Search for Combined Resources

Explanation

Use this activity to perform a Combined Free Time Search. This type of search is done by combining different resource types or several resources of the same resource type. 

Prerequisites

• Sites should be defined in IFS/General Data for Inventory and Distribution.
• Maintenance organizations, employees, and crafts should be defined in IFS/Basic Data for Maintenance, Organization Basic Data. 
• Tool-and-facility types and tools-and-facilities should be defined and connected to the sites in Tools and Facilities Basic Data. 
• Competencies and licenses should be defined in IFS Human Resources, if you want to include them in the search.

System Effects

• The available resources will be displayed on the Free Time Search/Results tab. 
• It is now possible to create a new work order or to add the details to an existing work order. 

Window

Free Time Search

Related Window Descriptions

Free Time Search 
Free Time Search/Search Parameters 

Procedure

1. Open the Free Time Search window.
2. Enter the site at which the resource is located, in the Site field. Use the List of Values to select a suitable value.
3. Enter the time period during which the resource is required and the number of hours for which the resource is required, in the Earliest Date/Time, Latest Date/Time, and Execution Time fields respectively. 
4. Select the Exclude Schedule check box if the resource is considered to be available twenty-four hours a day.
5. Select a resource type in the Resource Type field.
6. The rest of the information can be entered in one of the following ways:

• Enter the details as in the Simple Free Time Search. Enter a number in the Sequence field. The values entered should follow a sequence. Click Add Row. Change the values on the Search Parameters tab as necessary. Repeat the steps as often as necessary making sure the rows are in the correct sequence.
• Alternatively, you can click Add Row to create a new record on the Search Parameters tab. Enter the sequence, site, maintenance organization, execution time, resource ID (employee ID or tool and facility ID), parent craft, and craft ID and define additional qualifications (for the Employee resource type) and tool-and-facility type (for the Tool and Facility resource type). Repeat the steps as often as necessary making sure the rows are in the correct sequence.

7. Save the information (F12).
8. Click Search.