

Here is a brief overview of the content provided here:

• Key Concepts: This section explains some of the key concepts of the platform.
• Registering: This page will show you how to register on the platform and then how to log in.
• Map interface: This section gives an overview of the map interface.
• Search: This section describes the search functionalities of the platform.
• Filtering: This documentation explains the types of filtering available.
• Mapping: This documentation describes the functionalities of mapping on the platform.
• Biodiversity Data: This section of documentation explains the biodiversity data for the platform.
• Overview Panels: This section explains the overview panels on the platform.
• Dashboards: These pages provide an over of the dashboard components of the platform.
• Data Upload: This documentation describes how to utilise the data upload forms.
• References: This page provides the references used to create the guide.
• Mobile Application Tutorials: This page contains tutorial videos for using the mobile application.