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AUDITFINDING: Audit Finding

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A trackable finding raised during an audit (internal, external, or facility), linked to specific assets, ISO clauses, and parent audit records.

AUDITFINDING: Audit Finding

A trackable finding raised during an audit (internal, external, or facility), linked to specific assets, ISO clauses, and parent audit records.

Default definition. This article describes the default AUDITFINDING definition shipped with DemandFlow. Administrators can add, remove, rename, or re-type fields, change which ones are required, and alter the layout from the Definitions screen in Settings. Your tenant's current schema may differ from what is shown here. To read the current definition at any time, GET the DEFINITION object whose id matches AUDITFINDING.

Entity properties

PropertyValue
Entity codeAUDITFINDING
Display nameAudit Finding
PluralAudit Findings
Level100020

Use cases

A trackable finding raised during an audit (internal, external, or facility), linked to specific assets, ISO clauses, and parent audit records.

Fields

General: Finding Details

FieldTypeRequiredNotes
nametextYesTitle.
descriptiontext (multi-line)Description.
findingClassificationenumClassification. Valid ids: majorNC (Major NC), minorNC (Minor NC), observation (Observation), ofi (Opportunity for Improvement), positive (Positive Finding).
findingTypeenumType. Valid ids: redundantEquipment (Redundant Equipment), underutilised (Underutilised Equipment), cabling (Cabling Issue), power (Power Issue), cooling (Cooling Issue), safety (Safety Concern), labelling (Labelling Issue), rackCondition (Rack Condition), roomCondition (Room Condition), lifecycle (End of Life / Support), compliance (Compliance), quality (Quality), security (Information Security), process (Process / Procedure), other (Other).
severityenumSeverity. Valid ids: critical (Critical), high (High), medium (Medium), low (Low), info (Informational).
statusenumStatus. Valid ids: open (Open), inProgress (In Progress), resolved (Resolved), deferred (Deferred), wontFix (Won't Fix).

General: Traceability

FieldTypeRequiredNotes
parentAuditreference → AUDITThe audit this finding was raised in
isoClausetextISO Clause Reference. Placeholder: e.g. 9001:2015 clause 8.5.1.
relatedAssetreference → COMPINVThe specific equipment this finding relates to
relatedRackreference → RACKThe rack this finding relates to
relatedRoomreference → ROOMThe room this finding relates to

General: Recommendation

FieldTypeRequiredNotes
recommendationtext (multi-line)Recommended Action.
estimatedSavingsnumberAnnual cost saving if resolved
estimatedCostnumberEstimated Cost to Resolve.
reclaimableUnumberRack units freed if this finding is resolved
reclaimablePowerWnumberPower freed if this finding is resolved

General: Assignment & Tracking

FieldTypeRequiredNotes
raisedByreference → userRaised By.
raisedDatedateRaised Date.
assignedToreference → userAssigned To.
dueDatedateDue Date.
resolvedDatedateResolved Date.
resolutiontext (multi-line)Resolution Notes.

Attachments

FieldPanelAllowed typesMax files
(unnamed)Generalanymultiple

Relationships

  • Lookups: parentAudit points at a AUDIT record; relatedAsset points at a COMPINV record; relatedRack points at a RACK record; relatedRoom points at a ROOM record.
  • Activity: activity timeline panel attached.

Creating a Audit Finding via the API

POST /v1/objects
Authorization: Bearer <your-pat>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "entity":   "AUDITFINDING",
  "level":    100020,
  "comboKey": "SUB:<your-sub-id>|ENT:",
  "name": "Title",
  "description": "Description",
  "findingClassification": "majorNC",
  "findingType": "redundantEquipment"
}

Listing Audit Findings records

GET /v1/entities/AUDITFINDING/SUB

See also

auditfindingaudit findingaudit findingsauditfindings

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