1. Overview
The MyHACCP Web Tool is designed to be easy and intuitive to use. Through user testing we have tried to ensure that at any point it is clear how to complete the forms and how to access additional help should you need it. This document may state some obvious points, but should help to prepare or consolidate your understanding of the forms.
2. Starting a new study
To start a new study, go to the MyHACCP Web Tool page and click the 'Start a new study' button.
From this page you can start as many studies as you need, resume old studies and delete unwanted studies.
3. Navigating within a study
Whilst in a MyHACCP study you can navigate in two main ways.
Either by using the MyHACCP study form navigation at the top of each study page. Or by using the 'previous' and 'save and continue' links.
4. Saving your responses
Clicking on any of the form navigation links will save the form.
This means that you will save the form responses on the current page when you:
- click on 'Save this page'
- click on 'Save and continue'
- click on 'Previous'
- click on any item in the MyHACCP study form navigation
5. Getting help on a question or section
Within the Web Tool you can click on the green question mark icons to see additional help for a given question. Most of these will include a link to ‘See more information’.
Clicking on ‘See more information’ will generate an overlay containing more detailed help or information.
This help comes directly from the help section and can also be accessed directly there.
Navigating within the modal help.
Within the help overlay, you can use the 'More help topics' to navigate to other pages within the help section. This will open in a new Tab.
6. Form validation error messages
Some questions within the web tool require a response or specific answers.
If you save the form without answering required fields, you will see error messages at the top of the page.
7. Review pages to help find form validation error messages
Both the preparatory stages section and the principle stages section have a Review page. On the Review pages you can see the status of each stage within the sections. This will reveal if the section has any form errors. This is useful to quickly review any form sections you may need to review.
8. Completing or finishing a study
When all stages are marked as OK and pass form validation, you can click to 'Finish the study'.
On the 'Finish Study' page you can perform two actions:
- mark your study as complete
- This simply flags that indicates that this study is complete. This is useful if you have a number of studies, and need to keep track of which you have completed.
- Marking a study as complete does not prevent you from further editing.
- download your PDF
- Clicking on the "Download" link will generate a PDF version of your HACCP study.
9. Resuming a study
You can resume a study at any time. This means you can start a study, save it, log off or close your browser and return later to continue. When you want to resume a previously started study, simply log in and navigate to the MyHACCP Web Tool page where you can click on the 'Resume' button next to the study in question.
10. PDF Download
Your HACCP study can be downloaded as a PDF at any point throughout the process, by clicking on the "Download" link under 'More options' on the MyHACCP Web Tool page.
It is worth noting that the PDF will only include complete representation of the data you entered if all stages are free of error messages.
11. Copying an existing study
You can also copy an existing study to form the basis for a new study. This may be useful if you need to produce studies for two products that are produced with similar processes.
You can do this from the MyHACCP Web Tool page.
Copy an existing study by using the 'More options' box on the list of studies, to the right of the study in question. If you click the arrow and select 'Copy' this will copy the study and take you to the 'Preparatory Introduction' page where you can name your new study.