When you think that you have finished with one or more items you can finalize them. Finalization is an action that signifies that no more changes will be done to the item and that it is ready as far as the dataset is concerned.
You can finalize individual items, a single SPD, a single basic heading or the entire dataset. Select from the survey tree the respective element and then click on the Dataset -> Finalize menu. You can also finalize a single item while editing its observations by clicking on the Finalize button above the table.
In any case, items that have passed finalization will get a green tick on the tree.
Finalized items
Notice however that when you attempt to visit a finalized item you will see that all entry controls are disabled. If you want to make more changes you have to enable them again by clicking the Edit again button. Of course this action revokes the finalization status of the item in question.
Making additional changes
If you select from the Finalize menu the options for basic heading, SPD or the whole dataset, you will also get a finalization report that has all items that did not pass. You can then click on any of the items and present the entry controls so that you can make additional changes.
Finalization report
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