# Look up a result and read its status

Scan a result reference and read the permitted current status and parts.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/factoryspec/guides/result-lookup

Audience: Operator

This lesson uses a fictional frame and a person with only the operator role. No result here is approved for real manufacture.

## Look up a result and read its status

1. **Scan the result code**

   Scan the result code.

   Scan the code printed on the result. Read its current status before using any details.

2. **Read the current result status**

   Read the current result status.

   This result is available for checking and learning. It is not permission to make a real item.

3. **Read the parts for this unit**

   Read the parts for this unit.

   The list belongs to this one configured unit. This training result is for checking and learning, not making real items.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/factoryspec/demo?guide=result-lookup&chapter=practice)

Check the current record and your own authority before working with real data. An evaluation result never authorises manufacture.