Loading and resulting actions

IATF CARA supports different types of loading. These types are necessary because the selected options decides about the action which is going to happen. This action is defined by the user and not the data provided.

All reports in IATF CARA are identified by uuid (Universally Unique Identifier). This identifier is mentioned in all report list and can be also checked for the active report using the Information button in the top left corner (circled I).

A report in IATF CARA is always saved together with the NC Management data.

Icon	Action

Icon	Action
	Load Report Load NC Management report (single or full) Load Backup (All Reports)	This function is a load and replace. Any loaded will replace the exiting data. Load report audit report not found This report will be loaded and placed in the right report type list audit report found Ask the auditor to confirm that he wants to replace the exiting report with the one from the file Load NC Management audit report not found abort because NC Management has to be attached to the fitting report NC Management was created in IATF NC CARA client version decline the loading and inform to use audit report found is full NC management report ask auditor if he wants to replace the exiting NC management report is single NC NC is part of NC management report replace the exiting NC with the data from the file NC is not part of NC management add NC from the file to exiting NC management report
	Load Organization data into exiting NCs of the NC Management report	audit report not found inform auditor that the audit report the NC Management report belongs to is not part of the report list audit report found NC found (each NC has a specific id by which it is recognized in IATF CARA) is first time replace organization part with organization part from file is second time replace organization part with organization part from file, keep last old organization part as previous version NC not found skip unknown NC IATF CARA only imports Organization data into exiting NCs missing NCs will be skipped. It replaces the organization data part with the new data. If that part is empty it will be replaced with empty. NC reports from clients can be checked using IATF NC CARA to see what they have send back.
	Extend an exiting lead audit report with co auditors data	audit report not found abort because merge can be not executed without lead audit report audit report found audit report file was not created by co auditor it is checked based on the Auditor ID no. (ADP no) if the audit report file was saved by an auditor who is part of the audit team audit report was created by auditor of audit team apply merge business logic explained here Work on reports by multiple auditors (Load report to merge). This function applies a specific defined logic on extending the audit data from the lead with co auditor data. Understanding this is crucial to avoid any surprises. It will update data in the audit report and the NC Management.
	Extend an exiting report with data from the loaded report	audit report not found abort because merge can be not executed without lead audit report audit report found extend all list sections (ofi, processes, all sites, ncs) with new entries from the audit report loaded This function will only add new data to the exiting report like new sites or NCs nothing else. Contrary to the merge function which has specific business logic defined and will also update data fiels this is not the case for this.