Hi Chris, Thanks for your comment! Currently, there isn’t a way to test a recipe without starting a batch; however, I can definitely understand how this would be useful. We do have a feature request for Recipe Preview and Testing . It would be great if you could add your vote to this!
When you apply a reporting tag to a ‘Check’, then this can be reported on in Reporting → Pre-built production & inventory reports → Recipe reporting tags records. This will report back data regarding the check, such as whether it was ‘Done’ and the time it was taken.
You’re right; currently if you would like to use a figure to calculate on, then this would have to be entered as a ‘Reading’, even if this value is ‘fixed’ on each recipe. It sounds like the Recipe-level variables for Calculated Fields, e.g. allow “Add ingredient” quantity to be the result of a calculation feature request may be close to what you need here; if you agree, then it would be great if you could add your vote to this! Let me know if you need any more help. Cheers!