Work Tracker and My Inspections

nSpec gives you two related views into inspection activity: My Inspections for your personal workload and Work Tracker for the team-wide view. They look similar but are designed for different jobs. This article explains the difference, what each view shows, and how to filter, sort, and search them effectively.

My Inspections vs Work Tracker

	My Inspections	Work Tracker
Who uses it	Inspectors	Supervisors, project managers
Scope	Inspections assigned to you	Every inspection in the tenant (team-wide)
Use for	Daily personal task tracking	Team workload, deadlines, audits
Where to find it	Sidebar → My Inspections (NSPEC tenants)	Sidebar → Analytics → Tracker tab
Tenant types	NSPEC only	Both NSPEC and Procore (same Analytics → Tracker location)
Permission	View Inspections	View Trackers / View Analytics

Using My Inspections

My Inspections is your personal home for in-progress and recent work.

Opening it

1. Sign in to nSpec at inspect-app.nspec.app
2. Open the sidebar (☰)
3. Click My Inspections

My Inspections is hidden on Procore tenants. Procore tenants use Work Tracker (or the Projects screen) instead.

What’s on it

• Inspections that have you as the inspector
• Sortable columns: report number, project, date, status
• Search by project name
• Click any row to open the inspection

Using Work Tracker

Work Tracker is the team-wide view. It shows every inspection in the tenant — not just yours — so supervisors and project managers can see what’s happening across the whole organization.

Opening it

Open the sidebar → Analytics → Tracker tab. The Tracker tab is the same for both NSPEC and Procore tenants — there is no separate “Work Tracker” sidebar item.

Columns

• Project — Project name
• Report # — Field report number
• Inspector — Who performed (or will perform) the inspection
• Inspection Date — When the inspection occurred
• Status — Current status
• Report Submittal Date — Target date for the report
• Deferred Date — If the report has been deferred, the new target
• Date Submitted — When the report was actually submitted
• Lag — Days between target and actual (negative numbers indicate the report is late)
• Report Type
• Office

Filters

• Date Range — Current Year, Current Month, Last 30 Days, Last 90 Days, or Custom
• Office — Multi-select
• Status — Submitted vs Pending
• Project — Multi-select
• Inspector — Multi-select
• Parent Report Type — Filter by report type family
• Report Type — Filter by individual report type
• Search — Free-text search by project name, report type, or report number

Sorting

Click any column to sort by it. Work Tracker supports both ascending and descending order on every column. The Lag column is especially useful when sorted descending — it puts the most overdue reports at the top.

Exporting to Excel

1. Apply any filters and sorting you want included in the export
2. Click Export to Excel
3. The XLSX file downloads to your browser

The export includes exactly what’s currently visible — same filters, same sort, same columns.

Understanding the Lag Column

Lag is one of the most important metrics in Work Tracker. It tells you how far behind (or ahead of) schedule each report is.

• Positive number — The report was submitted that many days early
• Zero — The report was submitted on time
• Negative number — The report is that many days late

Use the Status filter alongside Lag to focus on what needs attention: Pending + High Negative Lag = the most urgent reports to chase down.

NSPEC vs Procore Differences

Feature	NSPEC	Procore
My Inspections sidebar item	Visible	Hidden
Work Tracker location	Inside Analytics → Tracker tab	Inside Analytics → Tracker tab (same as NSPEC)
Default after login	Dashboard	Auto-redirected through Procore login first
Action items	Stored in nSpec	Synced to Procore observations

Best Practices

• Inspectors: Check My Inspections every morning to see your day’s work
• Supervisors: Open Work Tracker once a day and sort by Lag descending to see what’s slipping
• Project managers: Filter Work Tracker by project at the start of every status meeting
• Use Custom date ranges for end-of-quarter reviews — pick the quarter’s start and end dates and export the result
• Save common filter combinations as Excel exports so you can compare week-to-week without re-filtering each time
• Don’t ignore deferred reports. The Deferred Date column tells you which reports were officially pushed out — if you see lots of deferrals, it’s a process problem worth addressing

Troubleshooting

I don’t see My Inspections in the sidebar

Solutions:

• You need the View Inspections permission. Ask your administrator.
• My Inspections is hidden on Procore tenants — use Work Tracker instead

I don’t see Work Tracker

Solutions:

• Work Tracker is the Tracker tab inside Analytics — open the sidebar → Analytics → Tracker tab. There is no top-level “Work Tracker” sidebar item on either NSPEC or Procore tenants.
• You need View Analytics or View Trackers permission

Work Tracker is empty

Solutions:

• Check the date range filter — if it’s set narrow, no inspections may match
• Check the Office and Inspector filters — make sure you haven’t accidentally limited to a person or office with no work
• Try setting the Status filter to “All” if you only see one half

Excel export downloaded but is empty

Solutions:

• Make sure the table on screen has rows before exporting — the export matches what’s visible
• Check the date range — exports respect filters

Related Articles

• Analytics and Dashboards
• Working with Inspections in nSpec
• Managing Projects in nSpec
• Understanding nSpec Report Types