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The Audit Records register and what each status means

The central register of every audit.

Written by Caim Hermoso

Who this is for: Needs View Audit Records.

Audits → Audit Records lists every audit — scheduled, overdue, in progress, blocked, for review and completed. Switch on Show Archived to include archived ones.

Column

Shows

Audit Title

The audit’s name

Reference

The audit reference, e.g. FIRES015-L301299-261008

Status

Its current state

Template

The template used

Owner

Who is accountable

Auditors

Who is conducting it

Auditees

Who was audited, where recorded

Technical Reviewer

The assigned reviewer, if the template requires review

Audit Schedule

The scheduled date

Completion Date

When published, or No Date

Findings

How many findings were raised

Corrective

How many corrective actions came from its findings

Statuses:

Status

Meaning

Can delete?

Can archive?

Scheduled

Created, not yet started

Yes

No

Overdue

Scheduled, past its date, not started

Yes

No

In Progress

Started, work under way

No

Yes

Blocked

An open issue is stopping the audit

No

Yes

For Review

With the technical reviewer

No

Yes

Completed

Published

No

Yes

There is no Cancelled status. An audit that is not going ahead is rescheduled with Edit Audit or, if never started, deleted.

The row’s ⋮ menu offers View Audit, View Audit Findings, View Audit History, Change Audit Owner, Reassign Audit, Subscribe Audit, View Subscribed Users and Archive Audit, depending on the audit’s status and your permissions.

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