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View inspection history
Learn what inspection history is, how to view it via the web app, and its limitations so you can monitor changes made to an inspection.What is an inspection history?
Inspection history records all the changes that users make to an inspection. It gives teams full visibility into how an inspection updates over time by making it clear who changed what and when.
For example, if a user updates or adds a response, that change appears in the history along with the user's name, what changed, and the exact time it occurred. You can also download the inspection history when needed for audit and compliance. This makes it easy to trace changes, review what happened during an inspection, and maintain accountability.
What you'll need
The "Inspection started by" field automatically populates with the name of the inspection author. This is the user who last edited the inspection.
View an inspection history
Select
Inspections in the sidebar or select it in 
More.Click
on the right-hand side of the inspection and select 
View history.
On this page, you can view a list of changes from the latest edit at the top to the start of the inspection at the bottom. Hover over a relative time label to see the exact date and time a change was synced.
You can download up to seven years of inspection history as a CSV file.
The map view allows you to review where each inspection response has been answered on a map.
Limitations
The inspection history is stored for 12 months up to 7 years. Any records older than 7 years are permanently deleted and will no longer be available.
An inspection history does not include actions created in inspections and responses to questions using the "Annotation", "Asset", or "Site" response types.
The inspection history will show both the date and time, even if only one was selected in a question with a date and time or inspection date response type.
Frequently asked questions
Inspection history older than seven years will be stored for an additional six months. After that, it will be permanently deleted. Make sure to download your inspection history within that time.
Inspection history is only available on Premium Plan or Enterprise Plan. If you upgrade your plan, the changes made to your inspections will be recorded from that point on. Any history before your upgrade won't be available.
Inspection history is no longer recorded when you downgrade to the Free Plan. If your account remains on the Free Plan after 60 days, your existing inspection history will be permanently deleted.
On the web app, when you select just a date, the inspection history will display 00:00 or 12:00 AM, depending on the time format you set in your profile. The system assigns this default time for date and time responses whenever only a date is provided.
On the mobile app, when you select just a date, the inspection history will display the actual time you enter your response. The system assigns this actual time for date and time responses whenever only a date is provided.
When you select only a time during inspection, the inspection history also adds the date you entered the response. This happens because the inspection history always shows both the date and the time for date and time responses.
When you edit an auto-populated response in an inspection, the inspection history will show the same details as the inspection date response, and will always include both the date and time, regardless of the platform used to conduct or edit the inspection.
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