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Correct a record

Before you begin: know the correct value and where it came from. A correction is a record of what changed, not a quiet overwrite — tract and plan corrections are attributed in their history with what the record said before.

A tract​

  1. Open Tracts, search for the tract, and open it.
  2. Select Edit details.
  3. Correct the name, county, or region. Retype any value you want to keep — a field left empty is cleared.
  4. Select Save correction and confirm the success message.

Acreage and location are not corrected here. Where a tract has a mapped boundary, its acreage is measured from that boundary.

A work order​

  1. Open Work orders, search for the title, and open it.
  2. Select Edit details.
  3. Correct the title, notes, due date, or estimate.
  4. Select Save correction and confirm the success message.

If the order has no type, select Set type first and choose from the catalogue — an untyped order cannot record what the crew did.

A planned activity​

  1. Open Planning and expand Three-year plans.
  2. Open a plan showing Draft.
  3. On the activity row, select Edit to correct its title, year, or acres, or Remove to take it out of the plan.
  4. Use Edit plan for the plan's own name, program area, or start year.

Done when: the record reads correctly everywhere it appears, and the history shows who changed it.

When correcting is not offered​

The action is withheld where the record's figures have already been reported, and that is deliberate rather than an oversight:

RecordCorrecting stops atWhy
Work orderComplete or CancelledThe estimate is what its cost variance was reported against
PlanPublishedThe revision is a commitment other records point at — Revise opens the next draft
ContractClosedIts figures were certified and its released balance reported
Work order typeOnce setChanging it would strand answers already recorded

If a record is past its correction point and is genuinely wrong, raise it rather than working around it. Cancelling and recreating loses the history that explains what happened.

See Tracts and tenure, Work orders and timber activity, and Three-year plans and reconciliation.