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What Is a UUID?

Besides using standard answer tags, you can also use Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs) on a docx report. Using a UUID allows you to input data from any individual work instruction step with a product check that you desire, in any order – into your docx report. This gives you much more flexibility than basic answer tags.

However, unlike a basic answer tag, a UUID doesn’t allow a loop in your docx report. This means that you will have to manually copy the UUID from Azumuta, paste it into your docx report, and then add the answer tag next to the UUID for each cell in the table in your docx report.

Note: Before following the steps below, you must first link a docx report to an article category.

How to Find a UUID

Here’s how you can find the UUID for an instruction step in Azumuta:

  1. Click on Quality Management in the homepage sidebar.
  2. Click on Quality Procedures.
  3. Click on the targeted article category.
  4. Click on the Docx Reports tab.
  5. You’ll see a set of letters and numbers on a curly bracket under each work instruction step that contains a product check. That is a UUID.

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How to Use a UUID in the Docx Report

Here’s how to use a UUID in a docx report:

  1. Copy the desired UUID.
  2. Paste it into the correct cell in your docx report.
  3. Type in the required additional answer tags (see the formulas below) where they are needed.

Here are the answer tag formulas for UUID-based docx reports and the information they display:

  1. {UUID:label}: The (formatted) answer that was given by an operator on the instruction step.
  2. {UUID}: The (unformatted) answer that was given by the operator on the instruction step. We recommend you to use the {UUID:label} answer tag instead, as the generated answer on the docx report is more readable.
  3. {UUID:instruction}: The instruction step name
  4. {UUID:user}: The name of the user account that filled in the check
  5. {UUID:timestamp}: The time when the check was filled

Example

For example, these are the UUID answer tags that we included on our docx report (located within the green box):

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And this is how it will appear on the docx report (see how to download a docx report):

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