Using the Manage Inspections window

The Manage Inspections window on the GainSeeker Inspections window serves as your springboard for designing a new inspection or performing other actions for existing inspections. You can run these inspections on a:

You can also publish an inspection to both device types.

 

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The Manage Inspections window

Accessing the Manage Inspections window

The Manage Inspections window can be accessed from the GainSeeker Inspections module. See Opening the GainSeeker Inspections module

Publishing and verifying publication of an inspection

You can use the Publish... button to publish an inspection, verify whether an inspection is published, or to remove it from use. An inspection you create using the Inspection Editor must be "published" (not just saved) before it can be used to run an inspection. Publishing is a quick and simple process.

Testing and Debugging an inspection

You can use the Run button on the Manage Inspections window to run an inspection directly from the GainSeeker Inspections module. This can be useful for testing how an inspection that you are designing will perform during the actual inspection process. Optionally - if your inspection includes Python formulas, you can use the Debug check box to run those formulas in the Python Debugger.

To run an inspection from the Mange Inspections window, select that inspection and then click Run. If you have saved changes to that inspection after it was last published, GainSeeker will give you the option to run the earlier published version or to publish your saved changes and run the latest version of the inspection.

Creating a new inspection

Before creating a new inspection there are a few tasks you must perform. For more information, see Prerequisites to creating an Inspection

To create a new inspection:

Editing an inspection

Use the Edit... button to open an inspection you want to edit. You can make changes to the inspection using the Inspection Editor and then perform various actions for the inspection using right-click menu such as saving and publishing changes. You can publish it now or later.

Copying a published inspection

To copy a published inspection:

  1. Click the name of the original inspection in the Manage Inspections window list of available inspections. Then, click the Copy... button.

  2. Provide a name for the copy. The name of the copy will display in the list of available inspections.

Copies of published inspections are not published until you take that action. For more information, see Publishing your Inspection

Importing a copy of an inspection

Use the Import... button to import a copy of an inspection to your system from a file you specify. The imported inspection must have been created using the Inspection Editor.

When you import an Inspection that uses Device Profiles or Python Scripts, these items will also be imported. If another Device Profile or Python Design with that name already exists, GainSeeker will back up the original Device Profile or Python Design and import the new one.

Exporting a copy of an inspection

Use the Export... button to export a copy of an inspection to a file.

If your inspection uses Device Profiles or Python Scripts, they will also be contained in the export file.

Using the "Show locked..." inspections button

The Show locked... button is used to determine if any inspections are locked to prohibit editing. An informational window will state that:

You may want to lock an inspection after you create it...

False, the default setting of the Locked property for the inspection allows anyone to edit the inspection in the Inspection Editor. True locks the inspection so that only those users whose Roles are set to edit locked items can edit an inspection.

Limit the Inspection to specific Users

Use the Assign... button to designate which users and groups have access to a particular published inspection.

Tip: To assign many Inspections to one user, launch the GainSeeker Utility module and click Assigned Inspections.

Deleting an inspection

To delete a published inspection from your system: