You use the Enter Quality Results window to enter quality results directly. You can open it from the main menu, or you can invoke it as you enter quality results during transactions.

This section includes the following topics:

• Finding Specifications While Entering Results Directly

• Results Entry Folders

When you enter quality results for collection plan elements with specifications, the Spec Name, UOM, Target, Upper Limit, and Lower Limit fields are displayed in the fields at the bottom of the window, as long as the QA:Blind Results Entry profile option is set to " Blind Entry Off." If you do not want the specifications to be displayed, set the QA: Blind Results Entry profile option to "Blind Entry On" (see: Profile Options, QA:Blind Results Entry).

Prerequisites

• Create a collection plan. See: Creating Collection Plans.

   To find collection plans:

1. Navigate to the Enter Quality Results window.

2. Select a collection plan.

   You can only select a collection plan that has a current effective date. If a default collection plan has been specified, it is automatically selected. See the information on Profile Option: QA:Default Collection Plan.

   You can use the Find Plan button or the standard list of values to find and select a collection plan. Once you have selected a collection plan, you can use the previous plan/next plan arrow buttons, located to the right of the collection plan name, to scroll to another valid collection plan. See: Entering Data in Forms.

   If you select a collection plan that requires that you find and assign a specification, the Find Specifications window appears. See: Finding Specifications While Entering Results Directly.

   To enter quality results values:

1. In the Results region, enter one or more results records. The following mechanisms can be used to simplify data entry:

   Default value: Default values, if defined, are automatically displayed. They can be overridden. See: Default Specification Limit Values.

   Lists of Values: if results values have been defined, they are available on a list of values. See: Defining Collection Plan Element Values.

   Duplication: You can duplicate fields and records and edit them if required. See: Controlling Records in a Window.

   Attention: The Prompts that you enter when you define collection elements are displayed as column headings. The Hints that you define are displayed at the bottom of the window.

   You must enter results values for mandatory collection plan elements.

2. Save your work. See: Saving Changes.

   Attention: If you save your work using Save and Proceed, the current results are cleared and the Collection Number counter is incremented. You can continue to enter results for the same collection plan and specifications, if assigned.

   To optionally find and assign specifications:

From the Enter Quality Results window, choose the Find Specs button. The Find Specifications window appears. See: Finding Specifications While Entering Quality Results Directly.

   To view collection plan or specification attachments while entering quality results:

See: Viewing Attachments Associated with Quality Results.