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title: "Run skip logic"
slug: "bc-run-skip-logic"
description: "Optimize quality management with skip logic patterns, allowing relaxed inspections based on item classification and historic performance."
tags: ["Task"]
updated: 2026-06-25T09:59:00Z
published: 2026-06-25T09:59:00Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/bc-run-skip-logic"
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# Run skip logic

With Quality Management Skip Logic, companies can set patterns for skipping checks in quality measurement processes. These patterns let non-critical items "earn" a more relaxed inspection regime based on historic performance.

Define several **skip patterns** based on the classification of items. The starting point for a pattern is the **ABC classification** of an item, a combination of activity and turnover value.

## Steps

To create or update a skip pattern:

1. Choose the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/da662430-6a41-47b1-8c7e-7e4ac37a9756/Images/Documentation/image(150).png) icon (Alt+Q).
2. Type **Skip Pattern** in the search box.
3. Select **New** to create a new skip pattern, or select a line to edit an existing one.
4. On the header, set up the skip pattern identification:

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Code | Type a code for the skip pattern. |
| Description | Describe the skip pattern. |
| Activity Class | Select an activity class: **A**, **B**, or **C**. |
| Turnover Class | Select a turnover class: **a**, **b**, or **c**. |
5. In the lines, set up one line for each level in the skip pattern

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Activity Class | Filled automatically (first three fields). |
| Turnover Class | Filled automatically. |
| Level | Filled automatically. |
| Inspection Level | Inspection and quality levels relate to the AQL/Zero Defects methods. The skip pattern level sets the AQL levels to a more relaxed or higher intensity level of inspection. |
| Quality Level | See Inspection Level. |
| Accepted Receiving Events | The number of receipts to process before a skip is allowed. |
| Skip | The number of receiving events to skip. |
| Frequency | The number of repeats of the receive and skip events before moving to the next level. |
| Reject Level | The level to which the settings return when a rejected receipt occurs. |
| Max. Interval | A date formula to set the period in which a frequency must be completed before moving to the next level. When not completed in time, the frequency is set to 0. |

## Skip Progress

The progress of an incident in a skip pattern is tracked in the **Incident Entry** to allow manual resets. The following fields track this progress:

- **Turnover Class**: copied from the Item Classification Setup.
- **Activity Class**: copied from the Item Classification Setup.
- **Active**: indicates that this line is part of an active cycle.
- **Level**: shows the current level in the skip pattern.
- **Quality Control Status**: **Performed** or **Skipped**. Shows whether the pending inspection needs to be completed or skipped.
- **Quality Control Result Status**: **Accepted**, **Skipped**, or **Rejected**. Shows the end result of the inspection from the registered measurement.
- **Closed by Date Interval**: when checked, the frequency took longer than specified in the max. interval.

The "skip status" for an item/vendor is tracked in **Activity Levels**. For each item-vendor combination, the following data is tracked:

- **Current Level**: shows the current level in the skip pattern.
- **Accepted Events**: the number of accepted events in the current level.
- **Skipped Events**: the number of skipped events in the current level.
- **Frequency**: the frequency number in the current level.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> - When the item moves to the next level, the Accepted, Skipped, and Frequency numbers are reset.
> - When an item has cycled through the complete pattern and you want it to remain at the highest level, define a high frequency number (for example, 9999).
> - When there are receiving events while a measurement is still pending, the measurement for the new events is only created when the pending measurement is completed, to apply the correct skip logic.

## Related

- [Quality Management](/bc-quality-management.md)