Describe a LotTrail investigation trigger in plain English

Type an investigation trigger in plain English, answer the AI's question about the missing details, inspect the complete proposed rule and save it deliberately as a draft.

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Type an investigation trigger in plain English, answer the AI's question about the missing details, inspect the complete proposed rule and save it deliberately as a draft.

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Plain English to a checked draft

  1. Load the current LotTrail policy

    Load the current LotTrail policy

    Load the workshop investigation policy from LotTrail. Its expected results already expect a forward investigation when rework is admitted, but no rule starts one yet.

  2. Choose Add investigation selection

    Choose Add investigation selection

    Choose Add investigation selection, so the proposal covers both when the rule applies and which investigation it runs.

  3. Type the requirement in plain English

    Type the requirement in plain English

    Type the requirement as the team wrote it: when a rework change is admitted for the approved source, run the bounded forward investigation for its input lot.

  4. Ask for a proposal

    Ask for a proposal

    Ask for a proposal. The AI replies with a question instead of guessing: which source is approved, what the rule is called and its precedence. It also says the forward investigation always starts from lot MAT-0001.

  5. Add the details the AI asked for

    Add the details the AI asked for

    Keep the requirement and answer the question: the approved source is brighouse-job-records, the input lot is MAT-0001, so run physical-forward, and call the rule rework-forward with precedence 10.

  6. Ask for the complete proposal

    Ask for the complete proposal

    Ask again. The AI now returns a complete investigation rule. Nothing is saved until you choose to save it.

  7. Read the restatement of the rule

    Read the restatement of the rule

    Read the restatement. When the trigger includes rework and the source instance ID is brighouse-job-records, LotTrail adds this investigation selection rule.

  8. Inspect the proposed condition

    Inspect the proposed condition

    Open the condition in the same controls LotTrail uses: all conditions must match, the trigger includes rework and the source instance ID is brighouse-job-records.

  9. Check the rule identifier and precedence

    Check the rule identifier and precedence

    Check what will be saved: rule identifier rework-forward, precedence 10. Rules are checked in precedence order, lowest first.

  10. Check the investigation it runs

    Check the investigation it runs

    Check the approved investigation query it runs: physical-forward, the forward investigation from lot MAT-0001. It reads evidence only and changes no records.

  11. Confirm you checked the whole proposal

    Confirm you checked the whole proposal

    Confirm that you checked the condition and every value. LotTrail still validates the whole policy when it saves.

  12. Save the proposal as a draft

    Save the proposal as a draft

    Save the proposal as a draft. The policy moves to revision 2. Saving does not approve, release or run the rule: freezing it with its expected results, the proof and an independent review come next.

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Only a draft was saved. Freezing it with its expected results, the native proof and an independent review come next.

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