Working with Inspection Dependencies

Agency staff can view and update inspection dependencies for permits on the Inspections page in the permit details. The dependencies diagram displays the required inspection types for the permit as well as inspections that have prerequisites.

Agency setup is required to establish the default inspection dependencies for a permit type and between linked permits. The default inspection dependencies within a permit come from the Inspection Group setup for the permit type. The global Inspection Dependencies setup page enables agencies to configure default inspection prerequisites that apply across all of an agency's inspection types. For more information about setting up dependencies, see Setting Up Inspection Dependencies and Setting Up Inspection Groups.

When a permit is linked to other permits, and the permit is canceled, withdrawn, denied, or unlinked from the other permits, the inspection dependencies between the permits no longer apply. Agency staff, applicants, and contacts with permit access can click the View Subapplications link on the Inspections page in the permit details to manage linked permits. See Working with Linked Permits.

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Agency staff can override dependencies when scheduling an inspection. For more information, see Requesting and Scheduling Inspections.

Here's how agency staff can work with the inspection dependencies in the permit details on the drawers to Update Dependencies View Dependencies:

Updating Inspection Dependencies for a Permit

On the Inspections page for a permit, click the Update Dependencies button.

The Update Dependencies drawer lists all of the inspection types associated with the permit and linked applications, if any, including whether the inspection type is required or final. If the inspection type was set up as a final inspection in an inspection group, it's required.

This is the information available for each inspection type available to select as a prerequisite inspection type.

Page Element	Description
Application and Application Type	Displays the application number and permit type associated with the inspection type.
Description	Displays the description of the permit.
Inspection Type	Displays the inspection type for which you can update the prerequisite inspections.
Required	Indicates whether the inspection type was set up to be required. Agency staff can change this setting when scheduling inspections, except for final inspections.

Here's how to make updates to add or remove dependencies:

Expand the row for an inspection type in the inspection group.
Select or deselect the checkbox for an inspection type in the list to add or remove prerequisite inspections.

The default prerequisite inspection types defined by the agency are selected until you deselect the checkbox for the inspection type.
Click Save.

Viewing Inspection Dependencies

On the Inspections page for a permit or on the Update Dependencies drawer, click the View Dependencies button.

The Dependencies drawer displays a graphical representation of the inspections that have prerequisites as well as required inspection types for a permit. You can search by application name, application ID, or inspection name.

Let's take look at the information that the dependencies diagram provides:

Prerequisite inspections for primary and linked permits appear to the left of the next inspections. The sequence ends on the right with the final inspection.

Agency staff can override warnings to complete prerequisite inspections before scheduling the next inspections.
Any inspection marked as required in the inspection group appears with an arrow pointing to the inspection group's final inspection.

All required inspections must be complete before a final inspection can be created, without exception. There isn't any sequence enforced as there is for prerequisite inspections.
The node for each prerequisite or required inspection type includes the inspection type, application number, and permit type. An inspection status appears if the inspection has been created as well as Prerequisite and Required notation.
The nodes may appear in different colors depending on the stage in the process of completing the inspections for an application. Some colors indicate inspection status – for example, white is requested or no inspection yet and blue is scheduled. Other colors indicate the inspection result, such as green for passed or corrected and red for failed.