Work Order Availability

Explanation

This activity is used to view and define the availability of a work order. The availability for a work order can be inherited from the equipment object on the the work order. If no availability has been defined for the equipment object then the availability defined on the location which is connected to the work order address will decide when the work can be scheduled. Location availabilities will however never be visible on the work order itself.  A work order availability can be set manually according the requirement and will override both the availability defined on the location and on the equipment object. 

Once a work order is created for an equipment object, the availability of the object will be fetched to the work order, based on the work type and the priority defined on the work order. If the availability for the work order is not defined or not inherited from the connected object, then the availability of the location connected with the work order address will be used for the work order availability when scheduling the work order.

• If a work order has been created for a serial object, then the availability is retrieved from the serial object. If not available on serial object , retrieve the availability from parent serial object or functional object.
• If a work order has been created for a functional object, then  the availability is retrieved from the functional object.

Note: For Route Work Orders the work type and priority are considered when retrieving the availability record from equipment object and the object id considered should be the first object in the list of Route Actions.
 

Prerequisites

• Calendar must have been defined in the Work Time Calendar/ Calendar window.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, availability information is set for a work order.

Window

Prepare Work Order
Functional Object
Serial Object
Location

Related Window Descriptions

Prepare Work Order
Prepare Work Order/Scheduling/Activity Details
Object Availability
Scheduling/Location

Procedure

Follow the given procedure to define availability of a work order manually:

1. Open the Prepare Work Order window.
2. Query for an existing work order or create a new work order.
3. Go to the Scheduling tab and click the Activity Details sub tab.
4. Create a new record (F5).
5. In the Calendar ID field, enter the Calendar that defines the Availability of the work order. Use the List of Values to select a valid value.
6. For the Start Based field, use the drop down to select a valid value. It determines whether the work has to be completed within the availability window or whether it only needs to be started within the availability window.
7. For the Location Override field, use the drop down to select  a valid value. It determines whether the availability of the work order should override the availability of the location.
8. Save the information (F12).