Processing Audit Components
To execute an audit, you need various audit components (audit plan [optional], question list [optional], audit, corrective/preventive actions). Using audit management, you can execute various processing functions from one interface.
1. Access audit management. See Accessing Audit Management.
2. Proceed as follows:
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Create a new audit component, |
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Select the category of audit component that you wish to create. You can simplify the process of creating a new audit component by using a template.
· Depending on the hierarchy level you are currently working in (for example, audit plan, audit), you can create different audit components. If you create new audit components, these are assigned (at the next level) to the selected audit component (hierarchy level). · You can also create a new audit component in the context menu of the navigation area by choosing Create and then selecting the required audit component category. |
Cut a selected audit component, |
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If you choose this
function, the selected audit component will be cut and copied to the
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You can also delete a selected audit component by choosing Delete in the context menu. |
Copy a selected audit component, |
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If you choose this
function, the selected audit component is copied to the clipboard. Using
In non-CRM systems: If you have attached a document to this audit component, this document is physically copied. This means that changes to the document template will not be transferred. |
Include the audit component that is stored in the clipboard, |
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If you choose this function, the audit component that is in the clipboard will be included in the navigation structure at the point where the cursor is currently positioned. |
Include a selected audit component in the worklist, |
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Delete a selected audit component, |
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If you choose this function, the selected component will be deleted. |
Search for an existing audit component, |
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In the dialog box that appears, you can enter a search term for the audit component. Select Identification, if the system is to search for the search term in the Identification field. If necessary, use the input help. Select Description, if the system is to search for the search term in the Description field. If necessary, use the input help. Choose Continue to start the search. |
Expand the displayed navigation structure, |
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Collapse the displayed navigation structure, |
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Show or hide the navigation area, |
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Open an existing audit component, |
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In the dialog box that appears, you can enter the description of the audit component to be opened. You can use the input help to make a selection. Choose Choose Choose Now you can make the required changes to the audit component. |
Close an existing audit component, |
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The system closes the associated audit component, that is, the one on the very left in the hierarchy. |
Call up the audit component last processed, |
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Call up the next audit component, |
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This function is
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Change from change to display mode or vice versa, |
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When you attempt to change the mode an authorization check is run. If you do not have the authorization to change an audit component, an error message appears. |
Call up graphical time scheduling (Microsoft Project), |
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You can only call up graphical time scheduling if you are currently displaying or processing an audit plan. A connection to Microsoft Project has been implemented for graphical time scheduling. To be able to use this connection, you must have Microsoft Project installed on your PC. |
Search for audit components in the system, |
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You can also use this function if you want to export audit components to Microsoft Excel, for example, to perform evaluations. |
Display the hidden worklist, |
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Change the user-specific settings, |
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Call up the help text for a selected audit component, |
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3. In the header area on the right, enter a unique key and a description for the audit component.

In the header area, you will find generic services allowing you to add a hyperlink as an attachment, to enter a personal note, to send the audit component with a note, or to display the usage of the audit component.
4. Enter the required data on the tab pages.
5. On the Texts tab page, you can create notes and/or a description. All of the usual editor functions are available. In addition, you can load local files or save texts you have entered as local files.

If you load files that contain control indicators (for example, Microsoft Word files), then these control indicators are interpreted as texts by the system and are displayed as such. You should, therefore, only load pure text files (ASCII files).
Texts that have been entered can only be saved locally as pure text files.
6. In the navigation structure, choose one of the functions described above if you want to:
¡ Create an additional, new audit component
¡ Create an additional audit component based on an audit component that is already available in the system
¡ Open another audit component
¡ Cut, copy, or delete a selected audit component
¡ Include the audit component that is in the clipboard at the current cursor position in the navigation structure
7. If you want to assign documents to a selected audit component, follow the procedure described in Assigning Documents to an Audit Component.
8. Save your data.
See also:
Process Question List (Master Data)
Process corrective/preventive action
Confirm and Trace Corrective/Preventive Action