E05: MEC Approved Tasks Query

This article is one of the worked examples for RCM Queries. It shows how to check whether MEC tasks have been approved on the MEC board. For when and why to use a query in RCM, see RCM Queries – Background; for day-to-day query tips, see Working with Queries.

Checking Approval on the MEC Board

The MEC board shows whether tasks are approved:

MEC board view with the task approval column highlighted.

Approval at each stage confirms that the quality of the work has been verified.

MEC board showing the sequence of approval stages for a task.

Using a Query

If you need to check approval status across a large number of tasks, a query is faster than reviewing the board directly. A query can be set up to list approval status for MEC tasks:

Query setup screen for retrieving MEC task approval status.

The result looks like this table:

Example query output table listing MEC tasks and their approval status.