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eSAF: Production Release Notes v1.1.00

Updated: 06-27-2005

This document contains the release notes for eSAF Version 1.1.00. It consists of the following two sections:

  1. Enhancements & New Functionality: This section identifies new system capabilities available in this release.
  2. Deficiencies Corrected: This section describes errors corrected in this release.

Enhancements & New Functionality

The following enhancements have been made to eSAF v1.1.00 screens and functions:

Assignment Details

1. CCR 5, 15

Description of Change: A new screen called “Operation Accomplishments” was created to handle Investigation accomplishments related to non-active firms. This screen can only be accessed if the firm under investigation is a non-active firm. The following firm statuses are defined to identify non-active firms:

  • INA – Inactive (firm is not doing anything - may in the future)
  • NOE – Not OEI – (firm is open but not regulated)
  • OOB – Out of Business (firm is close - didn't move or change names)
  • PRP – Pre-Production (firm is not yet open - will be soon)
  • SEA – Seasonal (e.g. firm is open during summer harvest)

Firm Update

  1. CCR 64

    2. Description of Change: The Firm Update screen has been modified to validate the Zip Code against the State entered and to generate the firms Home District from the State-Zip code combination.

Add Process

  1. CCR 177

    2. Description of Change: The system has been modified to only allow a one-to-one relationship between Establishment Type and Process. The Add Process screen displays all possible combinations of Process and Establishment Type as entered on the Add Products screen. The user is able to enter PAC, Inspection Conclusion, and Accomplishment Hours against all the applicable combinations for the inspection. The system does not accept duplicates.

  2. CCR 424

    Description of Change: The Add Process screen has been modified to display only valid PAC Codes selected in the Operation screen by the State Contract Monitor (SCM).

Upload Program

  1. CCR 435b

    Description of Change: The eSAF Coversheet has been modified to display the name of the SCM and the Date of Approval.

Inspection Results

  1. CCR 195

    Description of Change: The system has been modified to allow users to generate a coversheet report for each inspection. The button to generate the inspection coversheet, ‘Generate Inspection Report’, will appear on the main Inspection Results page.

Processes and Products

  1. CCR 623

    Description of Problem: The system has been modified to prevent the user from submitting a record to the FDA if the Inspection Conclusion and the Accomplishment Hours information are not entered for all inspected processes.

  1. CCR 614

    Description of Change: The Processes and Products screen has been modified to display the PAC Code in addition to the PAC Description in the Inspected Processes and Conclusions block.

Firm Inspection History

  1. CCR 9

    Description of Change: The Firm Search screen has been created to allow all users to search for a firm without linking it to an assignment. State Users are allowed to search and view all inspection data related to food firms within their state, including inspections conducted by FDA in FACTS. FDA users are allowed to search for firms in any state..

Establishment Type

  1. CCR 615

    Description of Change: The Warehouse Establishment Type has been replaced to match the FACTS establishment type Warehouse-Ambient storage (WA), Warehouse-Frozen storage (WF) Warehouse-Refrigerated storage (WR), and Warehouse-Ambient, Refrigerated and Frozen storage (WZ).

Inspection Results Reference Code

  1. CCR 422

    Description of Change: The Inspection Status ‘Completed/Accepted Inspection data with firms updated by FDA’ has been renamed ‘Completed/Accepted Inspection data with Firm Updates’.

Build Firm List

  1. CCR 62

    Description of Change: The Build Firm List screen has been modified to disable the ‘Add to Firm List’ button if no firm has been selected.

Assignment Search

  1. CCR 504

    Description of Change: The Search and Sort Criteria screen has been modified to allow user to enter an assignment number and hit the Enter key to search for an assignment.

Maintain Users

  1. CCR 196

    Description of Change: The eSAF User Administration module has been created to automate the user maintenance process and have a single interface for maintaining eSAF users. Access to this new module is only granted to users with one of the three System Administrator roles:

  • The Primary System Administrator role has full maintenance capabilities : create, update and delete State and FDA personnel data and reset passwords.
  • The Secondary System Administrator role has limited update capabilities : update user information , reset password, assign and revoke non-system administration roles.
  • The Password System Administrator role has reset password capabilities only.

  Create Users Update Users Deactivate Users Delete Users Reset Password
Primary System Administrator
X
X
X
X
X
Secondary System Administrator
 
X
X
 
X
Password System Administrator
 
 
 
 
X

 

II. Deficiencies Corrected

  1. CCR 624

    Description of Problem: When the user updates firm information in eSAF and the inspection is accepted without the firm updates, the firm changes are still being uploaded to FACTS.
    Description of Change: The system has been modified to not upload firm changes into FACTS if the SCM has not been approved by them.