If you want the inspector to select from a pre-defined set of choices, you can define the checkpoint as a Multiple choice. You can see an example of what this looks like in the app:

The multiple-choice can be defined in the checklist editor by selecting it in the drop-down menu:

Subsequently, you can add the choices by clicking the + button. For each choice, you can select a Color, Score (see below), and if selecting the choice should lead the checkpoint to be marked as Failed. 

Failed status

The Failed option can be used if one option should lead the entire checkpoint to be considered failed and show up in the report summary, just as the Checked - Not OK status will do for a Standard checkpoint. One example could be if you have a checkpoint called "Ease of assembly", and you have four options like below:

If the product is Very easy or Medium easy to assemble, it will be OK. But if it is difficult or impossible, it should be highlighted in the report, in this case also with a red color. 

Also note that the Show status buttons option has been ticked off so that the inspector does not need to provide an additional "OK / Not OK" status since the status is already given with the options listed.

Scores

-- This section only applies to Audit checklists. --

You can attach a score to each choice, which will be summed in the report for each header. 

The score calculation works like this: 

• When setting up the checklist, you assign a score to each option. 
• While performing the audit, the user will select an option, and Qarma will record the score for this option
• In the report, the scores are calculated
  • For each section in the report, all the achieved scores for each checkpoint in the section are summed and divided with all the sum of all maximum scores that could have been achieved. This will then result in a score % for each section.
  • For the overall score, all scores from all checkpoints are summed and divided by the sum of all maximum scores for all checkpoints. This will then result in a % score for the whole report.
    

Weights

If you want some questions to have a higher weight in the score calculation, you can multiple all the scores for this checkpoint. And example is shown below:

Answers do not need to be aligned across all checkpoints. It is possible to have some questions with Yes/No answers and others which have a scale like the example above. 

Not applicable

If you want to introduce a "Not applicable" option it is important to leave the score field blank. When summarizing the maximum scores for the checkpoints, any blank scoring checkpoints will be ignored. This means the calculation of the summary score will be done as if this checkpoint never existed. 

This can be useful for example in factory audits, if you have checkpoints concerning certain production processes that may or may not be carried out in all factories. By allowing Not applicable answers, you can use the same checklist for different factory types, and the scores will still be accurate for the processes they have. 

Example

Below is an example of a section with 5 checkpoints with different answers and scores. The bolded option is the one selected by the user and results in the score below.

The summary calculation is then: (7+21+0) / (10+30+15) = 51%

Please note that the "Low priority checkpoint" is left out of the score calculation since the selected Not applicable option has a blank value as the score.