Review and reports

Make a laboratory test report

Make a test report in GeotechOS Lab from approved results. Pick the results, preview the PDF, and submit the report for approval.

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A report holds approved results. You make it, a second person approves it, and then it is issued.

Make the report

  1. Click Reports › New report.
  2. In Title, keep Material Test Report or type another title.
  3. Change the notes if you need. The notes are printed on the report.
  4. Turn on Endorsed (NATA) if the report is to carry your accreditation. Only results within your accreditation scope can be endorsed.
  5. Select the results to report. They are grouped by project.
  6. Click Compose. Lab makes the report as a Draft, with its number, for example G-0001-1.

New report with the Material Test Report title, the notes and one moisture content result picked

Report numbers

The first report on a project takes the project number and the next number in sequence, for example G-0001-1. A later report on the same job takes the next letter, for example G-0001-1A.

Preview the report

Click Preview the PDF. Lab shows the report marked PREVIEW · NOT ISSUED.

Check the project, the job, the sample number, where and when the sample was taken, the material and each result.

Submit for approval

Click Submit for approval. The report shows Awaiting approval.

Note: You cannot approve a report that you made. Lab shows Waiting for an approver until someone else approves it.