CommCare allows you to edit your case data directly through the Case List report. This feature allows you to edit properties or values connected to a case, giving you full control over your data and ensuring your case's data is accurate.
Pricing Plan
This feature (Clean Case Data) is available to users with a Pro Plan or higher. For more details, see the CommCare Software Plan Page.
Overview
To use this feature, proceed to the Reports/Case List and search for the case you would like to edit. Once you have found the case, select it to proceed to the Case Detail page. For more information on how to use the Case List, please proceed here.
Once you have found the case you would like to edit and selected it from the case list, you will be brought to the Case Detail page.
To edit the case, select the Data Corrections button that can be found at the bottom of the grid of case properties.
Selecting this button will open a window with the case properties that you can edit.
When you edit a property, the field will be highlighted in green to indicate that you have made a change to the property. This will occur for all properties that you edit:
Select save to commit the changes you want to make the case property. Doing so will update the case to reflect the new properties that you have submitted.
Reverting Changes
- Changes are made directly to the cases. When you make a change, CommCare submits a form to reflect that a change has been made to the case. The form is called the Data Correction Form so that it can be easily identified.
- This form that gets submitted to alter the case properties can be found in two places:
- The Case Details > Case History Section
- The Raw Forms, Errors and Duplicates Report Section. Be sure to include the Normal filter
- Selecting the form and then choosing Archive will revert the changes you made.
Limitations
- You cannot add new properties through this page. To add new properties, you will need to add them to the case management sections for your application. For more information on case management and adding saving data as case properties, see this document.
- Metadata is read only and cannot be altered. For more information on metadata, see these two documents: Times and Dates and Metadata Glossary.