7 Review Parent and Component Information

This chapter contains these topics:

7.1 Reviewing Parent and Component Information

After you establish parent and component relationships in the equipment master, you can review all the components for a specific piece of equipment. Review parent and component relationships so you can:

  • Report on equipment costs at the parent or component level.

  • Track up to 25 levels of component relationships.

7.2 Reviewing Parent and Component History

Navigation

From Equipment/Plant Management (G13), choose Equipment Information

From Equipment Information (G1311), choose Parent History Information

Use Parent History Inquiry to review parent and component history. You can toggle between parent and component history to display all current or previous parents for a component or all current or previous components for a parent. Use date fields to limit your search to selected dates, or leave the date fields blank to review the entire history of a component or parent.

To review parent and component history

On Parent History Inquiry

Figure 7-1 Parent History Information screen

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Description of "Figure 7-1 Parent History Information screen"

  1. Complete the following field:

    • Item Number

  2. To alternately display component history, press F2 (Toggle).

7.2.2 Reviewing Current Equipment Components

Navigation

From Equipment/Plant Management (G13), choose Equipment Information

From Equipment Information (G1311), choose Equipment/Component Relations

You can use Equipment/Component Relations to display up to 25 levels of component information for a selected piece of equipment. This is particularly useful if you need to review component information for complex equipment assemblies, such as a production line. After you locate a component, you can display its immediate parent or display its components.

To review current equipment components

On Equipment/Component Relations

Figure 7-2 Equipment/Component Relations screen

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Description of "Figure 7-2 Equipment/Component Relations screen"

  1. Complete the following field:

    • Item Number

  2. To limit the level of components displayed, complete the following optional field:

    • Display Level

  3. To access the component information that you need, choose the appropriate option.

Field Explanation
Display Level A number that identifies the number of levels of components you want to view. For example, if you specify level 3, you can view the following:

Level 1 - The parent asset

Level 2 - Any children associated with the Level 1 parent

Level 3 - Any children associated with a Level 2 parent

You can view up to 25 levels of components.


7.2.3 What You Should Know About

Topic Discussion
Displaying parent information Choose Display Parent to display a component's immediate parent.
Displaying the next component level Choose Next Level to display all components of a specific piece of equipment. The component for which you select Next Level moves to the first display level, and its components display beneath it, according to the display level you choose.
Changing parent and component relationships You can make changes to equipment parent and component relationships by changing the parent number for a piece of equipment on the equipment master.
Displaying by category code When you search by category code, the system displays only the children that have the same category code as the parent if you search by category code