Once an IDR has been submitted by the inspector, it will either be Approved, or Rejected and sent back to the inspector for changes. There can be any number of reasons an IDR is rejected, including: incorrect data entered by the inspector; required fields not filled out (although the application has built in intelligence to catch most of this); or simply changes requested by the OE/RE. The submittal and review cycle will continue until the IDR is ultimately approved.

Every IDR has a History component, which details the progression of the IDR through its various stages of the approval process. A new history record is created every time the inspector submits an IDR and every time it is reviewed by the OE/RE. Part of the record includes a Remarks field where either party can enter detailed information about the IDR. Any rejected IDRs must include information about why it was rejected and can be used by the inspector to identify and correct the issues.