Master Inspection Characteristic

Definition

An inspection characteristic that is created as a master record. This characteristic is intended for frequent use in inspection plans or for evaluation purposes across all inspection plans. Master inspection characteristics are language-independent.

Use

You use master inspection characteristics in inspection plans, material specifications, and certificate profiles to simplify and standardize data entry.

Structure

A master inspection characteristic can contain general data and control data.

  • General Data:

  • Name of the master inspection characteristic

  • Plant

  • Reference to class characteristic

  • Status

  • Language key

  • Details of other languages

  • Short texts for the master inspection characteristic

  • Long texts for the master inspection characteristic

  • Classification of master inspection characteristics

  • Assigned inspection methods

  • Assigned catalogs

  • Search field

  • Control Data:

  • Whether the master inspection characteristic is a qualitative or quantitative characteristic

  • Sample details (such as sampling procedure, SPC characteristic, additive sample, destructive sample)

  • Information for results confirmation (for example, summarized recording, recording by class, required or optional characteristic, conditional characteristic - this means that the inspection of this characteristic is dependent on either the acceptance or rejection of the previous required characteristic)

  • Type of values to be inspected for quantitative characteristics (for example, target value, lower specification limit, upper specification limit)

  • Inspection of characteristic attributes for qualitative characteristics

  • Details of inspection scope

  • Details of documentation in the results recording function

  • Other information (such as assignment of test equipment, characteristic for long-term inspection, measured values, calculated characteristic, printing options)

Integration

  • Use master inspection characteristics in inspection plans, material specifications, and certificate profiles

  • Link master inspection characteristics to class characteristics

  • Store sample-drawing texts in master inspection characteristics

  • Assign inspection methods to master inspection characteristics

  • Assign selected sets and code groups to master inspection characteristics