Assemblies that appear on the Upcoming Tests page are based on the Next Test Due date to help remind you when assemblies are due to be tested. This Next Test Due date is set on the Assembly page. When a test is performed, this field is automatically updated with the following year's date. How this field is calculated depends on the setting you select on the Company Options page. Let's discuss these options further.

If you select this option, Syncta will use the Last Tested At and the Testing Frequency fields on the Assembly page to calculate the Next Test Due date.

For example, if you test an assembly on October 4, 2021, and the Testing Frequency is set to Annually, the Next Test Due date will automatically be set to October 4, 2022. The following year, if you test this assembly on November 1, 2022, the Next Test Due date will automatically be set to November 1, 2023.

If you select this option, Syncta will use the Next Test Due and Testing Frequency fields on the Assembly page to calculate the Next Test Due date when you perform a test for this assembly. The Next Test Due date is not set automatically. You must set this first on the Assembly page, and then this date will stay on the same date every year.

For example, if you set the Next Test Due field date to February 14, 2023, and the Testing Frequency is set to Annually, when you perform a test for this assembly, the Next Test Due date will automatically be updated to February 14, 2024, regardless of what day the assembly was tested on. So if you test this assembly on June 1, 2023, the Next Test Due date will still be set to February 14, 2024.

There are three situations where the way the Next Test Due date is calculated may work differently than you expect. Both scenarios are described below, with specific instructions on how to update the Next Test Due date to the desired date.

If the Next Test Due date is set for a specific year, but an assembly isn't tested until the following year, the Next Test Due date will be pushed out to the year AFTER the set date. For example, let's say an assembly's Next Test Due date is set to December 15, 2022, but it isn't tested until January 26, 2023. The Next Test Due date will be pushed out to December 15, 2024 instead of the expected 2023. To fix this, open the related assembly page, update the Next Test Due date to the desired year, and save your changes.

If a tester needs to repair or replace an assembly before the scheduled Next Test Due date, they will need to update this field on the Assembly page after the update test is complete. In the example below, the Next Test Due date is May 10, 2023, but a technician needs to repair the assembly before this date - in February 2023. The following example outlines the steps a tester would take to update the Next Test Due date after they repair an assembly.

1. Select Repaired Assembly as the status, fill in any related test details, and click Complete Test.

The completed, repaired assembly test now shows a Next Test Due date of May 10, 2024 instead of the intended date of May 10, 2023.

2. To change the date, click the Assembly link on the customer's page to open the Assembly page.

3. Click Edit at the top of the page.

4. Scroll to the bottom of the Edit Assembly page, update the Next Test Due date, and click Update Assembly to save changes.

The updated Next Test Due date now appears as intended.