TOPIC: Selection vs Defect

Please explain-defect panel and selection panel.

Damage panel is meant for observations which is why it has the red/black buttons so you can choose whether a comment belongs in the summary or not.

Selection panel is for materials, manufactures and other facts like # of smoke detectors or water pressure.

When you have a damage panel and a selection panel on the same tab (i.e. Wall Material Type/Wall Condition) the damage panel determines the name that shows up on the report.

If you have a selection panel by itself, or two of them on one tab they each get their own name (useful for areas like the Property Description page where you list a bunch of facts).

When you click on Edit Comments you'll see Description Text on the left which allows you to put the word Materials: or something to the left of the narratives as well

You can only add photos to a damage panel.

I guess I am stuck on how to choose which format, for example, 1 damage panel 1 selection panel, or 1 damage panel, 2 selection panels and so on. Why not have it so we can choose as many of each as we want.

I would like to set my up so I can choose for example. In the selection panel I would click "Electrical panel" then click in another panel "missing bond" then click in another panel "this is a safety and shock issue" then in another panel click "this should be corrected by a qualified electrician." Then when I generate the report it would put those elements together in a sentence like this "The Electrical panel is missing the bond, this is a safety and shock issue, this should be corrected by a qualified electrician".

It may already be able to do that, but to me there are not enough panels. I would think maybe a panel for each element. One for the item being inspected, one for the defect, one for why it is a defect or what my opinion is of the defect, and one for what should be done about it. 4 panels at least is what I am thinking. Or the problem may be that I just do not know how to use the program properly. But do you understand what I am saying?

What you're talking about has nothing to do with panels. Each panel contains all the narratives. Each row is a single narrative. We're adding in drop down boxes which you'll be able to add into a narrative and achieve what you want.

OK, then if you choose 2 items in a selection panel, say the house had wood and vinyl siding. Then you choose loose at structure and missing in areas in the damage panel, how does it know which defect goes with which item?

The selection panel lists the materials like you just described. The damage panel describes the defects. That's what the report says Materials: Wood, Vinyl (the separate could be a bullet, new line, comma, etc). If you want to be specific with the damage panel comment you would need to say the Wood siding is loose on the south side of the home. In our next version you'd have a drop down box you'd add for <<Directions>> and click the drop down to choose the direction. You could do the same for the material type too. In most cases though you only have one material type and you don't need to be that descriptive again in the damage panel. Look at some of the report guys have uploaded in the template section (look at the PDF's) so that you understand what the final product should look like.