Business Intelligence

CommCare

8min

With the Commcare app in , you can watch the forms and cases in your Commcare account.

Requirements

  • A Commcare account

To use the Commcare app in , you must have a CommCare account.

Connect Commcare and Make

To get started, you must first create a connection between CommCare and , allowing the two services to communicate.

To create the connection, you need to:

Obtain your API key in Commcare

Before you create the connection in , you should first obtain an API key in your Commcare account.

To obtain the API key:

  1. Log in to your CommCare account.
  2. Click Settings (the cog-wheel) > My Account Settings > API Keys.

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  3. Enter a name for the API Key, select the permissions, and click Generate API Key.
  4. Copy the API key value and store it in a safe place.

Create the connection in 

Once you have your Commcare API key, you're ready to create the connection in .

To create the connection:

  1. Log in to your account, add an Commcare module to your , and click Create a connection.
  2. Optional: In the ​​Connection name​​ field, enter a name for the connection.
  3. In the Username field, enter your account's username.
  4. In the API Key field, enter the API key you copied from your Commcare account.

You've successfully created the connection and can now use the CommCare app in your . If you want to make changes to your connection in the future, follow the steps here.

CommCare modules

  • Watch New Form Submission
  • Watch New Case
  • Watch New or Updated Case
  • Watch Updated Case
  • Make an API Call

Templates

You can look for Commcare templates in Make's template gallery, where you'll find thousands of pre-created .

Commcare resources