After you define the Inspection Profile for an Equipment record, when you create an Inspection Task to use for inspecting the equipment, you can define the scope of that individual inspection event by selecting which subcomponents (Inspection Profiles) and methods (Inspection Methods) you want to include in the inspection. In other words, after an Inspection Profile exists for an Equipment record, you can pick and choose which parts of the profile you want to include in each future inspection of the equipment.
If the Event Configuration is set up correctly, when you create an Inspection that is linked to an Equipment record, General Findings will be created automatically according to the Inspection Scope for the Equipment record.
Additionally, if the Application Configuration is set up correctly, Inspection Profiles will be created automatically for Equipment records that are not yet linked to Inspection Profiles.
Note: You do not need to define Inspection Profiles if you plan to create records only in the Inspection families whose captions contains the word Checklist. The process for recording subcomponent findings for these families does not rely on Inspection Profiles or Inspection Methods.