Inspections Search Window

There are two distinct ways to search for and retrieve inspection entries with COMPAS. You can query on:

Attributes are pieces of information about the document given when the document is entered into COMPAS such as the author, title, date entered, size, status, etc.

Specify the Item, Relation, and Value you want to search for:

The Item window shows the fields that you use to query for a set of inspections. If you leave the Value field blank, you will retrieve document entries for every possible value of that Item field. Conversely, entering values for any of the document Item fields will restrict the search to those values. Following are definitions of the fields in this window:

COMPAS ID :
The unique COMPAS ID assigned to the document or code inspected. For example, typing "1000" retrieves the document entry for COMPAS ID 1000.

Moderator:
The name of the person who moderates the inspection meeting. For example, typing "barnard" retrieves all inspection entries whose moderator has the case insensitive string "barnard" anywhere in their name.

Reader:
The name of the person who leads the inspection. For example, typing "barnard" retrieves all inspections whose leader has the case insensitive string "barnard" anywhere in their name.

Recorder:
The name of the person who records faults at the inspection. For example, typing "barnard" retrieves all inspections whose recorder has the case insensitive string "barnard" anywhere in their name.

Disposition:
The disposition of the inspection. For example, searching for the Value of "rework" in this field retrieves all inspection entries whose disposition required further rework. Select from the four choices of Values for this field: notacpt, passed, reinsp, and rework. You may use the NOT operator with this field (i.e., !=reinsp) to retrieve all entries that do not have a certain disposition.

Type:
The type of the inspection. For example, typing "reinsp" in this field retrieves all reinspections. Select from the Value menu of choices for this field: first, full, final, reinsp, rework, followup, individ. You may use the NOT operator with this field (i.e., is not equal to "reinsp") to retrieve all entries that are not a certain inspection type.

Status:
The status of the inspection. For example, searching for the Value of "complete" retrieves all inspection entries that correspond to completed inspections. Value choices for this fields are: created and complete.

Pre Test:
The amount of testing done on the material to be inspected prior to the inspection. This field is most meaningful for code. Searching for "minimal" in this field retrieves all inspections where minimal pretesting was done. You may use the NOT operator with this field (i.e., is not equal to "none") to retrieve all entries that have not been pretested a specified amount. Value choices for this field are: no, yes, none, minimal, extensiv, and complete.

FirstMtg:
The date of the first inspection meeting, in the form mm/dd/yy. You may also use operators with the date. For example,searching for "is greater than" "03/31/96" retrieves all inspection entries whose first meeting was after March 31, 1996.

Insp Num:
The sequence number of the inspection. You may use operators with the inspection number. For example, typing ">1" retrieves all inspection entries that correspond to re-inspections.

Comment:
Any part of the free-form comment for the inspection. All inspections with that pattern in the comment field (both upper and lower case) will be retrieved. For example, searching for "delayed" retrieves all inspection entries with the pattern "delayed" in the comment field.

Insp Size:
The size of the document that was inspected. You may also use operators with the size. For example, typing ">100" retrieves all inspection entries whose inspection material was more than 100 pages of text or 100 NCSL.

System:
The name of the system or project for the document or code inspected. For example, specifying the Value "sys85" in this field retrieves all document/code entries that have been created for System 85. Select from the Value Menu of choices for this field. You may use the NOT operator with this field (i.e., "is not equal to" "sys85") to retrieve all entries that are not a particular system.

Release:
The project release for the document/code. For example, searching for "is equal to" "R2V5" in the field retrieves all document/code entries whose project release is "R2V5". This field is often used in combination with the System field. Select from the Value Menu of choices for this field. You may use the NOT operator with this field (i.e., "is not equal to" "R2V5") to retrieve all entries that are not a particular release.

Subsys:
The name of the project subsystem for the document/code. For example, searching for "switch" in the subsys field retrieves all document/code entries whose project subsystem is "switch." This field is often used in combination with the System and Release fields. Select from the Value Menu of choices for this field. You may use the NOT operator with this field (i.e., "is not equal to" "switch") to retrieve all entries that are not a particular subsystem.

Enter values for as many fields as you like; COMPAS retrieves all inspection entries that match the field values that you specify. The quickest query is one using only the COMPAS ID field.

Once you have entered values for the complete query, either press "return" or select the OK button. COMPAS will retrieve all inspection entries specified by the query and display them back in a new window. If only one inspection entry is retrieved, the detail for than entry will be displayed.

Follow this link for instructions regarding the Inspections List window.