Q: What Do The Options In Configuration Overview Mean?


    A: Let's cover the options below:


  • App Permissions: Various features and modules of FoodSafe.io are controlled by Role and Role Assignment to your employees. They are as followed:
    • Checklist Definition: Users with assigned role selection have the ability to access and modify checklist definitions.
    • Edit Configuration Information:Users with assigned role selection have the ability to access and modify some configuration options.
    • Add/Edit Employees:Users with assigned role selection have the ability to create and modify employee information.
    • Manual Checklist: Users with assigned role selection have the ability to manually edit logged checklist.
    • View Cold Storage Data:Users with assigned role selection have the ability to access and view temperature monitored appliances.
    • Receive Food Safety Alerts:Users with assigned role selection have the ability to receive food safety alerts when checklist are not completed ontime.
    • Add/Edit Roles:Users with assigned role selection have the ability to access and modify role and role permission level.
  • Checklist Definitions: Allows users with permissions to modify checklists at high level. Modifiable options are:
    • Name:The name of the checklist
    • Schedule
      • Daily: Defines reports as being required to be completed on a daily basis.
      • Inactive: Hides checklist from Checklist Overview
      • On Demand:Reports that can be completed optionally with no start or end time
      • Monthly:Reports that only needed to be completed on a monthly basis. Ability to start report availability "no earlier than" day and "completed by" day.
    • Valid Period Start Time: The time defined when the report is available for completion
    • Valid Period End Time: The time defined when the report is considered overdue.
    • Employee Role: Role assigment designated for users to have permissions to complete current checklist.
  • Edit Reports: Allows users with permissions to modify report features
    • Name: Controls the name of the report
    • Is Daily: Sends alerts when reports have not been generated
    • Requires Approval?: Allows for report approval to be enabled.
    • Approval Role: Defines the role type a user must have to approve reports
    • Role for Receiving emails: Defines the role type a user must have to receive emailed reports
    • Viewing Role: Defines the role type a user must have to view reports.
  • Temperature Probe: Allows users with permissions to re-establish the connection between the probe and app.
  • Quality Mode: Allows users with permissions to control quality failure modes.
    • Fail on Quality: Fails entire checklist which makes user restart all checklist steps.
    • Ignore quality failures: Allows users to complete checklists even when quality failures occur
    • Ask user: Allows the user to decide to fail or skip the quality failure.
  • Auto Stabilize: Default is disabled. Sets a (3) second timer per checklist probe step before a probe temperature is logged. This helps prevents logging of temperatures when the probe is quickly being inserted and/or removed from the product before the actual temperature of the probe is stabilized.
  • Employee Timeout: Defines the time an employee can be logged into FoodSafe.io during inactivity/non-use. This can help prevent unauthorized access. The default is 10-minutes.
  • Data Retention: Defines the time in which reports will be stored on the tablet and cloud. 90-days is the default.
  • Roles: Defines the permission level needed to access, control or modify the various features and modules of FoodSafe.io. The permission level by design is arbitrary. This view will also show the number of employees assigned to a role.
  • Employees: Are the users of FoodSafe.io. They contain information such as:
    • Name: Used for report completion and approval
    • Employee Number: If your company uses them
    • Preferred Language: English and Spanish
    • Cell Number: For text alerts regarding late or unapproved reports
    • Email Address: For report emailing
    • Password: For security
    • Role Assignment: Allows for users to have permissions to the various modules and features of FoodSafe.io.