Import Maintenance Workload

Explanation

This activity is used to import work orders from IFS/Maintenance. These work orders are considered resource breaks within CBS. Neither Maintenance break dates and times nor CBS break times can be modified.

Prerequisites

This activity requires that IFS/Maintenance be installed. A site connected to the Scheduling Server must be defined.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, the imported work orders are compared against the resource breaks within CBS. Any updated work orders update the corresponding resource break and the new work orders create new resource breaks.

Window

Maintenance Import

Related Window Descriptions

Maintenance Import

Procedure A

  1. In the Site field, specify the site to which you want to import the maintenance work orders. Use List to select from available sites.
  2. In the Work Center No field, specify for which work center you want to import maintenance work orders. Use List to select from available work centers. If you specify no work center, work orders for all work centers are imported. As an alternative to specifying the work center number, you can specify the name of the tool that will be used for importing Maintenance work orders in the Tool ID field. If you specify no tool ID, work orders for all tool IDs are imported.
  3. In the Resource ID field, specify for which resource you want to import maintenance work orders. Click List to select from available resources. If you specify no resource ID, work orders for all resource IDs are imported. As an alternative to specifying the resource, you have the option of specifying the name of the tool instance in the Tool Instance field. If you specify no tool instance, work orders for all tool instances are imported. specify no tool ID, work orders for all tool IDs are imported.
  4. In the Begin Date Offset and End Date Offset fields, specify the offset in number of days.
    5. specify no tool ID, work orders for all tool IDs are imported.
  5. Click OK.

Procedure B

Click Schedule and follow the steps in the wizard.