Collecting data

To collect measurements, select an MSA record and click on the button on the toolbar.

Fill in the following fields on the data screen that will be displayed:

Date: Enter the date of the data collection.

Time: Enter the time of the data collection.

Test location: Enter the location of the data collection.

In the Environmental conditions section, at the bottom of the screen, enter the following fields:

▪Temperature: Enter the average temperature at the time of data collection.

▪Pressure: Enter the average environment pressure at the time of data collection.

▪Relative Humidity: Enter the average relative humidity at the time of data collection.

The other fields on the sample data screen are related to the SAMPLING SPREADSHEET.

In the sampling spreadsheet fields, enter the values obtained from the item (part) measurements. This process can be performed in the following ways:

▪Manually: The values shall be manually added to the columns of the sampling spreadsheet.

▪Copy/Paste: The values can be copied/pasted from/to an Excel spreadsheet. To do that, use the following buttons:

	Click on this button to copy the values entered in the spreadsheet from the Sample column. From this moment on, use the CTRL + V keys on the keyboard to paste values into the Excel spreadsheet.
	Click on this button to paste the values copied from an Excel spreadsheet into the Sample column spreadsheet. To copy the values from the Excel spreadsheet, select the desired cells and press the CTRL + C keys on the keyboard.

Save the collected values to close this step. At this point, the system requests confirmation of the user who collected the values:

If an approval route was defined in the MSA planning, the record will continue to the MSA approval step. Otherwise, MSA will be finished.