Changes to References > Minimum Sampling Guide

Version 8.0.4 Changes

A new field has been added to the Details tab called Default Alt ID Type. For material types designated as requiring Pretesting, this value will be used as the Default Alternate ID Type on Samples, FIRs, and Material Receipts.

Corrected right-mouseclick sorting on Acceptance Date when referencing the Contract Bill of Materials records for a selected Material Type.

Added notifications to the Contract's Resident Engineer, Assistant Resident Engineer, and the M&T Records Section Specialist when corrected versions of an MSG Material Type have been applied to their contracts.

Additional History type MSG records were created in an effort to better represent the date ranges where versions prior to the current version were in effect. All current versions were established with a date range of 01/01/1999 thru 12/31/2075 to cover data entered over that time. This data change inserts additional history records to represent when the current versions were actually put in place by M&T.
Corrected window behavior when inserting a new Material Type to prevent test format filter pop-up from displaying when it shouldn’t.

The Minimum Sampling Guide (MSG) has been redesigned to incorporate Version Control. This means that when MSG Material Types are changed, the changed version will affect future contracts and not be retroactive to all current contracts as it has been in the past. An example would be if the MSG sample frequency requirements are changed from being 1 sample per 5,000 tons to being 1 sample per 2,000 tons. The new frequency would be applied to all new contracts but would generally remain at the old rate for existing contracts. M&T will also have the ability to correct any errors identified in the electronic MSG and apply those corrections to existing contracts at their discretion, to take effect on data entry for those contracts going forward.
If Sample/Test is set to “Required” and Field Inspection is set to “Required”, the only values that can be chosen for Inspection Types are those that pertain to Densities.
Old archive records prior to release 6.1 are stored in the MSG database as status “History”. These History records are there purely for information purposes and are not attached to any records in the system.
Added Density Certifications to the MSG table, rather than having them stored in the application code.

The window was modified to correct the name of the Metric/English sort column displayed in the Sort Criteria accessed from the menu Sort icon.

The Minimum Sampling Guide functionality has been updated to prevent materials designated as received by Pay Record to be accepted by Certification. This change is necessary to support the change in the method of receipt from Pay Record to MRR.
The MSG Standard Reports have been corrected to include Test Format information (bottom section of report) where applicable. In addition, the Testing Person field has been removed from the Test Formats tab of the Minimum Sampling Guide window.

The retrieval process has been modified so that archived deleted MSG records are now available.
The separate security tag that had been required in order to associate Test Formats with materials on the MSG has been removed. Now update access to the window allows update access to all the window Tabs.

Updated the Acceptance tab to have a new acceptance method of "Field Inspection Reports".

The Minimum Sampling Guide Report has been enhanced to display the Sampling and Testing Responsibilities by Testing Category.
Added right click find/sort capability to the MSG window on the Material Type tab.

Sort and Find functions are added to the MSG.
M & T personnel can select which test format should be used to report test results for each material type.
For each material type/test format combination, the following information is displayed:
- Sampling Personnel Certification
- Test Personnel Certification
- Independent Assurance Test Format.
The MSG indicates what the sampling frequency is for each material Type/Testing category combination.
The MSG captures the following new information:
- Sampling Responsibility
- Testing Responsibility.
Pretest Match Codes have been reduced to the following. Match, No Match, and No Match, Alternate ID Required.
HiCAMS lets you archive MSG Versions.
The Penalty Box is now called Pay Adjustment. This defines when pay factor adjustments can be made.

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