12 Overview to Work Order Reports

This chapter contains these topics:

12.1 Objectives

  • To identify the reports that are available in the Work Orders system

  • To use DREAM Writer reports for managing work orders

12.2 About Reports

You can print work order information in a variety of formats to help you manage work orders and work order projects.

The Work Orders system includes the following types of reports:

  • Cost reports

  • Scheduling and project management reports

You can print cost reports to review the costs that you associate with work orders. You can review the following information:

  • Estimated versus actual hours and costs for work orders

  • Details about the cost transactions you charge to work orders

Print scheduling and project management reports to help you manage work order projects. You can use scheduling and project management reports to review:

  • Project phase

  • Managers assigned to a project

  • Messages and remarks that are assigned to work orders

  • Planned versus actual hours for work orders

  • Start and end points of a project

  • Sequence of tasks for a project and any slack time between tasks

  • Status for the work orders in a project

  • Number of hours remaining or the number of hours charged over the original estimate for each work order in a project