Navigate to the record that you want to inspect via the Folders tab on the left hand side or the Search bar. You can also bring up the records that are due inspection from the Inspections Due (amber) or Inspections Overdue (red) filters on the dashboard.

There are two ways of adding a single inspection. The first way is to select the record using the tick box on the left hand side of the record. Click Add 1 inspection at the top of the page.

Alternatively, click into the record itself. Click + Inspection in the lower right hand corner.

In the inspection log window, you can fill in the details of the inspection:

Once all the details are complete, click Save.

If you are inspecting several items at once, you can add inspections to multiple records in one go. Select the records you want to update using the tick box on the left hand side of the records.

Please note - you can only select a maximum of 50 records at a time to inspect.

Click Add X Inspections. This will bring up the inspection log window for multiple records

Fill in the details of inspection for each record as detailed above.

If the records you are inspecting have the same state, quantity, next inspection date and/or comments, you can use the blue copy down arrow, to the right of each detail, to copy the same information down to all subsequent records. This works at any stage of the list, so if only the last three records have the same state, you can use the copy down icon from that point on.

We do recommend that you scroll down through the records selected and double-check that everything is correct before saving the inspections. You can use the Jump to record option (bottom right of the inspection box) to find a specific record in your selection.

Once you've filled in and checked the inspections, click Save all to complete.

After the inspections have been saved, a confirmation dialogue will be displayed.

This confirms the inspection has been saved and allows the user to carry out a follow-on action, such as creating a report, adding identifiers or cloning a record.

Click Actions and Print/Export to produce a general report or certificate from the records that have just been inspected. To learn more about what reports can be produced click here.

Click Close if no further actions are needed.

We plan to add further follow-on actions in future, and to activate the dialogue following other actions carried out. Look out for product announcements in app.

Please note - If you want to add information to a record without changing the inspection frequency or status, you can do this by clicking Add note instead.

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