See which inspections are due

The Due tab answers one question: which machines need inspecting now, and which will soon. Solmex works it out for every machine and every active template that applies to it, so nobody has to keep a separate schedule.

#Before you start

• You need Inspections: View to see the list, and Inspections: Edit to start an inspection from it.
• At least one active template must exist. See Create inspection templates.

#Open the list

1. In the sidebar, open Assets > Inspections.
2. Open the Due tab.
3. Click a column heading to sort by it.
4. Click Start on a row to open New Inspection with that machine and template already chosen.

When nothing is due, the tab says "All clear: inspections are up to date".

Inspections that fall due also appear on the Due for Service tab of the Work Orders page, where they can be planned on a date. See Due for Service, Calendar and Workload.

#What the columns mean

The list is sorted with overdue machines first, the longest overdue at the top.

#How the due date is worked out

A machine that is neither overdue nor due soon is not listed.

#Never inspected is not overdue

A machine with no completed inspection is not overdue on the day you register it. Its first cycle is counted from a starting point:

• Calendar templates: from the machine's arrival date, or its mobilization date, or the day it was registered, whichever is known first in that order.
• Meter templates: from zero on the meter. A machine at 180 hours on a 250-hour template is not yet due.

A machine that has genuinely run past its first interval without an inspection still shows as Overdue, with Never inspected in the Last Inspected column.

#Rules worth knowing

• Only completed inspections count. A draft does not restart the cycle. Complete the inspection to take the machine off the list.
• Templates match by equipment type. A template for "Excavator" applies only to machines of that type. A template with no equipment type applies to every machine.
• Machines off site are left out. Machines that are transferred, demobilized or disposed of never appear.
• Meter templates need a reading. A machine with no current meter reading cannot be measured, so it never appears for a meter template. Record its readings on Daily Meter Entry or the machine's Meter Readings tab.
• Meter templates use the main meter. On a machine with both an hourmeter and an odometer, the hourmeter is the one counted, and the reading recorded on the inspection is the starting point for the next cycle.
• Inactive templates schedule nothing. Deactivating a template removes it from this list straight away.

#Troubleshooting