Inspection Method

Inspection Method records represent the method that will be used to inspect a subcomponent of a piece of equipment that is represented by a linked Inspection Profile record. The following table provides an alphabetical list and description of the fields that exist in the Inspection Method family. All fields in the Inspection Method family, appear on the Inspection Method datasheet by default.

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Field	Data Type	Description	Behavior and Usage
Category	Character	The method that should be used to inspect the subcomponent that is represented by an Inspection Profile record to which the Inspection Method record is linked.	This field appears as a list that contains the System Code IDs and Descriptions in the MI INSPECTION METHOD CATEGORY (Inspection Method Category) System Code Table. The Method Configuration setting determines how this field will be populated. You can modify the value in this field using the datasheet.
Description	Character	A description of the Inspection Method.	You can specify a value for this field using the datasheet.
ID	Character	The ID of the Inspection Method.	This field is populated automatically based on the value in the Category field. You can modify the value in the ID field using the datasheet.
RBI Degradation Mechanism	Character	The Potential Degradation Mechanisms record that is associated with the Inspection Method record.	This field appears as a list that contains the Record IDs of all Potential Degradation Mechanisms records that are linked to the Criticality Calculator RBI Components record that is associated with the Inspection Profile record to which the Inspection Method record is linked. You can specify a value for this field using the datasheet.