Configuring COA Attribute Test Result Variants (QMS)

After defining the global Characteristics and Materials, you must create Attribute Test Result Variants to define various alternate terms for qualitative test results to improve the accuracy of field value ingestion for COA inspections. Users can view the matched text from relevant COA files that determined the verdict of each Inspection Sample Test Result.

About Attribute Test Result Variants

COA Attribute Test Result Variants informs Vault that there are similar terms used to describe attributes and verdicts for different languages, materials, suppliers, and supplier manufacturing sites. Matching the variants to specific verdicts helps to generate test results more accurately for each inspection plan requirement.

The Attribute Test Result Variant object has two (2) object types:

• Attribute Variant: Stores information about test result attribute variations that can define a specification for a specified Characteristic and Material.
• Verdict Variant: Stores information about test result verdict variations.

When users run the Analyze COA action, Vault updates the applicable Inspection Sample Test Result record fields in the following ways:

• If a matching Attribute Test Result Variant exists, Vault updates the Observed Attribute Result field with the relevant value found from the COA file.
• If the Verdict value of the matching Attribute Test Result Variant is “Pass”, Vault updates the Attribute Verdict field to “Pass”.
• If the Verdict value of the matching Attribute Test Result Variant is “Fail”, Vault updates the Attribute Verdict field to “Fail” and updates the Failure Reason field to “Failed Due to Verdict”.
• If no defined Variant Text of Attribute Test Result Variants matches the value in the COA file, Vault updates the Attribute Verdict field to “Fail” and the Failure Reason field to “Not Found”.

Variant Matching Rules

There are four (4) variant matching rules you can use to define the logic Vault uses to interpret data when creating an Attribute Test Result Variant:

• Exact Match: Used to map an exact value of a defined variant. Exact Match values are not case-sensitive.
• Contains: Used to map to a defined variant that comprises specific values.
• Starts With: Used to map to a defined variant that begins with specific values.
• Ends With: Used to map to a defined variant that concludes with specific values.

Matching Rule Prioritization

If Vault matches Attribute Test Result Variants to data found in the COA file, Vault prioritizes the variants in the following ways:

• Object type:
  1. Verdict Variants
  2. Attribute Variants
• Record fields:
  1. Supplier Manufacturing Site
  2. Supplier
  3. Material
  4. Characteristic
  5. Language

If your Vault uses both Attribute Test Result Variants and Acceptable Attributes to match field values in COA files, Vault prioritizes Attribute Test Result Variants over Acceptable Attributes.

Defining Attribute Test Result Variants

You must create Attribute Test Result Variants to define the attribute and verdict variants. For example, you can create an Attribute Variant type that defines “white powder” as a variant for the “white fine crystalline powder” text found for a particular match of Characteristic, Material, and Supplier Name extracted from certain COA files and a Verdict Variant type that defines “Conforms” as a variant for the “Pass” text found for a particular match of Material and Supplier Manufacturing Site Name extracted from another set of COA files. You can create multiple Attribute Variants with different variations of Characteristics, Materials, Supplier Names, and Supplier Manufacturing Site Names for matching against the extracted data from COA files.

To define an Attribute Test Result Variant:

1. Navigate to Business Admin > Objects > Attribute Test Result Variants.
2. Click Create.
3. Select a variant type and click Continue.
4. Enter the Variant Text.
5. Select a Verdict.
6. For Attribute Variant types, you can select values for the following fields:
   1. Optional: Select a Characteristic.
   2. Optional: Select a Material.
   3. Optional: Select a Supplier Name.
   4. Optional: Select a Supplier Manufacturing Site Name.
7. Optional: Select a Language.
8. Select a Variant Type to specify the matching rule.
9. Click Save. To create another Attribute Test Result Variant of the same type, click Save + Create.

About Acceptable Attribute

Depending on your Vault’s configuration, you can configure both Attribute Test Result Variants and Acceptable Attributes to match field values in COA files. If you decide to use only Attribute Test Result Variants, the following acceptable attribute objects will be disabled in your Vault:

• Acceptable Attribute
• Item Specification Acceptable Attribute
• Localized Acceptable Attribute
• Specification Acceptable Attribute