Inspection Management

Inspection Management is the heart of VIMS. It is where inspections are created, carried out, reviewed, and closed — and where the observations raised during them are tracked to completion.

Open the Inspection Management group in the sidebar to reach its pages:

Page	What it is for
Inspections	The main list of inspections. Create new inspections, open existing ones, filter, and export.
Calendar	The same inspections shown on a month/week calendar.
Planning	A planning view of vessels and their upcoming inspection due dates.
Observations	A list of observations across all inspections, with its own filters.
Task Scheduler	Schedule and track inspection-related tasks, in a list or on a calendar.

How the pieces fit together

• An inspection is created for a vessel, based on an inspection model (the question template).
• While carrying out the inspection you record observations against the model's items.
• The inspection moves through its lifecycle — Draft → Under Review → Reviewed → Closed — and cannot be closed while it still has open observations.
• Each observation is tracked from Open to Closed, with a risk rating and follow-up comments.

If you are new to these terms, see the Overview.