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Start inspections from issues

Learn how to start inspections from issues via the web app and the mobile app.

Why start inspections from issues?

Reporting issues shows clear steps on what needs to be done while conducting inspections allows your team to gather data. With SafetyCulture, you can start inspections from issues to streamline follow-up steps and link relevant documentation, allowing you and your team to resolve issues as quickly as possible.

If you have the "Issues: Settings" permission, you can pre-select up to 25 templates to link to an issue category on the web app. Anyone who then reports an issue related to that category can easily start an inspection using any of the templates you've chosen.

Start an inspection from an issue

  1. Log in to the web app.

  2. Select Issues iconIssues from the menu on the left-hand side.

  3. Report an issue or select an existing one.

  4. You can start an inspection in any of the following ways:

    • On the top-right corner, click Plus iconAdd, then click File iconStart inspection.

    • In Overview, scroll down to Linked templates, and click image on the upper-right corner or Plus iconAdd inspection.

  5. In the pop-up window, click the dropdown menu and select a linked template or search for one that you want to use.

  6. Click Start inspection and go through the inspection accordingly.

  1. Open the mobile app.

  2. Tap Issues iconIssues at the bottom of your screen. If you see Training iconTraining at the bottom of your screen, tap Assets gallery view iconMore and select Issues iconIssues.

  3. Report an issue or tap an existing one.

  4. In Overview, tap image at the lower-right corner of your screen.

  5. Select Start inspection.

  6. Select a linked template or search for one you want to use and go through the inspection accordingly.

Inspections started from issues are only visible to assignees and users with access to the relevant inspections.

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