# Correct a mistaken fitting record

Separate a wrong destination from a use entry that never physically happened. Retain both original entries and corrections.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/reclaimbench/guides/correct-mistaken-entry

Audience: Operator

Separate a wrong destination from a use entry that never physically happened. Retain both original entries and corrections.

## Retain a correction without inventing physical work

1. **Choose a correction for a mistaken entry**

   Choose a correction for a mistaken entry.

2. **Correct where the part is still fitted**

   Correct where the part is still fitted.

   If the part is fitted and only the unit was entered wrongly, correct the destination without inventing another fitting.

3. **Choose the actual fitted unit**

   Choose the actual fitted unit.

4. **Explain the destination correction**

   Explain the destination correction.

5. **Confirm the actual fitted unit**

   Confirm the actual fitted unit.

6. **Review the destination correction**

   Review the destination correction.

7. **Keep the corrected destination and earlier entry**

   Keep the corrected destination and earlier entry.

8. **Correct a use entry that never happened**

   Correct a use entry that never happened.

   Use this different correction only after finding that the recorded fitting never physically happened.

9. **Choose the bin where the part is physically present**

   Choose the bin where the part is physically present.

10. **Explain the mistaken use entry**

   Explain the mistaken use entry.

11. **Confirm the use never happened**

   Confirm the use never happened.

12. **Review the mistaken use correction**

   Review the mistaken use correction.

13. **Keep the original entry and its correction**

   Keep the original entry and its correction.

   The part returns to hold without inventing a physical removal. Its old passed check is not restored.

14. **Read the retained history**

   Read the retained history.

   The earlier fitting, destination correction and mistaken-use correction all remain visible.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/reclaimbench/demo?guide=correct-mistaken-entry&chapter=correct-entry)