Create a downcooling form

Compliance allows managers to create dedicated Downcooling forms and tasks so that food cooling processes can be monitored against defined safety rules. Once the form is in place, you can add a downcooling task so employees can log measurements directly in their daily workflow.

Start from: The Compliance central overview.

Create a downcooling form

• Navigate to Forms.

• Select Create Form. Follow the standard procedure in Create a form.
• In the Settings section, activate the Downcooling toggle.

• Register a Start temperature.
• Register an End temperature.
• Set a Duration (hours).
• Set a Deviation text. This will appear when a deviation is registered.

• Select Save.

Create a downcooling task

• Once the form is created, select + Empty draft inside of it.
• Open the new empty draft, and select + New task.
• Fill in the name of the task and set the Severity. 

• Scroll down to Answer options. For downcooling tasks, you must configure two button answers: one positive option and one option that creates a deviation.
  • In the first row, set Answer Type to Button and enter a positive Button label, for example, Within limits or Compliant. Leave the Add a deviation button unused for this option.
  • Select + Add answer option. A second row appears.
  • In the second row, again set Answer Type to Button and enter a non-compliant Button label, for example, Out of limits or Not compliant. Select Add a deviation and choose the deviation you want to trigger when this button is used.

• Add any wanted Description, for example, how they can measure temperature and how to handle any deviations. 

• Add an Attachment if needed, for example, a guide or an informative document related with the task. 

• Select Save. 

The task will now appear within the form, and you will be able to log data. To know more about this process, see Manually record downcooling data in a form.

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Originally published at https://help.mapal-os.com/compliance/central-level/central-forms/create-a-downcooling-form/