Required Questions

Required questions in uAuditor ensure that inspectors must provide a response before completing an inspection. This configuration helps organizations enforce critical checkpoints and prevent incomplete inspection submissions.

Required questions improve inspection reliability and ensure essential verification steps are always completed.

What Are Required Questions?

A required question is a checklist item that must be answered before an inspection can be completed.

If a required question is left unanswered:

• the inspection cannot be submitted
• inspectors are prompted to return and complete the missing response
• incomplete inspections are prevented

This ensures that important checkpoints are never skipped.

Why Use Required Questions

Required questions help organizations:

• enforce completion of critical inspection steps
• improve inspection accuracy
• reduce missing data in reports
• support compliance verification
• standardize inspection execution across teams
• strengthen accountability during inspections

They ensure inspections capture all required information consistently.

When to Use Required Questions

Required questions are especially useful when inspections involve:

• safety-critical checkpoints
• regulatory compliance verification
• equipment condition confirmation
• hygiene standards validation
• location verification steps
• approval or authorization confirmations

These checkpoints should always be completed before submission.

How to Configure a Required Question

To make a question required:

1. Open the Templates module
2. Select the required template
3. Open the target Page
4. Select the appropriate Section
5. Open the question settings
6. Enable Required
7. Save the question

Inspectors must answer this question before completing the inspection.

How Required Questions Affect Inspection Workflow

When required questions are enabled:

• inspectors cannot submit incomplete inspections
• missing answers are highlighted automatically
• inspection quality improves
• reporting becomes more reliable
• compliance verification becomes stronger

This ensures inspections follow defined organizational standards.

Required Questions and Evidence Collection

Required questions can also be combined with evidence requirements such as:

• mandatory photos
• document uploads
• numeric values
• user selections

This ensures both responses and supporting proof are collected.

Impact on Inspection Reports

Required questions improve inspection reports by:

• reducing missing data
• ensuring consistent checklist completion
• improving reliability of analytics
• strengthening audit readiness
• supporting operational decision-making

They help maintain complete inspection records across locations.

Best Practices for Using Required Questions

To configure required questions effectively:

• mark only critical checkpoints as required
• avoid overusing required settings in long templates
• combine with media requirements for verification checkpoints
• review required questions periodically as workflows evolve
• test templates before deployment

Required questions help organizations ensure inspections are complete, consistent, and aligned with operational and compliance requirements across all locations.