Site Diary Overview

Site Diary Overview

Commnia Site Diary allows internal users to log data based on progress and conditions on the building site. Data can be logged progressively throughout the day on-site by any user with access.


1. Navigate to Site Diary

Login to your Commnia account and select your desired project.

From the main menu, click Site Diary under Quality + Safety.




You will be taken to the Site Diary screen:

2. Site Diary Overview

List of all existing Site Diary Entries will be listed by date.




  1. Filter entries or search by any keyword
  2. For steps on how to complete a new entry click here.
  3. Reports, there are two standard reports you can run from the Site Diaries function. Company Activity and Daily Report.

3. Filter

You can use all or one indicator to filter.




  1. Tap on Start Date and End Date and a small pop-up calendar will appear to select a date range.
  2. Issued By will pop up a list of users, select the user to filter by who created site diary.
  3. The company, you can Search by Company, a list of companies will pop up, you can use the search for any keyword to find a company instantly.
  4. Once you have made a selection, click Search. The Site Diary search includes the following elements:
    1. Date
    2. Sign-on
    3. Labour
    4. Trade Attendance 
    5. Other Visitors 
    6. Lost Hours 
    7. Site Condition
    8. Weather Condition
    9. Issued By  

4. View and Edit Entries

Click on an entry to view details.

Any category with a number is an indication of details being recorded in that category.

Select a category to view or edit. You can add details or edit existing information as per below Trade Attendance example.




  1. Click on the entry from the list.
  2. Edit by clicking on the fields you would like to make changes to.
  3. Click Save.
  4. You can also delete the entry, click Delete.

5. Reports

There are two standard reports you can run from the Site Diaries function. Company Activity and Daily Report.

The reports will open in PDF Viewer.
  1. Print Report.
  2. You can save to preferred storage location and email.


Company Activity

The Company Activity report displays a summary by labour hours by Company.




Daily Report

The Daily Report displays a summary of the Site Diary for a particular date. Enter the date of the Site Diary you'd like to run the report for and click Print Report.




The report will display all details entered into the site diary.

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