Calibration

01 · Basics — Understand the building blocks

Calibration capability is included in Manage. Calibration work needs a defined measurement procedure and an explicit interpretation of the observed result.

As-found and as-left results answer different questions: what condition the instrument arrived in and what condition it was left in.

Topics in this series

• Instruments and data sheets
• Test points and tolerances
• As-found results
• Adjustment and as-left results
• History and follow-up

02 · Configuration — Work through the setup

Use a training environment and match the actions to the IBM guide for your installed build.

1. Select a training instrument and inspect its calibration requirements.
2. Define or select an approved training data sheet with test points and tolerances.
3. Create the associated calibration work through the installed process.
4. Record as-found values, then any adjustment and as-left values according to that procedure.
5. Review the result, follow-up requirements and retained history.

03 · Practical example

Fictional teaching example

In a teaching example a 100-unit test point allows 99 to 101. An as-found value of 103 is outside the example tolerance; a later as-left value of 100 does not erase the original result.

04 · Practice and verify

Record one passing and one out-of-tolerance test and explain the required follow-up.

Expected result

Original and final results remain distinguishable, with a traceable tolerance decision.

Common mistakes

• Replacing an as-found failure with an as-left pass.
• Using undocumented tolerances.

05 · Advanced concepts

Explore reference standards, overdue calibration and assessment of prior measurements after an out-of-tolerance result.

IBM references

• IBM documentation — Calibration

Product explanations link to IBM sources. Scenarios and exercises are original Assetize guidance, not claims of executed lab procedures. Reviewed 2026-10-01.