# Start here: Viewer

Read quality records and distinguish completion from release.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/manuals/checkstation/viewer

Review edition: 25 October 2026

Roles: viewer

As Viewer, read permitted inspection records without changing observations or quality decisions. Begin with an exact unit code or attempt identity and the purpose of the review.

## Read three separate states

Open Records and find the unit's retained history. Check its source namespace, code, source revision, plan release and attempt number. Completion says whether the inspection record is finished. Result says whether its checks conform. Disposition says what quality decision currently applies.

A completed nonconforming inspection is still held. A conforming result can remain unreleased while supervision or a hold is outstanding. An earlier release may later be revoked. Never treat a historic PDF or a completed badge alone as current release permission.

## Inspect the evidence sequence

Read all readings, corrected entries, evidence decisions, holds and saved result versions. A transcription correction preserves the original value. A full retest has a separate successor attempt and its own complete set of readings.

Where permitted, download result JSON or PDF and retained inspection evidence. Keep the unit, attempt, result version and generation time with the file. The current-record view helps establish later changes; an older result remains a historical snapshot.

Instrument references show reviewed method, unit, range, validity and retained qualification evidence. Do not infer that a typed instrument code alone proves suitability.

## Escalate the right question

Give the Supervisor the exact unit, attempt, result and concern when the physical or reported outcome disagrees. Viewer authority cannot approve a correction, resolve a hold, retest or release a unit. Owner authority separately controls complete archives.

Use [history and reports](/manuals/checkstation/history-and-reports) and [Accounts access problems](/manuals/accounts/access-problems). A search shows bounded permitted matches, not a completeness guarantee about every unit.