Issues can also occur when a user needs to edit an existing report. This depends on whether or not the report is the most recent report for the asset. Assuming the asset values have not been changed, reports fall into four categories:

1. Created but yet to be approved most recent report for asset
2. Approved, reopened and edited, then resubmitted most recent report for asset
3. Created but yet to be approved not most recent report for asset
4. Approved, reopened and edited, then resubmitted not most recent report for asset

Editing items 1 and 2 does not create an issue for the user because they are the most recent reports for the asset and therefore their values will be accepted as the new asset values.

Items 3 and 4 create issues because they are not the most recently created reports for the asset. Regardless of when the reports are edited and submitted, their changes will not trigger the asset values to update because their time stamps are based on report creation and not report submission. In order to get the asset values to update, the user must either change the asset values specifically or create a new report and enter the desired values so that the report will have the most recent time stamp and update the asset values.

Example: A good example of this situation is when an agency creates a routine inspection report for an asset and then later creates an underwater inspection report for the same asset. If the user realizes a mistake was made on the routine inspection, fixing the mistake will not update the asset values because the underwater inspection report has the most recent time stamp for the asset.