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Setting up Recommended Actions

Recommended action values allow external inspectors to quickly suggest an action based on inspection findings. It is assumed that the inspector is not the person who makes the final determination regarding the state, but that these assessments will be used to assist the in-house authority, such as an engineer, in making the final determination. Recommended actions typically include values such as “No further action required”, or “Requires immediate intervention”. These values are recorded on measurement point and measurement point reading surveys.

APM comes with standard recommendation values. You can also create them as required by your organization. This topic explains how to create values for recommended actions.

To Create a Recommended Action

1.	From the Site window, select the Inspection Management view, the Settings tab, and then the Indicators tab. Select the Indicator Settings node in the tree.

Tip: You can also click the Administration menu, Inspection Management Settings, and then Indicator Management. The Indicator Settings window appears.

2.	Select the Data Collection tab, then the Recommended Actions tab.

Tip: You can mark an action as “inactive” while it is in development. Inactive objects are not available for selection on sites. To deactivate or reactivate a severity, select it and click Mark as Inactive or Mark as Active. The Mark as Inactive/Active dialog appears, where you can enter a comment and click OK. Click OK in the confirmation message that appears.

3.	Click New. The Inspector Recommended Action Properties dialog appears.

4.	Enter a name for the action.

Note: The sequence number indicates the order in which the actions were created.

5.	To change the graphic used to identify the action, click Change Icon, select a graphic, and click OK.

6.	Click OK. The recommended action is added to the table.