QA: Areas
Overview
The QA: Areas screen can be accessed from the Quality Assurance Menu.
QA Areas are used to categorize, group, and report on Items.
When creating a new Area, the default Area Type and associated Quality Objective from the Area Type add/edit list defaults to this screen. However, it can be modified.
Areas can be added directly to the Checkpoint Templates tree or they can be a subset of a Section. Items are then added to an Area.
Key Functionality
The QA Areas screen does not have its own Security Group.
It is part of the QA ALL Security Group.
This screen has the Read-Only Feature. For more information see Learning about Read-Only Security.
Tip: For more information see Security Groups Overview and Security Groups By Module.
Click the Advanced filter button to create or edit a filter for finding and/or sorting specific records. You can also select a Saved filter. Click the Apply Filter/Sort button to apply any filter or sort criteria you created. Click the Remove Filter/Sort button to remove a filter or sort, if one is currently applied. For more information see Advanced Filtering.
You can rollover (copy) an existing Area by using the Rollover button from the toolbar.
The Rollover button on the toolbar is available if you are on a current Area record. You can rollover (copy) from one Area record to another.
For more information on see Rollover Functionality.
Use the Lookup list to select an existing Area record.
Hover over the Change Information icon to see User Added, Date Added, User Changed and Date Changed information. WinTeam records the logon name of the user entering or changing this record. The Date Added is the original date this record was entered into the system. The Date Changed is the date the record was last changed. Right-click on the Change Info icon to filter for records added or changed by a specific user or date.
When you hover over the User Changed or Date Changed filters, you can:
- Filter By Selection - Filters for all records that match your current records field value.
- Filter by Exclusion - Excludes from your filter all records that match your current records field value.
- Filter For - Filters based on the text/value you enter.
- Sort Ascending - If you already have a filter applied, the Sort Ascending command is available. Also used to include all records in the filter and sort in ascending order based on the current records field value.
- Sort Descending - If you already have a filter applied, the Sort Descending command is available. Also used to include all records in the filter and sort in descending order based on the current records field value.
Use this field to enter a unique name for the record. After a new record is created, WinTeam displays this Description with the corresponding ID number in the Add/Edit list.
Select this check box to make the selected record active. Clear the check box to make the record inactive.
Note: When creating a new Area, the Active check box is selected by default.
Select the Area Type to associate with the Area.
On a new record, the Type will populate if an Area Type was selected as a default on the Area Types add/edit list. However, it can be modified.
Enter a percentage of quality that must be met in order to be deemed acceptable for the Area.
Acceptable percentages are from 0 to 100.
If a default was selected on the Area Types add/edit list, the associated Quality Objective populates here when creating a new Area. However, it can be modified.
Select the Weight of the Area from 1x – 10x. The Default weight is 1x.
Weighting allows evaluators to indicate how important this Area is to others.
Since some criteria may be more important than others, you need to include that relative importance into your decision making process. To do this, assign a weight to each Area. The larger the weight, the more important the weight.
Example: The freight elevator may not be as important as the public elevator. Therefore, you would assign a higher weight to the public elevator.