Start from: The Create task or Edit task page in an unpublished form.
Deviations can be generated by Checkbox/button, Interval (number) and Dropdown answer types. See Create a task within a form for more information.
Deviation settings
- Deviation type: select an option from the dropdown list. The deviation types available are:
- Regular: basic deviation flow for direct action.
- Regular - Comments required: basic deviation flow for direct action.
- Corrective: deviation flow with direct and corrective action.
- Corrective - Comments required: deviation flow with direct and corrective action.
- Corrective one-step - Comments required: deviation flow with direct and one-step corrective action.
- SMARTask deviation: basic SMARTask deviation flow for direct action.
- SMARTask deviation - Comments required: basic SMARTask deviation flow for direct action.
- Text description: this is the default option for reporting a deviation. It requires the user to enter a description of the deviation, the date it occurred, to assign the person responsible for addressing it, and when it should be fixed by.
- Deviation option list: select to enable a dropdown list of deviation options for the user to select from OR to create a new list.
- Score: enter the score for this answer OR tick the Ignore score box.


