Creating a New Inspection Report

The inspection report process begins by visiting an asset's Asset Details page and clicking the Create Report button.

New Report Selections

Create Inspection Report Based On: Use the Based On radio buttons to determine whether the new inspection report will be blank or whether the asset's asset values will be used to fill the report. In most cases, users will choose to fill in the report with the asset values to save time and avoid having to re-enter asset information that has not changed since the last inspection.

• Options: Use the Options checkboxes to determine if the new report will copy report files and/or previous report section attachments. Checking these boxes will pull the items from the last recorded inspection report for the asset.
• Part of Work Specification: Use the Part of Work Specification dropdown to determine which work specification, if any, the new report would be linked to. If a work specification is linked, the report created would be part of the scope.
  Note: If a work specification is linked to the report, the work specification security takes over and any user who does not have access to the work specification in Projects will not have access to edit the report.
• Report Type: Use the Report Type dropdown to determine what the report type will be for the new inspection. This selection is important because it determines the forms, report sections, and workflow for the inspection report.
  Note: The report type cannot be changed once the report is created.
• Inspection Type: Use the Inspection Type checkboxes to determine the inspection type of the new inspection. This is the business reason for the inspection and can also be used to set up automatic scheduling in AssetWise Inspections.
  Note: More than one inspection type can be selected for the inspection report.
• Create or Cancel: Click the Create button to create the asset's new inspection report and be taken to the inspection report view of AssetWise Inspections. Click the Cancel button to cancel the creation of a new inspection report for the asset.

Navigating the Inspection Report

Once the inspection report is created, the user is taken to the inspection report view of AssetWise Inspections. This view has a few main components that make up its design:

• Content View: The content view displays the currently selected form within the inspection report view.
• Navigation Bar: The navigation bar houses the various functions and forms necessary to navigate the inspection report.
  
  1. Show/Hide Navigation Bar
  2. Show Forms
  3. Report Actions
  4. GIS Location Map
  5. Current Field Info
  6. Manual Pages for Current Field
  7. Photo Attachments for Current Field
  8. Exit Report
  9. Asset Name
  10. Exit to Parent Asset
• Navigation Pane: The navigation pane displays all of the options of the item selected from the navigation bar. This could be report actions, various forms, etc.

Inside the Inspection Report

Certain aspects of an inspection report will be different for each agency using AssetWise Inspections due to the configurability of the forms, but the basics of an inspection report will be the same for all users.

Inspection Report Information

When a new inspection report is created, it will open to the Inspection Report Information page. This page contains the general report information including the assigned user, scheduling, and previous reports.