Defining prompts for inspection aspects
To define prompts for inspection aspects:
- Select Work > Inspections > Aspects.
- Select the aspect for which to define prompts, and then click the Prompts tab.
- Click Add Prompt.
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Specify this information:
- Property
- Specify the code identifying the property, and then enter a
description of the property in the adjacent field.
Note: You can define property codes and descriptions by creating custom fields.
- Upload Column
- Specify the database column where the system stores prompt data.
- Sequence
- Enter a number indicating the order in which the prompt appears on the Results page of the Monitored Data form.
- Default
- Specify the default value that will automatically display on the Monitored Data form.
- Validate
- Specify the code identifying the formula the system uses for validation for the prompt.
- Insert
- Update
- Specify the code identifying the formula the system uses to calculate values when you insert or update a record on the Monitored Data form. The system automatically populates the Length of the upload column.
- Length
- Specify the maximum number of characters allowed for prompt values.
- Display
- Select to indicate whether the system displays the prompt on the Monitored Data form.
- Mandatory
- Select to indicate whether the prompt is a required field on
the
Monitored Data
form.
Note: If you select Mandatory, you must also select Display.
- Select to indicate whether the system prints the prompt on the reports. These reports are user-defined.
- Uppercase
- Select to indicate whether values for the prompt should be uppercase only.
- Out of Service
- Select to indicate that the system does not use this prompt on this aspect.
- Click Submit.
Parent topic: Defining inspection codes