Information sources are a combination of facts and dimensions which are
structured and holds information about a specific transaction table in IFS
Applications. Currently there are 3 information sources based on IFS
Maintenance. One or many of these information sources can be used when
creating an IFS Business Analytics report.
An overview of each information source, which is
mainly based on IFS
Maintenance, is given
below:
The purpose of this information source, which is mainly based on IFS/Preventive and Corrective Maintenance, is to provide the user with necessary facts and dimensions to analyze Actual Costs and Revenues on the work order.
Following are some report examples that might be created based on this Information Source:
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The purpose of this information source, which is mainly based on IFS/Preventive and Corrective Maintenance, is to provide the user with necessary facts and dimensions to analyze Planned Costs and Revenues on the work order.
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The purpose of this information source, which is mainly based on IFS/Preventive and Corrective Maintenance, is to provide the user with necessary facts and dimensions to analyze Budget Costs and Revenues on the work order.
Following are some report examples that might be created based on this Information Source:
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The purpose of this information source, which is mainly based on IFS/Preventive and Corrective Maintenance, is to provide the user with necessary facts and dimensions to analyze different aspects of the work order.
Following are some report examples that might be created based on this Information Source:
The following calculated measure items exists on this Information Source:
| Measure Item | Description |
| WORK_ORDER_COUNT | Always "1". Used to count occurrences of work orders for different dimensions. |
| ELAPSED_EXECUTION_TIME | The difference in hours between Actual Finish date and Actual Start date. Non-working hours have been removed. |
| ELAPSED_WAITING_TIME | The difference in hours between Actual Start date and Registration Date. Non-working hours have been removed. |
| LATE_ACTUAL_VS_REQ_START | This is a measure of how well the business is doing to start
work compared to when it absolutely has to be started in order to
meet Requested Finish date. Is "1" if Actual Start date is later than Late Start date. Is "0" if Actual Start date is earlier or equal to Late Start date. |
| LATE_ACTUAL_VS_REQ_COMPL | This is a measure of how well the business is doing to finish
work compared to when it was requested to finish. Is "1" if Actual Finish
date is later than Requested Finish date. |
| LATE_ACTUAL_VS_SLA_START | This is a measure of how well the business is doing to start
work compared to when it was requested to start based on contractual
SLA commitments. Is "1" if Actual Start
date is later than SLA Requested Start
date. |
| LATE_ACTUAL_VS_SLA_COMPL | This is a measure of how well the business is doing to finish
work compared to when it was requested to finish based on
contractual SLA commitments. Is "1" if Actual Finish
date is later than SLA Requested Finish date. |
| LATE_ACTUAL_VS_PLANNED_START | This is a measure of how well the business is doing to start
work compared to when it said it should start, i.e, a measure of the
planning and scheduling process. Is "1" if Actual Start
date is later than
Planned Start date. |
| LATE_ACTUAL_VS_PLANNED_COMPL | This is a measure of how well the business is doing to finish
work compared to when it said it should finish, i.e, a measure of the
planning and scheduling process. Is "1" if Actual Finish
date is later than
Planned Finish date. |
| ORIGINATED_FROM_FAULT | Is "1" if the work order started as a fault report or a service
request. Is "0" if not. |
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