Photo evidence can be attached directly to supported inspection checklist questions.
The Inspection Gallery provides a shared location for photos captured during the inspection. Inspection participants can upload photos to the Gallery first and attach them to the appropriate questions or Observations later.
What you'll need
- Access to the HammerTech Web App or native HammerTech mobile app
- Access to the inspection
- At least one evidence-enabled checklist question
- An internet connection
Users must be online to add or manage photo evidence.
Evidence and the Inspection Gallery
Evidence refers to photos attached to a specific checklist question. Up to 10 evidence photos can be added to each supported question.
The Inspection Gallery stores photos for the entire inspection. Photos in the Gallery are shared between users participating in the inspection, including participants using different devices.
The Inspection Gallery does not have a separate configuration setting. It appears when the inspection contains at least one checklist question with evidence enabled.
Open the Inspection Gallery
- Open the inspection and join the inspection walk.
- Locate the inspection toolbar at the bottom of the page.
- Select the photo count to open the Inspection Gallery.
The number shown in the toolbar represents the photos currently stored in the Gallery.
Add photos to the Inspection Gallery
- Open the inspection.
- Select Add Photos from the inspection toolbar.
- Take new photos or select existing photos from your device.
The uploaded photos are added to the shared Inspection Gallery. They can then be attached to checklist questions or Observations.
Add evidence to a checklist question
- Open the relevant checklist.
- Locate the evidence-enabled question.
- Under Evidence, select Add Photos.
- Choose one of the following:
- Inspection Gallery to select an existing inspection photo.
- Upload to add a photo from your device.
- If selecting from the Inspection Gallery, select the required photos and then select Add to question.
- Review or annotate the photos if required.
You can add up to 10 photos to each evidence-enabled question.
Photos uploaded directly to a question are also saved automatically to the Inspection Gallery.
View photos by status
Open the Inspection Gallery and use the following tabs:
- All photos: Displays every photo in the Inspection Gallery.
- Not added to questions: Displays photos that have not been attached to a checklist question.
- Added to questions: Displays photos that have been attached to one or more checklist questions.
The number beside each tab shows how many photos are in that category.
Add a Gallery photo to an Observation
When raising an Observation from an inspection, you can reuse a photo from the Inspection Gallery.
- Add or open the Observation within the inspection.
- Under Photos, select Add Photos.
- Select Inspection Gallery.
- Select the required photos.
- Select Add to observation.
- Complete and save the Observation.
You can also select Upload to add a new photo from your device.
Download or delete Gallery photos
- Open the Inspection Gallery.
- Select Select.
- Select the required photos.
- Choose the relevant download or delete action.
Only photos that have not been attached to a checklist question can be deleted. Photos already attached to a question cannot be deleted from the Inspection Gallery.
How photos appear in inspection reports
Evidence photos appear against their relevant checklist questions in supported inspection reports, including:
- Detailed inspection reports
- Pictures as attachments (ZIP)
- Reports that include child inspections
Evidence photos are not included in Observation-only report types.
Gallery photos that have not been attached to a checklist question appear in the Inspection Gallery - Unmatched Photos section of the report. This ensures photos captured during the inspection remain part of the inspection record.
The No Observation Pictures report option removes photos attached to Observations only. Evidence photos and unmatched Inspection Gallery photos will still appear.
Child inspections
Each child inspection has its own Inspection Gallery.
A parent inspection report that includes child inspections does not include unmatched Gallery photos from those child inspections.
To include the unmatched photos from a child inspection, generate the report directly from the child inspection.
Important information
- Evidence and the Inspection Gallery are available in the Web App and native HammerTech mobile app.
- Users must be online.
- A maximum of 10 evidence photos can be attached to each supported question.
- The Gallery is shared between users participating in the inspection.
- Photos uploaded directly as evidence are automatically saved to the Gallery.
- Photos already attached to checklist questions cannot be deleted from the Gallery.