Procedures
Reusable calibration procedure templates — steps, equipment, materials, and acceptance criteria.
A procedure is a reusable calibration procedure template, scoped to a physical quantity (e.g. a documented process for calibrating temperature RTDs against a dry-block reference). Manage them from the Procedures page in the sidebar.
Why procedures exist
ISO/IEC 17025 requires that a lab document and follow defined procedures for its calibration work. Open Gauge's procedure templates capture that documentation once and let you reference it from every calibration performed the same way, rather than re-typing methodology notes each time.
Fields
| Field | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Name & physical quantity | What this procedure calibrates, and for which quantity. |
| Version | Free-text version string (e.g. "1.0") — bump it when the methodology changes. |
| Difficulty | Informational skill-level guidance for whoever performs it. |
| Standard reference | Free-text reference to an external standard (an ISO/ASTM number, etc.). |
| Author, duration | Who wrote it, and roughly how long it takes to perform. |
| Tags | Free-form labels for search/filtering. |
| Equipment | Structured list of required equipment. |
| Materials | Structured list of required materials/consumables. |
| Environment | Required environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.) to perform the procedure under. |
| Safety notes | Free-text list of safety considerations. |
| Steps | The ordered procedure steps themselves. |
| Acceptance criteria | What counts as a pass for this procedure, documented alongside it. |
Linking a procedure to a channel
On a sensor channel, set calibration method to a saved procedure — this becomes the channel's default procedure, pre-selected whenever you start a new internal calibration for that channel. It's just a default: any calibration can reference a different procedure (or none) if the situation calls for it.
Where procedures show up in a calibration
An internal calibration (see
Calibration overview) can reference the procedure that was
followed (internal_procedure_id), and that reference is printed on the resulting certificate
alongside the reference standard used and the environmental conditions recorded — the full
traceability chain a calibration certificate needs.