The purpose of the Advanced SRV procedures is to enable the remote viewer to systematically perceive a given target’s features in a manner that is generally not supported by Basic SRV. Basic SRV is primarily designed to enable an individual to have a successful remote viewing experience, not to achieve a more demanding and specific mission objective. Using a flying analogy, the use of Basic SRV is more analogous to recreational flying, whereas employing Advanced SRV procedures is more comparable to precision flying. With recreational flying, people fly where they want, avoiding clouds and swooping down on interesting sights. But with precision flying, patterns and altitudes are more strictly controlled in order to accomplish pre-determined objectives. Advanced SRV is designed to be used either by people who are new to remote viewing or by those who are already proficient in either Basic SRV procedures or another form of remote viewing (such as CRV, TRV, LRV, etc.). Since the format of Advanced SRV is more complex than that of Basic SRV, Advanced SRV is only performed with a preprinted template for all pages.

Advanced SRV is designed to exploit the information available through the ideograms as much as possible. Ideogram data are often the most accurate of all remote viewing data, and Advanced SRV allows for a much more thorough exploration of the ideogram and its associated target element than is possible with Basic SRV.